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AS I was going to Bethlehem-town, / Upon the earth I cast me down / All underneath a little tree / That whispered in this wise to me: / "Oh, I shall stand on Calvary / And bear what burthen saveth thee!"
As up I fared to Bethlehem-town, / I met a shepherd coming down, / And thus he quoth: "A wondrous sight / Hath spread before mine eyes this night, -- / An angel host most fair to see, / That sung full sweetly of a tree / That shall uplift on Calvary / What burthen saveth you and me!"