Tell, O tell the Christ­mas sto­ry,
Children who to Christ be­long!
Give to God the Fa­ther glo­ry—
All cre­ation swell the song!

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Tell, O tell the Christ­mas sto­ry,
Tell it with ex­ult­ing voice!
Christ is born, the Lord of glo­ry;
Christ is come, let earth re­joice!

Tell of shep­herds who were fright­ed
By a shin­ing host that sang
News of joy to men be­night­ed,
While the list­en­ing mid­night rang.

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Tell the story of the man­ger,
Of the Child and of His star;
Tell of Egypt’s flight from dan­ger;
Tell of wise men from afar.

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Ah, but first in all your tell­ing
Be the love of God to men!
Hail! Im­ma­nu­el, with us dwell­ing,
Sound the note of praise again!

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