Name: The Wexford Carol
Duration: P00H04M20S
Description: Originally collected in County Wexford, Ireland, the lyrics of this traditional Christmas song date back to the 12th century.

The Wexford Carol

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Originally collected in County Wexford, Ireland, the lyrics of this traditional Christmas song date back to the 12th century.

lyrics

Good people all, this Christmas-time,
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done,
In sending his beloved Son.
With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas Day:
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born.

Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep;
To whom God's angels did appear,
Which put the shepherds in great fear.
"Prepare and go, " the angels said,
"To Bethlehem, be not afraid;
For there you'll find, this happy morn,
A princely babe, sweet Jesus born."

With thankful heart and joyful mind,
The shepherds went this babe to find,
And as God's angel had foretold,
They did our Savior Christ behold.
Within a manger he was laid,
And by his side the Virgin Maid,
Attending on the lord of life,
Who came on Earth to end all strife.

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released December 20, 2020
Olivia Barrett, fiddle; Ellen Gibling, harp; Lizzy Hewitt, vocals; Jude Pelley, mixing; Alex Hewitt, mastering. Recorded at the Irish World Academy in Limerick, Ireland, 2019. Photo by Renee Yoxon.

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