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 Now to the Lord sing praises,

All you within this place,

And with true love and brotherhood

Each other now embrace;

This holy tide of Christmas

All others doth deface.

O tidings, &c.

When Adam first in Paradise

From God's presence did fly,

For eating the forbidden fruit

Condemned was to die,

And by that fall fell mankind all,

Till God in mercy said,

His own dear Son should man become.

And Justice should be paid.

To save us all from sin and thrall

When we were left forlorn,

All men on earth rejoice with mirth,

For Christ this tide was born.

And when fullness of time was come,

According to Heav'n's decree,

A glorious Angel was sent down

To the Virgin Mary.