THE OLD 
 OLD WISH 
 
 BY 
 WILBUR D.NESBIT
 
 THE OLD 
 OLD WISH 
 
 Wilbur D.Nesbit 
 
 Published by 
 
 P.F.VollandtfCo. 
 
 rt ikeir Shop in
 
 2075575
 
 COPYRIGHT 1BII
 
 IT S suck a old, old. wish, 
 you know, seems like it 
 must come true - 
 This "Merry Christmas!" that 
 I wish -with all my heart 
 
 to you. 
 
 I like to think, about it 
 'when I wish it to my 
 
 friends -- 
 It's one good -wish a 
 never only jest 
 
 p'tends! 
 "Good will to men!" they 
 sung it in th' midnight / 
 
 ca m an clear 
 T wo thousand years ago 
 all th.' happy -world 
 to hear. 
 
 ller
 
 OOD will to men! 
 th' angels sent it rangin 
 from tli skies 
 With all th' stars a-singin 
 Oh, to think that mortal 
 
 eyes 
 
 Could see that dawn o glory, 
 an' mortal ears could ' 
 
 hear 
 
 That first glad "Merry Christ- 
 mas! "come a-ripplin sweet 
 
 an clear! 
 I like to sort o' sing <it when 
 
 I pass it right along, 
 An feel I've caught th echo 
 of* that old, old angel 
 son<
 
 I 
 
 LIKE to catch tk' sperrit 
 tkat is kacl^_ of ev'ry 
 
 "word, 
 
 Ik' spemt tkat tk' skepkerds 
 -felt tk' minute tKat they 
 
 Keard 
 
 Tk' v/kole sky iull o' music. 
 Ok, tkey understood it 
 
 tken 
 Test as we do at Ckristmas 
 
 if" we mean "Good will to 
 
 
 I men. 
 
 It ain't jest for your nekbors 
 an your :amkly, kut it 
 
 starts 
 
 Rigkt irom. your soul an takes 
 in all tk' -world o' kuman 
 kearts.
 
 I 
 
 T'S such a old, old. wish \ 
 why, its a older tiling than 
 
 time! 
 
 I like to think it murmured 
 in th' first angelic chime 
 'Long 'fore th' world was 
 fashioned an' there was a 
 
 land an' sea 
 
 I like to think 'twas started 
 then to reach to you an' 
 
 me! 
 An* so 1 say it softly, with , 
 
 i * t * 
 
 a sort o singin strain 
 .An like to think th' echo 
 still is soundin' from that 
 plain. 
 
 S* -N
 
 'HEN you say "Merry 
 
 Wo,--- -* 
 Christmas, if you 
 think o' what you say 
 You're touchin hands with 
 them that saw th' first real 
 
 Christmas Day 
 "Vou're one -with them in 
 sperrit an! th' angels, too, 
 
 that sung, 
 
 I like to think they're happy 
 When that 'wish is given 
 
 tongue. 
 
 It's such a old, old -wish, you 
 know, seems like it must 
 
 come true 
 
 This "Merry Christmas!" 
 that I wish with all my 
 heart to vou.
 
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