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11. GOD REST YOU MERRY, GEN TLEMEN

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3. The s~pherds at those tidings

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4. But when to Bethlehem they came,
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Rejoiced much in mind, Whereat this infant lay,

And left their flocks a-feeding, J They found him in a manger,
Where oxen feed on hay;
In tempest, storm and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straightway His mother Mary kneeling,
This blessed babe to fine;!: Unto the Lord did pray:
0 tidings of comfort and joy. 0 tidings of comfort and joy.
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