X:1
T:Virgin Unspotted
M:3/2
L:1/4
K:G
S:George Pullen Jackson, Down-East Spirituals and Others, 1943; rpt. Da Capo, 1975, pp. 25-26
G|G (d/c/) (d/c/)|B B (B/A/)|G B (A/G/)|G2:|
w:A vir-gin_ un - spot-ted the_ pro-phet fore - told,
w:Should bring forth_ a_ Sav-ior which_ now we be - hold;
B|A A c|B G G|B d c| d2 B|
w:To be our Re-dee-mer from death hell and sin, Which
w:(Chorus)~Then let us be mer-ry, cast sor-rows a-way; Our
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w:Ad - am's_ trans-gres-sion in - vol-ved us_ in.
w:Sav - ior,_ Christ Je-sus, was_ born on this_ day.

Through Bethlehem city in Jewry it was,
That Joseph and Mary together did pass;
And for to be taxéd when thither they came,
Since Caesar Augustus commanded the same.
(Chorus) Then let us be merry etc.

But Mary's full time being come, as we find,
She brought forth her first born to serve all mankind.
The inn being full for this heavenly guest,
No place there was found for to lay him to rest.

But Mary, blest Mary, so meek and so mild,
Soon wrappéd in swadlings this heavenly child.
Contented she laid him where oxen [did] feed,
The great God of nature approv'd of the deed.

Then presently after, the shepherds did spy
Vast numbers of angels to stand in the sky;
So merrily talking, so sweet they did sing:
All glory and praise to our heavenly King.