Lyrics
Good people all, this Christmas time, Consider well, and bear in mind,
What our good God for us has done, In sending His be loved Son.
With Mary holy, we should pray To God with love this Christmas day;
In Bethlehem upon that morn, There was ablessed Messiah born.
Traditional, 16th Century or earlier Traditional
The night before that happy tide, The noble Virgin and her guide
Were long time seeking up and down To find a lodging in the town.
But mark how all things came to pass: From ev ’ry door repelled Alas!
As long foretold their refuge all Was but a humble ox ’s stall.
Let all your songs and praises be, Unto His Heav’nly Majesty;
And evermore, amongst our mirth, Remember Christ our Savior’s birth.
That night the Virgin Mary mild, Was safe deliver’d of a child;
According unto Heav’n’s decree, Man’s sweet salvation for to be.
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