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Blessed be that maid Mary,
Born he was of her body;
Very God ere time began,
Born in time the Son of Man.
Refrain:
Eya! Ihesus hodie
Natus est de Virgine!
In a manger of an ass
Jesu lay and lulled was;
Born to die upon the Tree,
Pro peccante homine.
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Sweet and blissful was the song,
Chanted of the angel throng,
'Peace on earth, alleluya!
In excelsis gloria.'
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Fare three kings from far-off land,
Incense, gold and myrrh in hand;
In Bethlehem the babe they see,
Stelle ducti lumine.
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Make we merry on this feast,
In quo Christus natus est,
On this child I pray you call,
To assoil abd save us all.
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-- Woodward and Wood, Cowley Carol Book, 1901
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