EWTN and Cradle Concepts present Christmas with Colin Ray
Noel, noel, noel
No crib for a bed the little lord Jesus
Featuring special guest Andrea Thomas
Pure light, radiant beams from
And now, Christmas with Colin Ray
Merry Christmas everyone and welcome
We are so happy and very privileged and humble to be here in Cincinnati, Ohio
At the Beautiful Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center
Beautiful, beautiful church
And we're gonna sing a lot of wonderful Christmas songs for you tonight
Uh, speaking of Cincinnati, a little over a year ago, I had the, uh,
Honor of meeting a young, a local Cincinnati girl named Andrea Thomas.
A wonderful, wonderful girl, wonderful person from, uh, Steubenville
A graduate of Franciscan University who I, uh, would have the pleasure of getting to sing with on a number of occasions.
Most, not the least of which is, uh, on my most recent album His Love Remains
We did a number of songs together
I'm very honored to have her with me here tonight
And I'd like to enlist her help right now
Uh, in helping me with a song that I think is one of the most beautiful, time honored Christmas songs ever
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Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
The little lord Jesus lay down his sweet head
The stars in the sky looked down where he lay
The little lord Jesus asleep on the hay
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The cattle are lowing, the poor baby wakes
But little lord Jesus, no crying he makes
I love thee, lord Jesus, look down from the sky
And stay by my cradle 'til morning is nigh
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Be near me, lord Jesus, I ask thee to stay
Close by me forever and love me, I pray
Bless all the dear children in thy tender care
And take me(us) to heaven to live with thee there