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Gaither Gospel | Bill Gaither - Gaither Vocal Band - All Heaven and Nature Sing | December 25, 2024
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- Bill gaither: life is made up of moments...
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- ... like turning the pages of a photograph album.
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- Our memories preserve for us the relationships...
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- ... and events that tell the stories of each of our lives.
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- Happy, sad, joyful, and painful.
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- The memories of our days make up the fabric...
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- ... of who we are.
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- (choir singing) ♪precious memories♪
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- ♪how they linger♪
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- ♪how they ever flood my soul♪
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- Bill gaither: an unforgettable memory was made when dozens of friends...
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- ... who had spent their lives in gospel music...
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- ... gathered to sings some songs from their own...
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- ... personal treasure of memories.
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- For these folks, many precious memories...
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- ... had begun around a piano somewhere.
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- They're sharing songs about how their lives have been changed...
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- ... by god's amazing grace.
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- ♪precious scenes unfold♪
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- All: ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- ♪ heaven and nature sing. heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- ♪ heaven and nature sing. heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- ♪ a seed shall sprout in bethlehem, ♪
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- ♪ a gentle tender shoot, ♪
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- ♪ a king to rule in israel from jesse's ancient root. ♪
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- ♪ an angel and a peasant girl, a song of simple praise. ♪
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- ♪ "my soul does magnify the lord," ♪
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- ♪ sweet hymn does mary raise. ♪
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- ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- ♪ and the song goes on, and on. ♪
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- ♪ joy to the world. the lord is come. ♪
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- ♪ and the song goes on, ♪
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- ♪ and on, and on. ♪
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- ♪ a journey long, no vacancy, a stable in a cave. ♪
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- ♪ some cows and sheep for company, ♪
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- ♪ a manger and some hay. ♪
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- ♪ ooh-ooh. ♪
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- ♪ a hillside where some shepherds sleep, ♪
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- ♪ a flood of blinding light. ♪
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- ♪ a glorious song of angel choirs ♪
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- ♪ explode into the night. ♪
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- ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- ♪ and the song goes on, and on. ♪
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- - ♪ oh, come let us adore him. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on, ♪
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- ♪ and on, and on. ♪
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- ♪ the song of mary, angel's song, ♪
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- ♪ still to this very day... ♪
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- - ♪ ba-da-da-ba-da-ba-ba. ♪
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- - ♪ the song that filled that holy night ♪
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- ♪ will never fade away. ♪
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- ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on, and on. ♪
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- ♪ and he shall reign ♪
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- ♪ forever and ever. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on, ♪
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- ♪ and on, and on. ♪
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- - here we go. - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on, ♪
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- ♪ and on, and on. ♪
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- - yes.
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- [cheers and applause]
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on, ♪
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- ♪ and on, and on. ♪
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- - yes. - yeah.
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- [cheers and applause]
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪ - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- Bill: the story of creation begins
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- With the sound that some call the big bang.
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- The bible calls it the word.
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- In the beginning was the word.
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- The account in genesis tells us
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- That there was peace and joy,
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- Creativity, sweet relationships
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- From the very beginning.
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- God and the companions he made
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- Walking together in the cool of the day
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- In a place full of sounds of nature making music.
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- But deception and shame muffled the song,
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- Stole away the glory
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- God intended his companions to know.
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- But even then, there was always the promise
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- That the song that heaven and nature sang
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- Would one day return
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- And there would be peace and joy again.
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- No wonder, that night on the hills of judea,
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- The heavens burst open with the song of the angels.
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- Even the lowly shepherds couldn't miss the message.
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- The glory that had always echoed through the heavens
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- Had returned to earth to us.
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- The angels sang it. young mary sang it.
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- Joy restored,
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- Glory returned to earth, to us.
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- - ♪ be near me, lord jesus, ♪
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- ♪ i ask thee to stay. ♪
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- Bill: and those who hear it can't stop singing it.
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- The song just won't stop.
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- Even in the darkest of times, there is the song.
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- Each generation added verses to the song.
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- Children sing it. old folks sing it.
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- Voices echo it. instruments play it.
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- The song rises in every language
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- From every corner of the earth,
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- Joining again the alpha song of creation.
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- Heaven and nature sing it.
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- A savior is born.
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- Gvb: ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- Chorus: ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
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- Gvb: ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
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- - now it's up to us.
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- It's up to us to sing the song.
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- And i can't think of better voices to do that
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- Than these guys that i travel with all year long.
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- Wes hampton, reggie smith,
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- Todd suttles, adam crabb,
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- The gaither vocal band.
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- Join us. let heaven and nature sing
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- And let the song go on,
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- And on, and on.
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- - ♪ mm. ♪ - all right, boys.
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- - come on, now.
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- - let's check it out.
