Wexford Carol은 12세기 아일랜드의Wexford 지역에서 불리었던 노래로 원래는 남자만 불렀던 곡으로 William Grattan Flood (1859 - 1928)가 아일랜드에서 구전으로 전해오던 전통 가요를 정리하여 발표하면서 널리 알려지게 되었다. 가사 첫마디인 "Good people all this Christmas time"가 곡목으로도 자주 이용되고 있다.
Yo-Yo Ma & Alison Krauss
Celtic Woman (Meav)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir 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 borns The night before that happy tide The noble Virgin and her guide Were long time seeking up and down To find a lodging in the town But mark right well what came to pass From every door repelled, alas As was foretold, their refuge all Was but a humble ox's stall Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep To whom God's angel did appear Which put the shepherds in great fear Arise and go, the angels said To Bethlehem, be not afraid 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 angel had foretold They did our Saviour Christ behold Within a manger he was laid And by his side a virgin maid Attending on the Lord of Life Who came on earth to end all strife There were three wise men from afar Directed by a glorious star And on they wandered night and day Until they came where Jesus lay And when they came unto that place Where our beloved Messiah lay They humbly cast them at his feet With gifts of gold and incense sweet. | 
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