In the very dead of night, with darkness all around
High upon a windy hill, the shepherd boys are found
Not for them, a comfy bed and quilt of eiderdown
Just a stony pillow, and a blanket on the ground

They are the night-watchers!
The stargazers!
The keepers of their sheep!
And when the {?} {?}, the fire blazes while all the worlds asleep
All the world's asleep

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Hurry now, to Bethlehem, where Jesus Christ is born

They are the night-watchers!
The stargazers!
The keepers of their sheep!
And when the [?] [?], the fire blazes while all the world's asleep
All the world's asleep