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First Line: Oh wake ye, little children
Last Line: For this is christmas day.
Subject(s): Children; Christmas; Jesus Christ; Religion; Childhood; Nativity, The; Theology


Oh wake ye, little children,
And be of goodlie cheer.
Yon sun so high along the sky
Hath shone two thousand year.
And once it saw a little child
In manger lying undefiled,
And all about the cattle mild
Did lovingly draw near.
So wake ye, little children,
And be of goodlie cheer.

Oh wake ye, little children,
And let each heart be gay.
Good Will to Men they carolled then,
And why should ye delay?
Awake, awake, and rise and sing,
And greet ye every living thing,
For man and beast did greet your King
On that first Christmas day!
Then wake ye, little children,
For this is Christmas day.





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