I'm not religious but I love good Christmas music. And this particular song is so emotional and makes me shed tears always.

The Wexford Carol is a traditional religious Irish Christmas carol originating from County Wexford and, specifically, Enniscorthy (whence its other name), dating to the 12th century. One of the oldest Christmas music. The subject of the song is that of the nativity of Jesus Christ.

The Wexford Carol, sometimes known by its first verse Good people all this Christmas time, is one of the oldest extant Christmas carols in the European tradition. The song achieved a renewed popularity due to the work of William Grattan Flood (1859-1928), who was organist and musical director at St. Aidan's Cathedral in Enniscorthy. He transcribed the carol from a local singer and had it published in the Oxford Book of Carols, putting Enniscorthy into most carol books around the world.

The Lyrics for the video below

Good people all, this Christmas time,
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved son

With Mary holy we should pray,
To God with love this Christmas Day

In Bethlehem upon that morn,
There was a blessed Messiah born.
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Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep
To whom God's angel did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear

Prepare and go, the angels said
To Bethlehem, be not afraid

For there you'll find, this happy morn
A princely babe, sweet Jesus, born.
--
With thankful heart and joyful mind
The shepherds went the babe to find
And as God's angel had foretold
They did our Saviour Christ behold

Within a manger he was laid
And by his side a virgin maid

Attending on the Lord of Life
Who came on earth to end all strife.
---
Good people all, this Christmas time,
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved son

With Mary holy we should pray,
To God with love this Christmas Day

In Bethlehem upon that morn,
There was a blessed Messiah born.

Here is the music


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDZjg_Igoc


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Original full version Lyrics

Good people all, this Christmas time,
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved son

With Mary holy we should pray,
To God with love this Christmas Day

In Bethlehem upon that morn,
There was a blessed Messiah born.

The night before that happy tide,
The noble Virgin and her guide
Were long time seeking up and down
To find a lodging in the town.

But mark right well what came to pass
From every door repelled, alas,

As was foretold, their refuge all
Was but a humble ox's stall.
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Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep
To whom God's angel did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear

Arise and go, the angels said
To Bethlehem, be not afraid

For there you'll find, this happy morn
A princely babe, sweet Jesus, born.
--
With thankful heart and joyful mind
The shepherds went the babe to find
And as God's angel had foretold
They did our Saviour Christ behold

Within a manger he was laid
And by his side a virgin maid

Attending on the Lord of Life
Who came on earth to end all strife.
--
There were three wise men from afar
Directed by a glorious star
And on they wandered night and day
Until they came where Jesus lay

And when they came unto that place
Where our beloved Messiah lay

They humbly cast them at his feet
With gifts of gold and incense sweet.