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Balfour, Marie Clothilde: Saint Joseph and Mary
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By Marie Clothilde Balfour
2 19
He took his sickle to shear it,
And lo, in piles it lay.
He took his sickle to shear it, O gay !
A-don-don-delle :
And lo, in piles it lay !
Noel!
The good-man gazed around,
And knelt him down to pray.
The good-man gazed around, O gay !
A-don-don-delle :
And knelt him down to pray.
Noel!
Now God be thanked for this harvest,
And for this happy day !
Now God be thanked for this harvest, O gay !
A-don-don-delle :
And for this happy day !
Noel!
The Jews came riding by,
They had a word to say.
The Jews came riding by, O gay !
A-don-don-delle :
They had a word to say.
Noel l
“ Now
2 19
He took his sickle to shear it,
And lo, in piles it lay.
He took his sickle to shear it, O gay !
A-don-don-delle :
And lo, in piles it lay !
Noel!
The good-man gazed around,
And knelt him down to pray.
The good-man gazed around, O gay !
A-don-don-delle :
And knelt him down to pray.
Noel!
Now God be thanked for this harvest,
And for this happy day !
Now God be thanked for this harvest, O gay !
A-don-don-delle :
And for this happy day !
Noel!
The Jews came riding by,
They had a word to say.
The Jews came riding by, O gay !
A-don-don-delle :
They had a word to say.
Noel l
“ Now