Noel Nouvelet
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1. Noel nouvelet, sing we a new Noel;
Thank we now our God, and of His goodness tell;
Sing we Noel to greet the new born King;
Noel nouvelet, a new Noel we sing!
2. Waking from my sleep, a vision came to me;
For before my eyes there stood a flow'ring tree,
Where on a bright red rosebud I did see.
Noel nouvelet, a new Noel sing we!
3. How my heart did glow, with inward joy divine!
For with rays of glory did the rosebud shine,
As when the sun doth blaze on break of day.
This new Noel sing we: Noel nouvelet!
4. Then a tiny bird ceased joyous song to say
Unto certain shepherds: "Haste you now away!
In Bethlehem the newborn Lamb you'll see."
Noel nouvelet, a new Noel sing we!
5. Mary and Joseph in Bethl'em they found,
Where the Infant lay, with ox and ass around,
And for a crib, their manger full of hay.
This new Noel sing we: Noel nouvelet!
6. So, upon my bed, I saw these wonders all,
Dreaming of a Child, an Infant Child so small:
Jesus of Naz'reth, called a King to be.
Noel nouvelet, a new Noel sing we!
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