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I love how lyricist Billings criticizes the innkeeper for not accepting the Holy Family. People back in the day kicked butt.

Methinks I see an heav'nly host
Of angels on the wing
Methinks I hear their cheerful notes
So merrily they sing,
So merrily they sing:

Let all your fears be banish'd hence,
Glad tidings I proclaim,
For there's a Saviour born today,
And Jesus is his name,
And Jesus is his name.

The Master of the Inn refus'd
A more commodious Place;
Ungenerous Soul of Savage Mould,
And destitute of Grace,
And destitute of Grace.

Exult ye oxen, low for joy,
Ye tenants of the stall,
Pay your obeisance, on your knees
Unanimously fall,
Unanimously fall.

To God the Father, Christ the Son,
And Holy Ghost ador'd;
The First and Last, the Last and First,
Eternal praise afford,
Eternal praise afford.

Words: William Billings (1746-1800)
from The Suffolk Harmony (1786)
Arranged by Robert Shaw
LYRICS SOURCE: http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/shepherds_carol-Billings.htm
MUSIC SOURCE:
http://www.amazon.com/Joy-World-Robert-Shaw/dp/B0000038OU