- O Bethlehem of holy worth!
O hallowed town of Jesus' birth!
In thee a Virgin Mother's Child
Brought God from heav'n to earth.
- No inn bade welcome at its door
To Mary on that holy night;
But in a stable Christ was born,
With only stars for light.
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- No pomp of kings, nor princes there,
With Joseph and the Mother fair;
But angel voices from on high,
With glory filled the air.
- O Bethlehem, we pray the Babe,
Once born within thy cheerless cave,
May grant the promised "Peace on earth"
To us He came to save.
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