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Whence art thou, my maiden,

Whence art thou?"

I come from the stable

Where this very night,

I, a shepherd maiden,

Saw a wondrous sight."

What saw'st thou, my maiden,

What saw'st thou?"

There within the manger

A little babe I saw,

Lying softly sleeping

On the golden straw."

Nothing more, my maiden,

Nothing more?"

I saw the Holy Mother

The little baby hold,

And the father, Joseph,

A tremble with the cold."