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Merrily rang out the midnight bells	A
Glad tidings of joy for all	B
As crouched a little shiv'ring child	C
Close by the churchyard wall	B
The snow and sleet were pitiless	D
The wind played with her rags	E
She beat her bare half frozen feet	F
Upon the heartless flags	E
A tattered shawl she tightly held	G
With one hand round her breast	H
Whilst icicles shone in her hair	I
Like gems in gold impressed	H
But on her pale wan cheeks the tears	J
That fell too fast to freeze	K
Rolled down as soft she murmured	L
Do buy my matches please	K
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Wee weak inheritor of want	M
She heard the Christmas chimes	N
Perchance her fancy wrought out dreams	O
Of by gone better times	N
The days before her mother died	P
When she was warmly clad	Q
When food was plenty and her heart	R
From morn to night was glad	Q
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Her father now is lying sick	S
She soon may be alone	T
He cannot use his spade and pick	S
As once he could have done	U
The workhouse door stands open wide	P
But should he enter there	I
They'd tear his darling from his side	P
And place her anywhere	I
They'd call it charitable help	V
Though breaking both their hearts	W
But then when in adversity	X
Folks have to bear the smarts	W
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Some carriages go rolling by	Y
Gay laughter greets her ears	Z
She envies not their better lot	A2
She only sheds more tears	J
And now and then a passing step	B2
Will cause the tears to cease	C2
As fainter fainter comes the plaint	A2
Do buy my matches please	K
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Darker the sky colder the wind	A2
The bells are silent now	D2
She creeps still closer to the wall	B
And sinks upon the snow	E2
The sound of revelry no more	F2
Disturbs her weary ear	G2
Sleep conquers cold and pain and grief	H2
Oblivion shuts out fear	I2
The snow drifts to the churchyard wall	B
The graves with white are spread	A2
But those gray walls do not enclose	J2
All of the near by dead	A2
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The wind has ta'en the snowflakes	K2
And gently as it might	A2
Has spread a shroud o'er one more lost	A2
And hid it from the sight	A2
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I would not wake her if I could	A2
'Twas well for her she died	A2
Her spirit floated out upon	L2
The bells of Christmastide	A2
She breathed no prayer nor thought of Heaven	U
Her last faint words were these	K
As time merged in eternity	A2
Do buy my matches please	K
	-
But surely angels would be there	I
To shield her from all harm	M2
And in Christ's loving bosom	N2
She could nestle and get warm	O2
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The wifeless childless stricken man	P2
Lies moaning in his pain	Q2
Come let me bless thee e'er I die	A2
But she never came again	R2

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