Charles Villiers Stanford - Once in Bethlehem of Judah - текст песни (слова)

Once in Bethlehem of Judah,
 Far away across the sea,
 There was laid a little baby
 On a virgin mother's knee.
 
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 O Savior, gentle Savior,
 Hear Thy loving children sing,
 The God of our salvation,
 The child that is a king.
 
 It was not a stately palace
 Where that little baby lay,
 With His servants to attend Him,
 And with guards to keep the way.
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 But the oxen stood around Him,
 In a stable low and dim;
 In the world He had created
 There was not a room for Him.
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 For He left His Father's glory,
 And the golden halls above,
 And He took our human nature,
 In the greatness of His love.
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 Of His infinite compassion,
 He can feel our want and woe;
 For He suffered, He was tempted,
 When He lived our life below.
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 Still He stands and pleads in Heaven,
 For us, weak and sin-defiled;
 God, who is a man for ever,
 Jesus, who was once a child.
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