| Shall I tell you who will come
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| To Bethlehem on Christmas morn,
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| Who will kneel gently down
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| Before the Lord, newborn?
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| One small fish from the river,
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| With scales of red, red gold.
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| One wild bee from the heather,
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| One grey lamb from the fold,
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| One ox from the high pasture,
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| One black bull from the herd,
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| One goatling from the far hills,
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| One white, white bird.
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| One large fish from the sea, One small fish from the river,
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| Too shiny to behold, With scales of red, red gold.
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| One tame moth from a tree, One wild bee from the heather,
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| Sable stoled, One grey lamb from the fold,
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| One colt from greet meadows, One ox from the high pasture,
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| One bear cub fat and furred, One black bull from the herd,
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| One goatling and One goatling from the far hills,
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| One white, white bird. |
| One white, white bird.
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| And many children,
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| God gave them grace,
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| Bringing tall candles
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| To light Mary’s face.
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| Shall I tell you One small fish from the river,
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| Who will come With scales of red and gold.
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| To Bethlehem One wild bee from the heather,
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| On Christmas morn, One grey lamb from the fold,
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| Who will kneel them gently down One ox from the high pasture,
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| Before the Lord, newborn? |
| One black bull from the herd,
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| One goatling from the forest,
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| One white, white bird.
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| White bird.
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| White bird.
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| (White bird.)
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| White bird.
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| White, white bird.
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| (White bird.)
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| (White, white bird.)
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| White, white bird. |