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Live performance by the Byrd Ensemble, November 25, 2017 at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA.

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Long, long ago,
Oh! so long ago,
Christ was born in Bethlehem
To heal the world's woe.

His Mother in the stable
Watched him where he lay
And knew for all his frailty
He was the world's stay.
Long, long ago...
She tended him and nursed him,
Giving him her breast,
And knew that it was God's son
In her crook'd arm at rest.
Long, long ago....

While he lay there sleeping
In the quiet night
She listened to his breathing
And oh! her heart was light.
Long, long ago....

Shepherds at the sheepfolds
Knew him for their King;
And gold and myrrh and frankincense
Three wise men did bring.
Long, long ago, .....

John Buxton (1912—1989)