"Wexford Carol" lyrics

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

Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep
To whom God's angels did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear

"Prepare to go," the angels said
"To Bethlehem. Be not afraid
For there you'll find, this happy morn
A princely babe, sweet Jesus born."

For there you'll find, this happy morn
A princely babe, sweet Jesus born

With thankful heart and joyful mind
The shepherds went the babe to find
And as God's angels had foretold
They did our Savior Christ behold

Within a manger he was laid
And by his side the virgin maid
As long foretold upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born