COMMONPLACE THINGS
A carpenter cut The manager's wood ? With chisel and plane Making it good. A servant carting His master's hay ? Filled up the manger For Christmas Day. The straw that be used For the oxen's bed Made a carpet of light For the angel's tread.. The lantern that lit The stable bare, Was hung by a maid From a rafter, there. And bow should they know Such little things Were meant to welcome The King of Kings ?
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 33, 18 December 1945, Page 3
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78COMMONPLACE THINGS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 33, 18 December 1945, Page 3
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