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Christ Was Born On Christmas Day
Tune adapted from Piae Cantiones
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Verse 1
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Christ was born on
Christ-mas
Day Wreathe the hol-ly,
twine the bay;
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Chris-tus
na-tus
ho-di-e;
The Babe, The Son, the Ho-ly
One of Ma-ry.
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He is born to set us free, He is born our Lord to be, Ex Ma-ri
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- gi - ne, The God, the Lord, by all a - dor’d for - ev - er.
Copyright © 2004 by Douglas D. Anderson
Released To The Public Domain

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Let the bright red
ber - ries glow, Ev’ - ry where in good - ly show,
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Christ-us
na-tus
ho-di-e;
The Babe, the Son, the Ho-ly
One of Ma-ry.
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Christ-ian
men, re - joice and sing, ‘Tis the birth-day
of a King Ex Ma-ri
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Vir - gi - ne; The God, the Lord, by all a - dor’d for - ev - er.
a f Verse 5
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Night of sad-ness:
Morn of glad-ness
ev-er-more
Ev - er, ev - er:

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Af-ter
ma- ny trou - bles sore, Morn of glad -ness
ev-er-more
and
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Verse 6
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ev-er-more.
Mid-night
scarce-ly
pass'd and o-ver,
Draw-ing
to this
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Verse 7
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ho - ly morn, Ve - ry ear -ly,
ve- ry ear - ly Christ was born. Sing
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out with bliss, His Name is this: Em - man-u-el:
As was fore-told
in
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Verse 8
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days of old By
Ga-bri
-el.
Mid-night
scarce-ly
pass'd and o-ver,

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Draw-ing
to this ho-ly
morn, Ve-ry
ear-ly,
ve-ry
ear-ly
Christ was born.