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1:1-4
| Thanks be for Doctor Luke Disciple of
| David Mowbray
| ©
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
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1:3
| Blessing and honour glory and power
| Gary Sadler & Jamie Harvill
| ©1992
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1:5-9
| Lord who may dwell within your house
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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1:6-38
| An angel came to Nazareth
| Michael Gilligan
| 1970
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1:13-14
| Let thine example holy John remind us
| Paulus Diaconus Paul the Deacon tr/ad by Richard Ellis Roberts
| 8 ce
| 11 11 11 5
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1:14
| In Thee is gladness amid all sadness
| Johann Lindemann tr/ad by Unknown
| 1598
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1:14
| Shalom Chaverim Shalom Chaverim
| Anonymous
| 1970
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1:14
| In Thee is gladness amid all sadness
| Johann Lindemann tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1598
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1:19
| The dance of the stars in burning glory
| Christopher M. Idle
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| 10 10 10 10
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1:26
| To set their hearts on God to walk in ho
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
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1:26-27
| Gabriel from the Heaven descending On
| Adam of St. Victor tr/ad by John Mason Neale
| c.11
| 8 8 8 7
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1:26-27
| High on a hill of dazzling light The
| Isaac Watts
| 1707
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:26-27
| The Angel Gabriel from heaven came
| Basque Carol tr/ad by Sabine Baring-Gould
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| 10 10 12 10
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1:26-28
| Come all you good people and burst
| Michael Saward
| ©
| 11 11 11 11
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1:26-35
| Great is the Lord we now acclaim
| David Mowbray
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:26-35
| Angel came to Mary and said Do not be
| Sam Hargreaves
| ©
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1:26-35
| The wonder of salvation beyond our
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
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1:26-35
| God has been gracious a Son he gives
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 10 5 10 5
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1:26-38
| Child of mine the Virgin sings
| David Mowbray
| ©
| 7 7 7 7
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1:28
| Lord everlasting yet child born in
| David Mowbray
| ©
| 12 10 12 10
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1:28
| To a maid engaged to Joseph
| Gracia Grindal
| ©1983
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1:29-35
| The plan of God is sure eternal in its
| Michael Saward
| ©
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1:30
| Behold the grace appears The promise is
| Isaac Watts
| 1707
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
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1:31
| Name of Jesus highest Name Name that
| Gerhard Tersteegen tr/ad by Emma Frances Shuttleworth Bevan
| 1898
| 7 7 7 7
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1:31
| O come our world's Redeemer come
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:31
| Creator of the stars of light our Lord
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:31
| The God Whom earth and sea and sky
| Venantius Honorius Clementianu Fortunatus tr/ad by John Mason Neale
| 6 ce
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:31
| Hail O star that pointest Towards the
| Latin tr/ad by J. Athelstan Riley
| 9 ce
| 6 6 6 6
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1:32
| Hail to the Lord's Anointed Great David
| James Montgomery
| 1821
| 7 6 7 6 D
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1:33
| A king is born this day in Bethlehem
| Sy Gorieb & Tim Hosman
| ©1993
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1:34-35
| We believe in God the Father Maker of
| Graham Kendrick
| ©1986
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1:35
| O Babe divine to you we sing a Christmas
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:35
| Let me now depart in peace To my
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 7 7 7 7
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1:35
| Now yield we thanks and praise
| Howard Chandler Robbins
| 1929
| 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
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1:38
| Yea my spirit fain would sink In Thy
| Johann Joseph Winkler tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1713
| 7 7 7 7 7 7
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1:38
| From east to west from shore to shore
| Caelius Sedulius tr/ad by John Ellerton
| 5 ce
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1:38
| Mary came with meekness Jesus Christ
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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1:38
| From east to west from shore to shore
| Caelius Sedulius tr/ad by John Ellerton
| 5 ce
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:39-55
| Jesus hope of every nation
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 8 7 8 7
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1:42
| O come our world's Redeemer come
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:42
| Creator of the stars of light our Lord
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:46
| Away with loyal hearts and true Over
| J. B. Gray
| 1894
| 8 6 8 6 D extended
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1:46
| Our souls shall magnify the Lord In God
| Isaac Watts
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:46
| Magnificat magnificat
| Taizé
| ©1979
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1:46-47
| Rejoice rejoice rejoice
| Chris A. Bowater
| ©1986
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1:46-47
| My soul doth magnify the Lord
| Unknown
| ©1975
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1:46-55
| Come ride with kings to Bethlehem
| David Mowbray
| ©
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1:46-55
| My soul glorifies the Lord
| Sam Hargreaves
| ©
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1:46-55
