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7 o'clock in the morning. We are coming towards Xmas, which is a Christian festival & supposedly a family time & a special time for little children, but I must leave it to you your Mummy & Daddy to explain to you when you are old enough to understand. Things change throughout the years my darling, good things & bad things but all part of life you will learn over the years.
Here are some lines my mother sang to me as a child.
[Added when transcribing: Mum couldn't remember this very well, so I have substituted the lyrics from here.]
A mother was watching on Xmas night,
Rocking her babe in the candle light,
And she lifted her eyes in the gathering gloom
For the Christ child stood in her lowly room.
"What shall I give to the child?" He said —