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VERSE 2
"Fear not, for you shall bear a holy child.
By him shall man to God be reconciled.
His name shall be Emmanuel, the long foretold:
Most highly favoured lady!
Gloria!
VERSE 3
Then gentle Mary humbly bowed her head:
'To me be as it pleases God,' she said.
'My soul shall praise and magnify his holy name.'
Most highly favoured lady!
Gloria!
VERSE 4
'And so,' she said, 'how happy I shall be!
All generations will remember me,
For God has kept the promises to Israel.'
Most highly favoured lady!
Gloria!
VERSE 5
Of her Emmanuelthe Christwas born
In Bethlehem, upon the Christmas morn,
And Christian folk throughout the world will ever say,
'Most highly favoured lady!
Gloria!'
