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It's Good To Be Home

from Manger Scene (album) by Ruth Wilkinson

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Christmas play for the thousandth time
A store bought doll lying in the straw
Bed-sheeted shepherds walk down the main aisle
Following a cardboard star

But just when it seems we've seen it all
Our callous hearts are caught by surprise
We look all around for people have found
The expectations in the childrens' eyes
Another year, another Christmas
Another shepherd watched his flocks by night
It's good to be home

Another family get together
Shortbread, pudding, Christmas cake
Sleigh rides, parties, playing carols
Shopping done before it's too late

The fireplace glow, the people we know
And those who just each year are seen
The babies, the old, the stories are told
While snow reflects the lights of red and green
Another year, another Christmas
Another Hark the herald choir sings
It's good to be home

The stockings are hung, the 12 days are sung
The Christmas cards were mailed last week
The presents are wrapped, our energy's sapped
The turkey's served we'll pray and then we'll eat

Another year, another Christmas
Another first Noel the angel said
It's good to be home

The preacher reads the words from the gospel
And then Isaiah chapter nine
The baby will become a king
And reign until the end of time

A manger, a desert, a temple, a cross
Five thousand fed, calmed angry seas
Wonderful, counselor, mighty God
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace

Until the day there is no Christmas
Another Thou art worthy at His throne
It's good to be home.

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from Manger Scene (album), released November 25, 2014

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Ruth Wilkinson Port Hope, Ontario

Proud mom of two sons, wife of one husband.

Waitress, bartender,
magician's assistant, medical secretary,
nurse’s aide, bookkeeper, short order cook, landscaper, cafeteria lady, singer, songwriter.

Travelled by train, plane, bus, canoe, tractor, motorcycle,
horse and cow.

Writer, singer, pianist, bassist, uker, storyteller,
puppeteer and failed soccer coach.

Occasional baker. ... more

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