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[match snaps, fizzles]
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[fire crackling]
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[puffs]
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[wagon wheels rattling]
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-[driver] Hup!
-[horse snorting]
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[driver] Yah.
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[narrator] That woman there
is my grandmother,
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a hardy sort who had to raise
a family of four all by herself.
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As I remember,
she wouldn't say boo to a goose.
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[yells] Angela, you're late!
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[narrator chuckles]
There's my Uncle Tom.
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Though he was only ten at that time,
he was still the man of the family.
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He's holding my auntie Aggie.
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Some called her
the most handsome lady in Limerick.
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-[mother] Angela!
-[narrator] And Uncle Pat.
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Pat, why isn't Aggie wearing her jumper?
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I couldn't get it on her, Mammy,
and Angela's late again.
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That child will have me above
in St. Jeremiah's asylum.
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Mammy says you'll have her in the asylum
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-if you don't get down this minute.
-[mother] Pat!
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[mother] Angela!
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[narrator] And that little girl there?
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[grunts] Uh! Ooh! Oof!
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-[mother] Angela!
-Coming.
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How have you grown out of this already?
You'll catch your death.
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-[door closes]
-[Aggie chuckles]
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She can have mine.
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[narrator] She grew up to be my mother.
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Thank you, Angela.
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Late again, I see.
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Yes. Hello, Mrs. Blake.
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[sighs]
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-Pat, give your jacket to Angela.
-What? My jacket to Angela?
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-Get your own jacket.
-No more messing about.
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-Here.
-Tom, you give yours to Pat.
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[Aggie chuckles]
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[narrator] And this is a story
about the Christmas Eve...
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You look like a clown,
all big and bulky like--
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-[mother] Pat!
-...when she was nearly six years old.
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-I'm grand.
-I won't see you catching your death.
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I don't want to wear my ma's coat to Mass.
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-[Aggie chuckles]
-Then take my scarf.
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Right, come on.
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[mother] It'll be Christmas Day
before we get there.
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Ha! ♪ Angela's wearing boy's clothes ♪
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♪ Angela's got a big boy's coat
Na-na-na-na-na! ♪
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[sighs]
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-You're going in.
-[grunts, giggles]
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-[Pat] Maggot.
-You're a maggot. Agh!
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-[gasps]
-[driver] Hey, hey, hey.
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-[screams]
-[neighs]
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[both gasp]
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-I'm telling Mam.
-[Pat] You're not.
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She'll send you to bed
without even a cup of tea.
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Shut up. She won't.
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When you take a coin from her purse,
you're punished.
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Imagine what she would do
for pushing me under a horse.
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-Hurry up, the pair of you.
-Pat pushed me.
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I didn't.
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-[mother] Get in.
-[narrator] Ah. St. Joseph's.
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A church so cold,
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if you didn't go in with a cough,
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you certainly came out with one.
[chuckles]
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[priest] It is a time for reflection
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and a time to help those less fortunate
and to forgive foes
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and those who've sinned against us.
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-Telltale.
- [whispers] Stop it.
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-Telltale.
-Stop it.
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[priest] ...to celebrate
in one another's love.
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Jesus entering Jerusalem,
coming into the temple,
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they too were late,
and they were separate living out...
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[gasps, grunts]
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[faint murmuring]
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Aye...?
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-Sorry.
-[both gasp]
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[whispers] Can you please
just stop fighting for one minute?
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As it is written in Luke,"
"'For unto you was born this day
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in the city of David
a Savior which is Christ the Lord
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and this shall be a sign unto you.
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You shall find the baby
wrapped in swaddling clothes
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lying in a manger.'
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And there were shepherds
living out in the fields nearby
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keeping watch over their flocks..."
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[voice fades, sermon continues]
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[whispers] He'll catch his death.
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-Angela, shush.
-The baby's cold.
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Angela, shh!
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[sermon continues]
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[narrator] It was about this time
that Angela had a little idea.
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It made perfect sense,
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but little ideas
are often the seeds of big trouble.
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[priest] Amen.
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[congregation] Amen.
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Amen.
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[faint voices overlapping]
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[man] Happy Christmas to ya!
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-[Pat chuckles]
-Mama.