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- All: ♪ look who just checked in, ♪
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- ♪ into the barn, into the world, ♪
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- ♪ into the hearts of the boys and girls. ♪
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- ♪ never met a baby quite like him. ♪
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- ♪ look who just checked in. ♪
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- ♪ look who just checked in, ♪
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- ♪ into the barn, into the world, ♪
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- ♪ into the hearts of the boys and girls. ♪
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- ♪ never met a baby quite like him. ♪
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- ♪ look who just checked in. ♪
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- - ♪ he knew us in the garden, ♪
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- ♪ he brought us through the flood, ♪
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- ♪ saw a sacrifice of the fire and the blood. ♪
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- ♪ everybody thought he'd been away for a while ♪
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- ♪ but he came on down in the form of a child. ♪
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- All: ♪ look who just checked in, ♪
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- ♪ into the barn, into the world, ♪
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- ♪ into the hearts of the boys and girls. ♪
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- ♪ never met a baby quite like him. ♪
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- ♪ look who just checked in. ♪
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- ♪ check out who just checked in. ♪
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- - ♪ now he made us a promise ♪
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- ♪ a long time ago... ♪
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- Both: ♪ the king is a-coming and the world's gonna go. ♪
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- - ♪ reigns in glory in his home on high. ♪
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- ♪ came down to take us to the sweet by and by. ♪
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- All: ♪ look who just checked in, ♪
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- ♪ into the barn, into the world, ♪
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- ♪ into the hearts of the boys and girls. ♪
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- ♪ never met a baby quite like him. ♪
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- ♪ look who just checked in. ♪
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- - ♪ he's the prince of peace, the king of kings. ♪
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- - ♪ lord of the universe and every little thing. ♪
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- - ♪ emmanuel, it's his time again. ♪
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- All: ♪ god is with us once again. ♪
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- ♪ once again. ♪ - ♪ whoo! ♪
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- All: ♪ look who just checked in, ♪
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- ♪ into the barn, into the world, ♪
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- ♪ into the hearts of the boys and girls. ♪
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- ♪ never met a baby quite like him. ♪
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- ♪ look who just checked in. ♪
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- ♪ look who just checked in, ♪
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- ♪ into the barn, into the world, ♪
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- ♪ into the hearts of the boys and girls. ♪
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- ♪ never met a baby quite like him. ♪
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- ♪ look who just checked in. ♪
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- ♪ never met a baby quite like him. ♪
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- ♪ look who just checked in. ♪
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- ♪ check out who just checked in. ♪
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- [laughter] - i like that.
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- [violin melody]
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- ♪ ♪
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- All: ♪ be near me, lord jesus. ♪
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- ♪ i ask thee to stay ♪
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- ♪ close by me forever ♪
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- ♪ and love me, i pray. ♪
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- ♪ bless all the dear children ♪
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- ♪ in thy tender care. ♪
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- - ♪ and take us to heaven... ♪
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- All: ♪ to live with you there. ♪
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- - i saw him in the drugstore.
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- He was a big, awkward-looking guy
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- With work-worn hands.
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- And he was fumbling through the card section.
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- The section marked,
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- "birthday, wife."
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- I watched him out of the corner of my eye
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- As he took out a card and read it,
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- Put it back.
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- I could tell by the look on his face
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- It wasn't what he wanted,
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- He read another card, put it back.
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- And another.
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- Finally, he picked up one of those
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- Kinda corny-looking cards with flowers on the front.
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- Still didn't look like it was what he wanted.
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- Probably said something like,
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- "roses are red, violets are blue," you know.
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- But he sighed and took it to the checkout counter.
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- He paid the lady and she put it in a little brown paper sack
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- And he took it home.
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- I suppose he scrawled something simple
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- On the bottom of it like, "love, pete."
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- And he gave it to her.
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- But it didn't say what he wanted it to say.
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- Because it's not always easy to say the things
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- That really matter, is it?
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- It's not always easy to say, "i really love you."
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- Sometimes it's hard to say, "i'm sorry, i was wrong."
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- Sometimes it's hard to say,
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- "i acted like a fool yesterday.
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- Please forgive me."
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- Sometimes it's hard to say,
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- "you're the glue that holds my whole world together,
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- "and if it weren't for you,
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- I think i would just fall apart."
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- The things you want to say aren't always easy, are they?
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- But i think she probably knew.
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- I think probably by the way he kinda grinned at her
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- And maybe poked her on the elbow.
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- I think she probably knew.
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- Because something about living with somebody for a long time,
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- Really getting to know them and how they tick
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- And knowing what goes on inside of their head and their heart,
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- Some of those things that are so hard to say
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- Don't have to be said.
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- You just know.
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- Love says it.
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- And i think god tried, all down through history,
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- To tell us what he wanted us to know.
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- And he sent his prophets and his teachers,
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- And they tried.
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- And we got part of it.
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- We got the part about god's justice and his law.
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- We got the part about when we do bad things,
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- We somehow have to pay.
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- Oh, but the part that god wanted us to know,
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- The part that says "i really love you,"
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- We weren't getting that.
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- God seemed so far away.
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- But i think before time began, god knew that would happen,
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- And he had a plan.
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- And he said, "i know what i'll do.
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- "i'll send my love right down there
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- "where they can see it and touch it.
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- "and i'll send it as a little, tiny, vulnerable baby.
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- "so they'll have to touch it.
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- They'll have to hold it close."
