All you that are to mirth inclin'd

Consider well and bear in mind

What our good God for us hath done

In sending his beloved Son.



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And to redeem our souls from thrall,

He is the Saviour of us all.



Let all your songs and praises be

Unto his Heavenly Majesty,

And evermore among your mirth

Remember Christ our Saviour's birth. Chorus



The five and twentieth of December,

Good cause have you for to remember,

In Bethlehem upon this morn

There was our blessed Saviour born. Chorus



The night before that happy tide

The spotless Virgin, and her guide,

Went long time seeking up and down

To find them lodging in the town. Chorus



And mark how all things came to pass,

The inns and lodging so filled was,

That they could have no room at all,

but in a silly oxes stall. Chorus



That night the Virgin Mary mild

Was safe delivered of a Child,

According unto Heaven's decree

Man's sweet salvation for to be. Chorus



Near Bethlehem did Shepherds keep

Their herds and flocks, and feeding sheep,

To whom God's Angels did appear,

Which put the Shepherds in great fear. Chorus



Prepare and go, the Angel said,

To Bethlehem, be not afraid;

There shall you see this blessed morn,

The princely babe, sweet Jesus, born. Chorus



With thankful hearts and joyful mind,

The Shepherds went this babe to find,

And as the heavenly Angel told,

They did our Saviour Christ to behold. Chorus



Within a manger was he laid,

The Virgin Mary by him stay'd,

Attending on the Lord of life,

Being both mother, maid, and wife. Chorus



Three Eastern Wise men from afar,

Directed by a glorious Star,-acapo