| Ring those bells This year every year
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
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1:46-55
| In God the Lord my heart is strong my
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1:46-55
| Mary sang a song a song of love
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 9 9 9 9
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1:46-55
| Tell out my soul the greatness of the
| TImothy Dudley-Smith
| ©1961
| 10 10 10 10
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1:46-56
| My soul and spirit filled with joy my
| Scottish Psalter and Paraphras
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1:47
| I've a Saviour kind and tender
| Charles Millard Fillmore
| 1902
| 8 7 8 7 8 7 and refrai
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1:47
| At the Name of Jesus every knee shall
| Caroline Maria Noel tr/ad by Jubilate Hymns
| ©1870
| 6 5 6 5 D
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1:47
| If the Lord had not been near at our
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
| 7 7 7 5
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1:47
| O what shall I do my Saviour to praise
| Charles Wesley
| 1742
| 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5
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1:47
| Rest of the weary Joy of the sad
| John Samuel Bowley Monsell
| 1863
| 9 9 9 9
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1:49
| My soul doth magnify the Lord
| Unknown
| ©1975
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1:50
| Towering over road and river Stands
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
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1:50
| There's a wideness in God's mercy
| Frederick William Faber
| 1854
| 8 7 8 7
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1:51-55
| Silent the earth when God arose in
| David Mowbray
| ©
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1:52
| Praise the Lord Alleluia Servants of God
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
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1:53
| The trumpets sound the angels sing
| Graham Kendrick
| ©1989
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1:54-55
| God's holy ways are just and true
| Barbara Woollett
| ©
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1:61
| O praise the Lord the mighty God of Isra
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 11 10 11 10
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1:61
| O bless the Lord the mighty God of Israe
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 11 10 11 10
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1:67-71
| If the Lord had not been near at our
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
| 7 7 7 5
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1:68
| God's holy ways are just and true
| Barbara Woollett
| ©
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1:68
| With all my heart I praise the LORD
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
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1:68
| Now be the God of Isr'el blessed
| Isaac Watts
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1:68-69
| Christmas news Christ is born Night has
| David Mowbray
| ©
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1:68-79
| O praise the Lord the mighty God of Isra
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 11 10 11 10
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1:68-79
| O bless the Lord the mighty God of Israe
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 11 10 11 10
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1:72
| God's holy ways are just and true
| Barbara Woollett
| ©
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1:78
| Awake my soul awake my tongue My glory
| Benjamin Keach
| 1700
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1:78
| Dayspring of eternity Hide no more Thy
| Christian Knorr von Rosenroth tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1664
| 7 8 7 8 7 4
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1:78
| Stupendous height of heaveny love
| Charles Wesley
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| 8 8 8 8 8 8
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1:78-79
| Rise O Salem rise and shine Lo the
| Johann Rist tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1655
| 7 8 7 8 7 7
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1:78-79
| Jesus Name above all names our
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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1:78-79
| O come O come Emmanuel And ransom
| Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholi Latin Hymn & Charles (Carolo) Coffin tr/ad by John Mason Neale
| 12 c
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) and refrain
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1:79
| God whose love we cannot measure
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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1:79
| Come ride with kings to Bethlehem
| David Mowbray
| ©
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2
| O leave your sheep you shepherds on
| Bill Stead
| ©
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2
| Listen to the message that the angels
| David Iliff
| ©
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2
| Lord speak softly to my soul Tell me
| Angela Griffiths
| ©
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2
| New light has dawned the Son of God is
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
| 10 10 10 10
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2:1-3
| On a day when men were counted
| Daniel Thambyrajah Niles
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| 8 7 8 7 D
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2:1-7
| Travellers all to Bethlehem they sing
| Jubilate Hymns
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 8 8
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2:1-7
| To Bethlehem the strangers came from
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:1-7
| Your love O Christ is near to me Your
| Christopher Porteous
| ©
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2:1-12
| Into darkness light has broken Christ
| David Mowbray
| ©
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2:1-16
| When Christ was born in Bethlehem there
| John Capon
| ©
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2:1-20
| Christians awake salute the happy morn
| John Byrom tr/ad by Jubilate Hymns
| ©
| 10 10 10 10 10 10
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2:1-20