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- God's love, wrapped in a baby blanket
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- In our arms.
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- And my bible says, "the word became flesh
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- And dwelt among us."
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- And we beheld his glory,
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- The glory of the only begotten of the father.
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- Full of grace and truth.
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- God's love right where we are.
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- All: ♪ his love ♪
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- ♪ went on longing. ♪
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- ♪ his love ♪
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- ♪ went on reaching ♪
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- ♪ right past the shackles ♪
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- ♪ of my mind. ♪
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- ♪ and the word of the father ♪
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- ♪ became mary's little son. ♪
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- ♪ and his love ♪
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- ♪ reached all the way ♪
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- ♪ to where i was. ♪
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- ♪ reaching, ♪
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- ♪ longing, ♪
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- ♪ longing, ♪
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- ♪ and searching. ♪
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- - ♪ and the longing, ♪
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- ♪ and the reaching ♪
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- ♪ became mary's little son. ♪
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- All: ♪ and his love ♪
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- ♪ reached all the way to where ♪
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- ♪ i ♪
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- ♪ was. ♪
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- ♪ ooh. ♪
- 00:20:10.966 --> 00:20:52.007
- - and the angels sang on the hillside,
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- "glory to god in the highest,"
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- And the song started, and it kept going on.
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- Writers down through the ages like mendelssohn,
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- Charles wesley, isaac watts, handel, longfellow,
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- And even coming down to 1989,
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- When two writers like buddy greene and mark lowry
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- Got together and continued that great tradition
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- In this wonderful christmas classic,
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- "mary, did you know?"
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- - ♪ mary, did you know that your baby boy ♪
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- ♪ would one day walk on water? ♪
- 00:21:45.093 --> 00:21:50.065
- ♪ mary, did you know that your baby boy ♪
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- ♪ would save our sons and daughters? ♪
- 00:21:57.773 --> 00:22:03.612
- - ♪ did you know that your baby boy ♪
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- ♪ has come to make you new? ♪
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- ♪ this child that you delivered ♪
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- ♪ will soon deliver you? ♪
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- - ♪ mary, did you know that your baby boy ♪
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- ♪ would give sight to the blind man? ♪
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- ♪ mary, did you know that your baby boy ♪
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- ♪ would calm the storm with his hand? ♪
- 00:22:46.555 --> 00:22:51.860
- - ♪ did you know that your baby boy ♪
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- ♪ would walk where angels trod? ♪
- 00:22:59.434 --> 00:23:04.639
- ♪ and when you've kissed your little baby, ♪
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- ♪ you have kissed the face of god? ♪
- 00:23:10.645 --> 00:23:16.618
- All: ♪ the blind will see, ♪
- 00:23:16.618 --> 00:23:19.488
- ♪ the deaf will hear, ♪
- 00:23:19.488 --> 00:23:22.357
- ♪ the dead will live again. ♪
- 00:23:22.357 --> 00:23:28.129
- ♪ the lame will leap, ♪
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- ♪ the dumb will speak ♪
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- ♪ the praises of ♪
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- ♪ the lamb. ♪
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- - ♪ mary, did you know that your baby boy ♪
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- ♪ that he's lord, he's lord of all creation? ♪
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- ♪ mary, did you know that your baby boy ♪
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- ♪ would one day rule the nation? ♪
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- All: ♪ did you know that your baby boy ♪
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- ♪ is heaven's perfect lamb? ♪
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- - ♪ and the sleeping child you're holding... ♪
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- All: ♪ is the great
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- ♪ i am? ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ mary, did you know? ♪
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- - yes.
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- All: ♪ and the song goes on, ♪
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- ♪ and on, and on. ♪
- 00:25:41.997 --> 00:25:45.900
- - here we go! all: ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
- 00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:47.736
- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
- 00:25:47.736 --> 00:25:49.537
- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
- 00:25:49.537 --> 00:25:50.905
- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
- 00:25:50.905 --> 00:25:52.841
- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
- 00:25:52.841 --> 00:25:54.075
- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
- 00:25:54.075 --> 00:25:56.011
- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
- 00:25:56.011 --> 00:25:57.245
- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
- 00:25:57.245 --> 00:25:59.280
- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
- 00:25:59.280 --> 00:26:00.515
- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
- 00:26:00.515 --> 00:26:02.584
- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
- 00:26:02.584 --> 00:26:03.852
- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
- 00:26:03.852 --> 00:26:05.720
- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
- 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.988
- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
- 00:26:06.988 --> 00:26:08.857
- - ♪ and the song goes on. ♪
- 00:26:08.857 --> 00:26:10.225
- - ♪ heaven and nature sing. ♪
- 00:26:10.225 --> 00:26:12.193
- - ♪ and the song goes on, ♪
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- ♪ and on, and on. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- All: merry christmas!
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- - [shouting] [laughter]
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- Thank you for joining bill and gloria gaither...
- 00:27:07.949 --> 00:27:10.452
- ... and their homecoming friends for "precious memories."
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- Be sure to watch program as these legendary gospel artists...
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- ... share more of your favorite songs.
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- ♪in the stillness, of the midnight♪
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