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[Music: SURREY AND SUSSEX NEW YEAR CAROL.]
1. Oh, the moon shines bright, and the stars give a light; / In a little time it will be day, / The Lord our God He calls upon us all, / And He bids us awake and pray.
2. Awake, awake, good people all! / Awake, and you shall hear: / Our blessèd Saviour died upon the Cross, / For Christ loved us so dear.
3. So dear, so dear Christ loved us all, / He for our sins was slain; / Leave off, O men, your wicked, wicked ways, / And turn to the Lord again.
4. Oh, the life of man it is but a span, / He flourishes like a flower, / He's here to-day, and to-morrow he is gone, / And he's dead all in an hour.
5. Oh, teach your children well, good men, / As long as here you stay, / For it will be better for your sweet souls, / When your bodies lie under the clay.
6. There's a green turf for our heads, good men / And another for our feet, / Where our good deeds and our evil deeds too / Together all will meet.