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LITTLE DAVID'S CHRISTMAS, by                    
First Line: Little hunchback david
Last Line: Is tall, and straight, and strong.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cearnach, Conal
Subject(s): Babies; Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Christmas Trees; Infants; Nativity, The


Little hunchback David
Plodding through the snow,
Finds the road to Bethlehem
A weary way to go.

For his shepherd comrades
Tall, and straight, and strong,
Quite forget to aid him
As they haste along.

But the longest pathway
Comes to an end at last;
In the cavern, David
Finds his toil is past.

In the golden glory
Flooding all the place,
He beheld a Mother
Sweet, and fair of face

Bending o'er a manger
Piled with fragrant hay,
Where in peaceful slumber
A rosy Infant lay.

David's eyes were only
For the Child alone;
"The Lord of Hosts," he murmured
In an undertone.

At the words the Mother
Turned with shining eyes,
Lifting up the Infant,
Much to his surprise.

"Ah, how very timely
Thou art come," she said,
"Hold Him for me, David,
While I smooth His bed."

Straightway little David
Outstretched eager hands;
Holding close the Infant
In ecstasy he stands.

Just one little moment
And the Mother then,
Came to take her Baby
From his arms again.

By the manger bed-side
Humbly David kneels,
And his tears were token
Of the joy he feels.

When into the dawning
He goes with joyful song,
Lo! the hunchback David
Is tall, and straight, and strong.





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