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"townofbeth"
o LIT-TLE TOWN OF bETH-LE-HEM,
hOW STILL WE SEE THEE LIE!
a-BOVE THY DEEP AND DREAM-LESS SLEEP
tHE SI-LENT STARS GO BY.
yET IN THY DARK STREETS SHIN-ETH
tHE EV-ER-LAST-ING LIGHT;
tHE HOPES AND FEARS OF ALL THE YEARS
aRE MET IN THEE TO-NIGHT.
fOR cHRIST IS BORN OF mA-RY,
aND GATH-THERED ALL A-BOVE,
wHILE MOR-TALS SLEEP, THE AN-GELS KEEP
tHEIR WATCH OF WON-DERING LOVE.
o MORN-ING STARS, TO-GETH-ER
pRO-CLAIM THE HO-LY BIRTH!
aND PRAIS-ES SING TO gOD THE kING,
aND PEACE TO MEN ON EARTH!
hOW SI-LENT-LY, HOW SI-LENT-LY,
tHE WON-DEROUS GIFT IS GIVEN!
sO gOD IM-PARTS TO HU-MAN HEARTS
tHE BLESS-INGS OF hIS HEAVEN.
nO EAR MAY HEAR hIS COM-ING,
bUT IN THIS WORLD OF SIN,
wHERE MEEK SOULS WILL RE-CEIVE hIM
STILL tHE DEAR cHRIST EN-TERS IN.
o HO-LY cHILD OF bETH-LE-HEM,
dE-SCEND TO US, WE PRAY,
cAST OUT OUR SIN, AND EN-TER IN,
bE BORN IN US TO-DAY!
wE HEAR THE cHRIST-MAS AN-GELS
tHE GREAT GLAD TI-DINGS TELL;
o COME TO US, A-BIDE WITH US,
oUR lORD eM-MAN-U-EL! a-MEN.