Key: D major•
Verse 1
As it fell out on a cold winter day,
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the drops of rain did fall.
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Our Sa vior asked leave of his mother,
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Mary, if He might go play at ball.
Verse 2
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"and there you will find three jolly children.
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But let me hear no complaint of You
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when You come home again."
Verse 3
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"We are royal sons and we will not play at ball,
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For You are but a poor maid's child,
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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and you will not play at ball.
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I'll build you a bridge of the beams of
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the sun to play upon us all."
Verse 5
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And He built them a bridge of the beams of the sun
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and over the pools they played, all three,
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call home your child," their eyes all drowned in tears.
Verse 6
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Mary mild), Mary mild (Mary mild) called home her Child.
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And when she asked Him,
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"Oh, I built them a bridge of the beams of
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the sun so they would play at ball with me.
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So they would play with me."
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G A C
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