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Birthday carol

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o0o O what shall I give for your birthday,
my dear little baby Christ?
A shawl of mist from the mountains high,
a jacket cut from the pearly sky,
a bonnet of rainbow light,
a bonnet of rainbow light?

O what shall I give for your birthday,
my dear little baby Christ?
A tumbling star on a golden chain,
a pony pied,  with a silky mane,
a fish in a bowl of light,
a fish in a bowl of light?

O what shall I give for your birthday,
my dear little baby Christ?
A book of songs that the angels sing,
a cup of love from a silver spring,
a cradle of glory bright,
a cradle of glory bright?

 

Permission is given to reproduce this material,  with acknowledgement,
for non-commercial use in a congregational or similar setting.

 

Tania Atkinson is a Dunedin-based poet and writer
who claims both Irish and New Zealand heritage

 

 

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