X:1
T:The First Noel
M:3/4
L:1/4
Z:Kevin Goess 9/9/2004
C:French, 18th Century
Q:120
N:Says the Oxford Book of Carols: "The carol cannot be later than the seventeenth century."
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w:The_ first_ no -el the_ an-gels did say Was to cer-tain poor
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w:shep-hers in fields as they lay; In_ fields_ where_ they lay_
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w:keep-ing their sheep On a cold win-ter's night_ that was_so deep.
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w:No -el,_ No -el, No -el, No-el,  Born is the King_ of Is -ra-el.
W:
W:They look-ed up and saw a star 
W:Shining in the east, behond them far;
W:And to the earth it gave great light,
W:And so it continued both day and night.
W:
W:And by the light of that same star,
W:Three Wise men came from country far,
W:To seek for a King was their intent,
W:And to follow the star wherever it went.
W:
W:
W:This star drew nigh to the northwest, 
W:O'er Bethlemehm it took its rest,
W:And there it did both stop and stay,
W:Right over the place where Jesus lay.
W:
W:Then enter'd in those Wisemen three.
W:Full reverently upon their knee,
W:And offer'd there, in His presence,
W:Their gold and myrrh and frankincense.