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 Call the kingly stranger Out of Persian land.' Thus, and in due order, Hosts Angelick sing.

dong! merrily on high in heav'n the bells are ringing: Ding dong! verily the sky is riv'n with Angel singing.

E'en so here below, below, let steeple bells be swungen, And io, io, io, by priests and people sungen.

Pray you, dutifully prime your Matin chime, ye ringers; May you beautifully rime your Eve-time song, ye singers: Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

Galilee they came, Saint Joseph and his Dame: O'er hill they speed, nor dally up valley, up valley: O'er hill they speed, nor dally up valley, O la!

When night fell dark and chill, And wind 'gan whistle shrill, Went Joseph and his Dearie, aweary, aweary, Went Joseph and his Dearie, aweary, O la!

Arriv'd in Bethlehem, There was but found for them (The best that they were able) a stable, a stable, ('Twas all that they were able), a stable, O la!