Noel Christmas Eve 1913

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A frosty Christmas eve, when the 
stars were shining
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I traveled forth alone, where 
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westward falls the hill
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And for many, many a village, in 
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the darkness of the valley
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Distant music reached me, peals of 
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bells were ringing.


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Then sped my thoughts to olden 
times, to that first of Christmases
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When shepherds who were watching, 
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heard music in the fields
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And they sat there and they 
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marveled, and they knew they could
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 not tell
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Whether it were angels, or the 
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bright stars a-singing


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But to me heard afar, it was starry 
music
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The singing of the angels, the 
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comfort of our Lord
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Words of old that come a 
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traveling, by the riches of the 
times
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And I softly listened, as I stood 
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upon the hill
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And I softly listened, as I stood 
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upon the hill