All hail, ye mer­ry folk to­day,
All hail, we sing our glad­some lay,
Come list to us as we do say,
Our car­ol gay.

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Noel, No­el, we sing No­el,
And this the an­gels came to tell,
For God who do­eth all things well
With man doth dwell.

Begone all gloom, cast grief aside,
May joy with us for aye abide,
What bet­ter deed could us be­tide,
Than death de­fied.

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Come let us seek the in­fant King,
And hom­age pay, and to Him bring
Our hearts as fit­test of­fer­ing,
And to Him sing.

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Seek not ye pal­ace rich or grand,
Nor with the great­est men to stand,
But join a low­ly pil­grim band
In Is­ra­el’s land.

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Lo! there we find Him, great­est, best,
Who in a man­ger deigns to rest,
Who by His life ye world hath blest,
Most wel­come guest.

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With us your hap­py songs unite,
Within your hearts to dwell, in­vite
The God who do­eth all things right,
Your soul to light.

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