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Riu, riu, chiu 
La guarda ribera 
Dios guarde el lobo 
De nuestra cordera.

El lobo rabioso 
La quiso morder 
Mas Dios poderoso 
La supo defender, 
Quizole hazer que 
No pudiesse pecar. 
Ni aun original 
Esta uirgen no tuuiera, 

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Este uiene a dar 
A los muertos uida, 
Y uiene a reparar 
De todas la cayla; 
Es la luz del dia 
Aqueste mocuelo.
Este es el cordero
Que San Juan dixera.

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Yo ui mil garcones 
Que andauan contando 
Por aqui bolando 
Haziendo mil sones, 
Diziendo a gascones, 
Gloria sea en el cielo, 
Y paz en el suelo 
Pues Jesus nasciera. 

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Este uiene a dar 
A los muertos uida, 
Y uiene a reparar 
De todas la cayla; 
Es la luz del dia 
Aqueste mocuelo. 
Este es el cordero
Que San Juan dixera.

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Yo ui mil garcones 
Que andauan contando 
Por aqui bolando 
Haziendo mil sones, 
Diziendo a gascones, 
Gloria sea en el cielo, 
Y paz en el suelo 
Pues Jesus nasciera. 

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Riu, riu, chiu (nightingale's sounds)
The river bank protects it,
As God kept the wolf from our lamb.
 

The rabib wolf tried to bite her,
But God Almighty knew how to defend her,
He wished to create her impervious to sin,
Nor was this maid to embody original sin.
 
 
 
 

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He comes to give life to the dead,
He comes to redeem the fall of man
This child is the light of day,
He is the very lamb Saint John prophecied.
 
 
 
 

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A thousand singing herons I saw passing,
Flying overhead, sounding a thousand voices,
Exhulting, "Glory be in the heavens, 
and peace on earth, for Jesus has been born."
 
 
 
 

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He comes to give life to the dead,
He comes to redeem the fall of man;
This child is the light of day, 
He is the very lamb Saint John prophecied.
 
 
 
 

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A thousand singing herons I saw passing,
Flying overhead, sounding a thousand voices,
Exhulting, "Glory be in the heavens, and peace on earth,
for Jesus has been born."
 
 
 
 

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