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CHRISTMAS

MASTERS IN THIS HALL

"To Bethlem did they go, the shepherds three;
To Bethlem did they go to see whe'r it were so or no,
Whether Christ were born or no
   To set men free."

   Masters, in this hall,
      Hear ye news to-day
   Brought over sea,
      And ever I you pray.
         Nowell! Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!
            Sing we clear!
         Holpen are all folk on earth,
            Born is God's Son so dear.

   Going over the hills,
      Through the milk-white snow.
   Heard I ewes bleat
      While the wind did blow.
                   Nowell, &c.

   Shepherds many an one
      Sat among the sheep;
   No man spake more word
      Than they had been asleep.
                   Nowell, &c.