the first noel the angel did say
was to certain poor shephards in fields as they lay
in fields where they lay tending their sheep
on a cold winter's night that was so deep
refrain
noel noel noel noel
born is the king of Israel
they looked up and saw a star
shining in the east,beyond them far
and to the earth it gave great light
and so it continued both day and night
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o little town of Bethlehem,how still we see thee lie
above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by
yet in thy dark streets shine the everlasting light
the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight
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