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-Mammy, can I go back and light a candle?
-No, Angela, we need to get home.
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Please, Mam, just one for the baby Jesus.
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[sighs]
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-Please?
-[Aggie] Mama, Mama.
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-Mama, Mama.
-Stop it, Aggie. Go on, so.
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[mother] But run straight home
as soon as you're done.
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[Angela] I will.
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[door bangs]
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-[faint muttering]
-[gasps]
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-[Mrs. Blake] Jesus Christ...
-...Jesus Christ and our Lord...
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[praying continues]
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[praying continues]
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[praying continues]
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[praying continues]
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[man coughs, sniffles]
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-[man] ...temptation...
-...Jesus...
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-[praying continues]
-[loud tap]
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[Mrs. Blake] Glory to the Father...
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-[crunches]
-What's that?
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[gasping] Ah-choo!
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[squeals] Ah... ah-choo!
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[sneeze echoes]
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[gasps] Eh...?
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[both] Bless you.
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[Angela] Thank you.
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[Mrs. Blake] God bless us, save us!
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[door slams]
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[whispers] Hello.
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Would no one put a blanket
over your little body?
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I bet you would never complain
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'cause you wouldn't want to make
your mammy the slightest bit unhappy.
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-[door opens]
-[gasps]
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-What?
-[book clatters]
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[priest] Oh!
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[moans, mutters]
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Oh, the thief. The thief...!
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[mutters]
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[doors clatter]
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-...said thank you to me.
-I think He said thank you to me first.
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There's no way...
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-[panting]
-[man] But if you remember rightly...
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[Angela] Are you all right in there?
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We'll get you home,
get you all warm and snuggly
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and wrap you up
like a little holy sausage.
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-[gasps]
-[elders' voices overlapping]
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Mm-hmm.
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Oh, it's not far.
Just a few streets down that way.
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[man] Father, how are you?
There's been a miracle.
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[priest] What? What miracle?
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[gasps]
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Look at all those lovely sweets.
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If you're good, Mam might give us a penny
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and we can spend it on whatever we want.
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Bull's-eyes, pear drops, humbugs,
whatever you want.
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What's that?
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Oh, no, we can't go in, Baby Jesus.
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Mam said we had to go
straight home, no question.
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Well, since it's your birthday,
we'll go in for one minute.
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Oh, it's free to look.
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You can look at them all day if you like.
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[voices overlapping within]
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[horse nickers]
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[patrons singing]
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Would you look at them all there?
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[man] Excuse me.
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My favorites are the apple drops.
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Excuse me. Shop's closed.
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[stammers] I-I didn't--
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Hey, what have you got there?
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-Is it a dolly from Santy?
-No, 'tis too early for Santy.
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-Did you steal it from Santy?
-Er--
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[men laughing]
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-Oof!
-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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-[panting]
-Shh, shh. Easy, easy, easy.
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Uh...?
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What's that?
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Uh...
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Is it...
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Is it a Christmas shillin'?
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Thanks.
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[policeman] Huh.
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[panting] Oh, Baby Jesus,
they don't understand.
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I'm not stealing you.
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I just want to get you warm.
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One night, just one night in my room,
then I'll bring you back.
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-[panting]
-[wind whistling]
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-[faint crackling]
-[gasps]
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[creaking]
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[whispers] It's just silly shadows.
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-[wind whistling]
-[branches creaking]
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[squeals]
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[panting]
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It's just silly shadows.
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I'm not at all frightened,
so you shouldn't be either.
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-[music playing]
-Penny for the pauper.
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[Angela gasps, moans]
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[gasps]
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[Angela] There you go.
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[chuckles]
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Even I can see that you have
a good heart, me darlin'.
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Merry Christmas.
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[pauper] And a merry Christmas to you.
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[music playing]
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[splashes]
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[Aggie cooing within]
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I don't want anyone gawking at us.
Let's go round the back.
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Will you help me, Baby Jesus?
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Okay, so...
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one, two, three... hup!
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No, no, no, Baby Jesus.
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You have to go over the wall. Again.
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One, two, three. Hup!
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Come on now, Baby Jesus.
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No more messin'.
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Try really hard this time.
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One, two, three. Hup!
