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Loreena McKennitt - Dickens' Dublin (The Palace) [Intro] Em D G Em D Em [Verse 1] (Spoken by a street urchin)

Joyful mystery^Am, the birth of our Lord. This night our Lady and St. ^EmJoseph was going up to get ^Bmregistered and, ^Amand they were going down the road and they met this man and, ^Emand he said, "^CHave you any ^Droom?" And he said, "No, but there's an ^Gold stable over there^D/F# that I ^Gowned, if yous want ^Cto go into it." And they went ^Dover and ^Emthe lord came down from the ^Amheaven at twelve o'^Bmclock and loads of ^Cbeautiful angels was ^Dwith them, and when they were walkin'...

[Verse 2]

I ^Emwalk the ^D/F#streets of D^Gublin ^Dtown It's ^Emeighteen ^Cforty-^Dtwo It's ^Emsnowing ^D/F#on this Chr^Gistmas ^DEve Think I'll ^Embeg another ^Cbob or ^Emtwo I'll ^Amhuddle in this doorway here 'Til ^Emsomeone comes a^Bmlong ^AmIf the lamp lighter comes real soon ^EmMaybe I'll go ^Chome with ^Dhim ^GMaybe I can find a ^D/F#place I can ^Gcall my ^Chome ^D ^EmMaybe I can find a ^Amhome I can ^Bmcall my ^Cown

[Verse 3] (Spoken by a street urchin)

These three ^Dwise kings, ^Cand, and they were ^Dall in different countries.^C And they always used to ^Dlook up at the ^Csky and they looked up this ^Dnight and saw this ^Cbeautiful star up in the ^Dsky. And when they were ^Cgoing they all meeted toge^Dther and whe.., you have.., they ^Chad to pass King Herod's place,^D not that we much care^C for him. And they went ^Din and, and he said,^C "And where yous goin'^D with yer best stitches on ye?"

[Verse 4]

The ^Emhorses on the ^D/F#cobbled ^Gstones go ^Dby Think I'll ^Emget one, ^Cone fine ^Dday And ^Emride in^D/F#to the co^Guntry^Dside And ^Emvery ^Cfar a^Emway But ^Amnow as the daylight disappears I ^Embest find a place to ^Bmsleep ^AmThink I'll slip into the bell-tower In the ^Emchurch just ^Cdown the ^Dstreet ^GMaybe I can find a ^D/F#place I can ^Gcall my ^Chome ^D ^EmMaybe I can find a ^Amhome I can ^Bmcall my ^Cown

[Verse 5] (Spoken by a street urchin)

And they said,^D "Did you not hear the ^Cnews?" and say he says, "What news?"^D He says, "This day the saviour is ^Cborn." And he says ^Dto them, "When you find him, come ^Cback and tell me 'cause I ^Dwant to go and adore him ^Ctoo." And he was only coddin' them. ^DHe wanted to kill him and ^Cwhen they were going,^D they stopped and they ^Csaid, "Surely not ^Dthis old stable that^C our king is born in.^D We were expecting ^Ca palace." ^D

[Verse 6]

^EmMaybe on the ^D/F#way I'll ^Gfind the ^Ddog I ^Emsaw the ^Cother ^Dnight And ^Emtuck him under^D/F#neath my ^Gjacket ^Dso We'll ^Emstay warm ^Cthrough the ^Emnight And ^Amas we lie in the bell-tower high And ^Emdream of days to ^Bmcome The ^Ambells o'er head will call the hours Some ^Emday we will ^Cfind a ^Dhome ^GMaybe I can find a ^D/F#place I can ^Gcall my ^Chome ^D ^EmMaybe I can find a ^Amhome I can ^Bmcall my ^Cown ^D ^GMaybe I can find a ^D/F#place I can ^Gcall my ^Chome ^D ^EmMaybe I can find a ^Amhome I can ^Bmcall my ^Cown ^D

[Verse 7] (Spoken by a street urchin)

There was these shepherds and ^Cshepherds are fellas that mind^D the foals and cows ^Cand sheeps and ^Dlittle lambs and all ^Cand, um, they hears this ^Dbeautiful music up in da ^Csky and they ^Dwere

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wondering what was so fun. An angel

disappated them and he said, "I was wonderin' what was so fun" and he said ye, and he said, "The saviour is born. If yous want to go see him, follow that star up in the sky," and it was a beautiful star.

Loreena McKennitt - Dickens dublin