James W. Keefe - Medley of Gaelic Carols - текст песни (слова)

Once in royal David's city
 Stood a lowly cattle shed,
 Where a mother laid her baby
 In a manger for His bed:
 Mary was that mother mild,
 Jesus Christ her only child.
 
 He came down to earth from heaven,
 Who is God and Lord of all,
 And His shelter was a stable,
 And His cradle was a stall;
 With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
 Lived on earth our Saviour Holy.
 
 Good people all, this Christmas time
 Consider well and bear in mind
 What our good God for us has done
 In sending his beloved son
 With Mary holy we should pray,
 To God with love this Christmas Day
 In Bethlehem upon that morn,
 There was a blessed Messiah born
 The night before that happy tide
 The noble Virgin and her guide
 Were long time seeking up and down
 To find a lodging in the town
 But mark right well what came to pass:
 From every door repelled, alas!
 As long foretold, their refuge all
 Was but a humble ox's stall.
 
 Child in the manger, Infant of Mary
 Outcast and stranger, Lord of all!
 Child who inherits
 All our transgressions!
 All our demerits on Him fall.
  
 Prophets foretold Him,
 Infant of wonder
 Angels behold Him on His throne;
 Worthy our Savior
 of all their praises
 Happy forever are His own.
 
 Come, buy my nice fresh ivy, and my holly sprigs so green.
 I have the fairest branches that ever yet were seen.
 Come buy from me, good Christians, and let me home, I pray,
 And wish you a merry Christmastime and a happy New Year's Day.
 Ah, won't you buy my ivy? The loveliest ever seen.
 Ah, won't you buy my holly boughs, you that love the green?
 Do take a little branch of each, and on my knees I'll pray
 That God will bless your Christmas and with you New Year's Day.
 Come buy from me, good Christians, and on my knees I'll pray
 That God will bless your Christmas and with you New Year's Day.