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-[distant barking]
-[gasps]
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You did it, Baby Jesus.
Good man, yourself.
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[grunts]
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[grunts]
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[gasps] Oh, no.
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Oh, no, Baby Jesus.
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[Angela gasps]
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[gasps]
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What are you doing in Mrs. Blake's yard?
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There's no excuse
for the way you're behaving,
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flying round like an angel.
I've a good mind to leave you there.
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[sighs]
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All right, all right.
I'll come and get you.
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Don't make a sound.
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Oh, no, you poor thing.
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And me giving out to you and everything.
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And you're smiling at me
even though I hurt you.
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Come here to me.
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[grunts]
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[grunts]
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-[door opens]
-[gasps]
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Huh?
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That's the baby Jesus from the church.
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He's supposed to be sleeping in his crib
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and you have him here
in the freezing cold?
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I'm warming him up.
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[Pat] His mammy will be roaring
and bawling when she sees him gone.
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-[Tom singing]
-[mother] Right, fire.
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This is where myself and Aggie sleep.
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Now you must be careful
'cause she ripped the head off my doll.
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[gasps] But don't worry, I'll mind you.
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♪ Rest with me ♪
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♪ We'll be warm and free to dream ♪
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[narrator] I doubt that there was
a warmer place in Limerick...
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[Angela] ♪ Of all the things to come... ♪
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[narrator] ...than in Angela's room
that night.
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[Angela] ♪ For you, my little one ♪
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-[bangs]
-Angela's upstairs with the baby Jesus.
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[Angela] ♪ Look up high and see ♪
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♪ All the stars above you and me ♪
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Is she now? Isn't that great?
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♪ They shine a light
On all the things to come ♪
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♪ For you, my little one ♪
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His mammy will be roaring and bawlin'.
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And I suppose all the angels and saints
are coming over for dinner too.
259
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[Tom, Aggie, mother laugh]
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[mother] Pat.
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Shh, shh, shh.
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♪ Of all the things yet to come ♪
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-I'm telling the truth!
-[clatters]
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-[panting]
-[Angela] ♪ For you, my little one ♪
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[puffs]
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-[humming]
-[footsteps scuffling]
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[gasps]
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-See? I wasn't telling stories.
-Mother of God.
269
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Is that the baby Jesus
from St. Joseph's?
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[stammers] I-- I just wanted to warm him.
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Oh, Jesus.
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We can sneak him into the milk mart.
They'll find him in the morning.
273
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-He'll freeze!
-You can't just steal the baby Jesus.
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His mammy will be sick with worry.
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-I'm keeping him warm.
-He has to go back to his mam!
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-[Angela] Stop. He's staying.
-She's gonna be sick!
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-[Tom] He can't just stay here, Angela.
-[Pat] He has to go back!
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[mother] Enough!
279
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Enough, all of you.
280
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Pat, put the kettle on.
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-What about the--?
-Put the kettle on.
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Please, Mammy, please?
283
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I'll warm him and I'll tell his mother
we have him safe in the bed.
284
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You've all had your say.
285
00:17:17,319 --> 00:17:19,880
Now I want to tell you a story--
286
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one about the night you were born.
287
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-I was born on New Year.
-Stroke of midnight.
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Head in the old year, feet in the new.
289
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We were gonna write to the Pope
to ask what year you were born in.
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We can't be listening to stories
with the baby Jesus on the table.
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The night you were born,
it was bitterly cold.
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[chuckles]
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So cold that the midwife kept her coat on.
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[mother] She was young, in love,
295
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with the new year
and a new suitor waiting.
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But what no one knew
was that my own heart was breaking.
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-Happy New Year.
-[Angela cries]
298
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Why was your heart breaking, Mam?
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Your father.
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00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,240
-Go in and meet your sister, boys.
-[boys chuckle]
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[mother] Your father didn't want the baby
being born into a cold house.
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Hi, babba.
303
00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:21,080
[mother] So he went out
to get coal for the fire.
304
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I got word shortly before Angela was born.
305
00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,000
[Angela cries]
306
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[mother] The guards locked
your father up in the Limerick jail
307
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,400
for trying to take a few lumps of coal
off the back of the fuel cart.
