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I. / On a winter's night long time ago / ("The bells ring loud and the bells ring low"), / When high howled wind, and down fell snow / (Carillon, Carilla). / Saint Joseph he and Nostre Dame, / Riding on an ass, full weary came / From Nazareth into Bethlehem. / And the small child Jesus smile on you.
II. / And Bethlehem inn they stood before / ("The bells ring less and the bells ring more"), / The landlord bade them begone from his door / (Carillon, Carilla). / "Poor folk" (says he) "must lie where they may, / For the Duke of Jewry comes this way, / With all his train on a Christmas Day." / And the small child Jesus smile on you.