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A CAROL FROM THE OLD FRENCH by ANONYMOUS

First Line: I HEAR ALONG OUR STREET
Last Line: SING THEM TILL THE NIGHT EXPIRE
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; "NATIVITY, THE;"
I hear along our street
Pass the minstrel throngs;
Hark! they play so sweet,
On their hautboys, Christmas songs!
Let us by the fire
Ever higher
Sing them till the night expire!
In December ring
Every day the chimes;
Loud the gleemen sing
In the street their merry rhymes.
Let us by the fire
Ever higher
Sing them till the night expire.
Shepherds at the grange,
Where the Babe was born,
Sang, with many a change,
Christmas carols until morn.
Let us by the fire
Ever higher
Sing them till the night expire!





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