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Verse 1:
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Good people all, this Christmas time,
   G     A        C       G
consider well and bear in mind
              A       Gbm    E
what our good God for us has done,
   G       A     G     A
in sending His belovèd Son.
          C
With Mary holy we should pray
            A         C         G
to God with love this Christmas Day.
         A    Gbm     E
In Bethlehem upon the morn
      G     A        G    A
there was a blest Messiah born.

Verse 2:
            A         Gbm   E
The night before that happy tide,
    G     A      C       G
the noble virgin and her guide
               A       Gbm    E
were long time seeking up and down
   G      A       G      A
to find a lodging in the town.
             C
But mark how all things came to pass:
           A      C        G
from every door repelled, alas,
            A           Gbm    E
as long foretold, their refuge all
    G     A      G    A
was but a humble oxen stall.

Verse 3:
           A       Gbm       E
Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
      G         A         C       G
their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep,
              A      Gbm   E
to whom God’s angels did appear,
      G       A         G        A
which put the shepherds in great fear.
             C
“Prepare and go”, the angels said,
          A       C    G
“to Bethlehem; be not afraid,
                 A          Gbm   E
for there you’ll find, this happy morn,
  G        A           G     A
a princely babe, sweet Jesus born.”

Verse 4:
              A         Gbm    E
With thankful heart and joyful mind,
    G         A         C       G
the shepherds went, the babe to find,
             A     Gbm     E
and as God’s angel had foretold,
     G       A       G        A
they did our Saviour Christ behold.
         C
Within a manger he was laid,
           A        C      G
and by his side the virgin maid,
          A      Gbm     E
attending on the Lord of life,
    G       A        G       A
who came on earth to end all strife.


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