{"id":1999,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/wexford-carol-the"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"wexford-carol-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/wexford-carol-the\/","title":{"rendered":"WEXFORD CAROL, THE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

Good people all, this Christmas-time
\nConsider well and bear in mind
\nWhat our good God for us has done
\nIn sending His beloved Son<\/p>\n

With thankful heart we should pray
\nTo God with love this Christmas day
\nIn Bethlehem upon that morn
\nThere was a blessed Messiah born!<\/p>\n

The night before that happy tide
\nThe noble virgin and her guide
\nWere long time seeking up and down
\nTo find a lodging in the town<\/p>\n

But mark how all things came to pass;
\nFrom every door repelled, alas!
\nAs long foretold, their refuge all
\nWas but an humble oxens’ stall<\/p>\n

There were three wise men from afar
\nDirected by a glorious star
\nAnd on they wandered night and day
\nUntil they came where Jesus lay<\/p>\n

And when they came unto that place
\nWhere our beloved Messiah was
\nThey humbly cast them at His feet
\nWith gifts of gold and incense sweet<\/p>\n

Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
\nTheir flocks of lambs and feeding sheep;
\nTo whom God’s angels did appear
\nWhich put the shepherds in great fear<\/p>\n

“Prepare and go”, the angels said
\n“To Bethlehem, be not afraid:
\nFor there you’ll find, this happy morn
\nA princely babe, sweet Jesus born”<\/p>\n

With happy heart and joyful mind
\nThe shepherds went the babe to find
\nAnd as God’s angel had foretold
\nThey did our Saviour Christ behold<\/p>\n

Within a manger He was laid
\nAnd by His side the virgin maid
\nAttending on the Lord of life
\nWho came on earth to end all strife<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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