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BEST WSHES FORA MERRY CHRISTMAS AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR ee i:

“WE THREE KINGS

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three kings of Orient are,

1 Bearing gifts we traverse afar,

; Field and fountain, moor and mountain, ; ; Following yonder star.

Refrain:

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