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A home without guests, a village without shepherds, both are hopeless indeed.

Proverbs and old sayings about home

Silent night:

Silent Night, Holy Night,
All is calm, all is bright,
'Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild,

Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent Night, Holy Night,
Shepherds quake...

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The first noel:

The First No?l the angel did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; In fields where they lay, keeping their sheep,
On a cold winter's night that was so deep.

Chorus: 'No?l, No?l, No?l, No?l Born is...

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Nativiy of Christ

Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined upon the world the light of knowledge; for thereby, they that worshipped the stars were taught by a star to worship Thee, the Sun of Righteousness, and to know Thee, the Dayspring...

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Angels from the realms of glory

Angels, from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o'er all the earth;
Ye, who sang creation's story,
Now proclaim Messiah's birth:
Come and worship, Come and worship
Worship Christ, the new-born King....

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Angels we have heard on high

Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plain,
And the mountains in reply echo back their joyous strains.
Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your...

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As lately we watched

As lately we watch'd o'er our fields thro' the night,
A star there was seen of such glorious light.
All thro' the night, angels did sing,
Carols so sweet of the birth of a King.

A King of such beauty was ne'er...

Proverbs and old sayings American about earth, night, celebrity, fame, air, name, beauty, light, sky, mother

C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S

When I was but a youngster,
Christmas meant one thing,
That I d be getting lots of toys that day.
I learned a whole lot different,
When my mother sat me down,
And taught me to spell Christmas this way:

"C" is...

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I wonder as I wander

I wonder as I wander out under the sky
How Jesus our Saviour did come for to die
For poor orn'ry people like you and like I.
I wonder as I wander out under the sky.

When Mary birthed Jesus 'twas in a cow's stall...

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Mary's boy child

Long time ago in Bethlehem,
So the Holy Bible say,
Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ,
Was born on Christmas Day.
Hark, now hear the angels sing,
A new King born today.
And man will live forevermore
Because of...

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A Great and Mighty wonder

A great and mighty wonder
Our Christmas festal brings:
On earth a lowly infant,
Behold the King of kings!

The Word is made incarnate,
Descending from on high;
And cherubim sing anthems
To shepherds from...

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Ben Jonsons Carol

I sing the birth was born tonight,
The Author both of life and light:
The angels so did sound it,
The angels so did sound it, so did sound it;
The like the ravished shepherds said,
Who saw the light and were afraid,...

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Come, Ye Lofty

Come ye lofty, come ye lowly
Let your songs of gladness ring;
In a stable lies the Holy,
In a manger rests the King:
See in Mary s arms reposing
Christ by highest heaven adored:
Come, your circle round Him closing,...

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Cradled in a Manger meanly

Cradled in a manger, meanly,
Laid the Son of Man His head;
Sleeping His first earthly slumber
Where the oxen had been fed.
Happy were those shepherds listening
To the holy angel s word;
Happy they within...

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From Highest Heaven I Come To Tell

From highest heaven I come to tell
The gladdest news that e'er befell;
These tidings true to you I bring,
And gladly of them say and sing.

'To you today is given a Child,
Born of a chosen virgin...

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Gentle Mary Laid Her Child

Gentle Mary Laid Her Child
Gentle Mary laid her Child
Lowly in a manger;
There He lay, the undefiled,
To the world a Stranger.
Such a Babe in such a place,
Can he be the saviour?
Ask the saved of all the...

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Hymn for Christmas Day

See amid the winter's snow,
Born for us on earth below,
See the tender Lamb appears,
Promised from eternal years.

Chorus
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
Hail, redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all...

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The sayings of the wise are like the sharp sticks that shepherds use to guide sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about use

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