| Sweet Mary sing to Christ the King thy
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:1-20
| Silently at Christmas Jesus came to
| Michael Saward
| ©
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2:1-20
| Glory be to God on high Angel voices fil
| David Mowbray
| ©
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2:1-20
| Christ whose birth was long foretold
| John Capon
| ©
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2:1-20
| Christ came in faith to Bethlehem
| John Capon
| ©
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2:1-20
| Angels will tell news of good cheer
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:1-20
| Come and sing the Christmas story
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:3-20
| Such a night in Bethlehem such a noise
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:4
| See Him lying on a bed of straw
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:4
| See amid the winter's snow
| Edward Caswall
| 1851
| 7 7 7 7 and refrain
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2:4
| Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly
| Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander
| 1848
| 8 7 8 7 7 7
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2:4
| The first Noel the angel did say
| Traditional English Carol
| 13 c
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2:4
| O little town of Bethlehem How still we
| Phillips Brooks
| 1867
| 8 6 8 6 7 6 8 6
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2:4-7
| O Babe divine to you we sing a Christmas
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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2:4-7
| Christmas greetings Christmas joy
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 7 7 7 7
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2:4-12
| We were not there in Bethlehem with
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
| 8 6 8 6 6
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2:4-16
| Mary ride on to David's town Bethlehem
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:4-20
| Lord everlasting yet child born in
| David Mowbray
| ©
| 12 10 12 10
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2:5
| Creator of the stars of light our Lord
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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2:6-7
| I saw my love by lantern light my new
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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2:6-7
| Come see a little tender babe
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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2:6-7
| And neither was he born in house nor
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:6-7
| From God's majestic throne The mighty
| David Mowbray
| ©1990
| 6 6 6 6 6 6
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2:6-7
| I found him cradled in a lamp-lit barn
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:6-7
| Jesus our Brother strong and good
| French tr/ad by Anonymous
| 12 c
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2:6-14
| Christians recall with joy the happy
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| 10 10 10 10 10 10
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2:6-14
| Small wonder the star small wonder the
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:6-14
| Donkey and ox around his bed sleeps
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:6-14
| Above the fields the dewy fields of
| David Mowbray
| ©
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2:6-14
| Still still still the baby lies asleep
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
| 9 9 9 9
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2:6-15
| The daylight is fading the evening is
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:6-16
| O what a day for singing bells in
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:6-16
| Mary came with meekness Jesus Christ
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:6-16
| Lowly Jesus King of glory born on earth
| Christopher Porteous
| ©
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2:6-16
| I see your crib a cradle where the
| Christopher Porteous
| ©
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2:6-20
| Softly a shepherd is singing his song
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:6-20
| Bright mystical starlight shone over the
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:7
| An Infant lay within a shed Where ox and
| Heinrich von Laufenburg tr/ad by George Ratcliffe Woodward
| 1901
| 8 8 8 8 r 6 6
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2:7
| When Joseph went with Mary To David's
| Richard W. Adams
| ©2007
| 7 6 7 6 D
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2:7
| There's a manger-Babe in a far off land
| S.C. Kirk
| 1904
| 10 10 10 10 and refrain
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2:7
| O Child of lowly manger birth On whose
| Ferdinand Quincy Blanchard
| 1906
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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2:7
| Sleep little Baby sleep O sleep Mother
| Bohemian tr/ad by Herbert H. Wernecke
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2:7
| Dear little One how sweet Thou art
| Traditional
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| 8 6 8 6 8 6 and refrai
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2:7
| A virgin pure both meek and mild In
| Traditional
| 1926
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 extended
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2:7
| The virgin stills the crying Of Jesus
| Latin tr/ad by Henry Ramsden Bramley
| 1871
| 7 7 7 7 and refrain
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2:7
| O blessed Jesus This Thy lowly manger
| Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1656
| 6 6 10 D
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2:7
| Twas in the winter cold when earth
| Charles I. Black
| 1871
| 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
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2:7
| Listen Lordings unto me a tale I will
| Henry Ramsden Bramley
| 1871
| 7 6 7 6 D and refrain
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2:7
| Lord Jesus when you came to earth no
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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2:7
| Sleep Lord Jesus Mary smiling on her
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 8 8 7
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2:7
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