| Now it came to pass in those days
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| There went out a decree
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| From Caesar Augustus on his throne
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| That all the world should be enrolled
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| So Joseph took Mary to the balls
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| And from Nazareth they went
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| To the city of Bethlehem
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| For registration and taxing, right on then
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| The bastard child was born
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| Long before winter’s call
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| The bastard child was born
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| Long before winter’s call
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| And it came to pass, while they were there
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| That she was great with child
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| Lived in a stable 'til it was done
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| She brought forth her bastard son
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| And as the shepherds in the field
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| Were keeping watch over their flocks at night
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| An angel of the lord
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| Said unto them a savior has been born
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| The bastard child was born
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| Long before winter’s call
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| The bastard child was born
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| Long before winter’s call |