birthday of a king

in the little village of bethlehem,
there lay a child one day;
and the sky was bright with a holy light
o’er the place where jesus lay.

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alleluia! o how the angels sang.
alleluia! how it rang!
and the sky was bright with a holy light
’twas the birthday of a king.

’twas a humble birthplace, but o how much
god gave to us that day,
from the manger bed what a path has led,
what a perfect, holy way.

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