308
00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,080
Sure, he was just trying to do
the right thing,
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just trying to warm the house.
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[Angela cries]
311
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[mother] It should have been
one of the happiest days of our lives.
312
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Instead, my heart was broken in pieces.
313
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[fizzles]
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[mother] But then...
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In you go, Pat.
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[mother] Together, we were warm.
317
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Because that is what families do.
318
00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,200
They shelter each other from the storm.
319
00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,200
They bring joy where there is sadness,
320
00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,920
warmth where there is none.
321
00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,400
Your father wasn't proud
of his actions that night,
322
00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,360
but when he heard
how you boys minded your mother,
323
00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,800
when he saw his baby daughter
for the first time,
324
00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,720
he was the proudest man in Limerick.
325
00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:49,800
I miss Dadda.
326
00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,720
I know you do, Pat. We all do.
327
00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:09,080
He needs to go home.
328
00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,920
-Angela?
-I just need to do one thing.
329
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[thumps]
330
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[Pat] What is she doing, Mam?
331
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-[Angela] Come on!
-Huh?
332
00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:30,520
-[door opens]
-Angela, wait.
333
00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,080
-Will you come on?
-[mother] Boys, coats.
334
00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:37,760
[Angela] Come on.
335
00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,720
You'll have me above in St. Jeremiah's
with your messin'.
336
00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:50,880
What if we're caught, Angela?
337
00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:53,520
We'll be fine, Pat. Come on.
338
00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,360
[music playing]
339
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[voices murmuring]
340
00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:42,480
-[man laughing]
-And then, He let out a sneeze.
341
00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,560
A sneeze so small and heavenly,
342
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only an angel could have made it.
343
00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,800
A sneezy miracle!
344
00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:51,200
And then, then--
345
00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:56,000
Didn't the Baby Jesus Himself
only go and thank the both of us?
346
00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:59,040
[man] Amazing!
347
00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:03,800
[whispers] Quick.
348
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:17,240
[whispers] Come on.
349
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,120
-[door opens]
-[Angela gasps]
350
00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:33,880
[priest gasps]
351
00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,000
Oh, you've broken it.
352
00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:37,520
Sorry.
353
00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,400
-[mother] Sorry, Father.
-Guard, we have the thief.
354
00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:42,880
-[door opens]
-[Angela] But, but...
355
00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:44,800
[rattling]
356
00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,200
[panting]
357
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,160
No, no, no, no.
She was only warming the baby Jesus.
358
00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,440
You won't put my sister in jail.
You won't.
359
00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:57,320
You can put me in the Limerick jail.
360
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,880
He was cold in the crib,
so I took him home to warm him up.
361
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:11,160
Well, then.
362
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,880
It looks like we've no choice
but to lock you up
363
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:20,840
for the taking of... "one baby Jesus."
364
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:23,520
And on his birthday, of all things.
365
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:24,760
[giggles]
366
00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,680
I fail to see
how this is a laughing matter.
367
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:28,600
You're right, Father.
368
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,800
There is nothing funny
about taking a child,
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00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:37,040
any child-- away from his family
on Christmas Eve.
370
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:07,160
[priest] Wait.
371
00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:10,480
You'll need this...
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00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,120
or you'll catch your death.
373
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:16,720
Thank you.
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00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:23,360
[softly] Goodbye.
375
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,600
-[mother] Good boy, Pat.
-[Angela] Thanks, Pat.
376
00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,120
-[Tom] Yeah, well done, Pat.
-Thanks.
377
00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:37,240
Oh, dear Lord.
378
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,600
[gasps]
379
00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:41,560
[laughs]
380
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:44,480
[sighs] Ah...!
381
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,520
[laughing]
382
00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:56,920
[gasps]
383
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:01,640
[policeman] Happy Christmas!
384
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:03,200
[all] Happy Christmas!
385
00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:05,760
[Mrs. Blake] He blessed me.
386
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,040
It's a miracle. A Christmas miracle!
387
00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,000
-It's a miracle.
-[laughter]
388
00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:26,760
-[bartender] Happy Christmas.
-And a merry Christmas to you.
389
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:34,920
[snaps]
390
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,400
[crackling]
391
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,160
-[mother] Angela?
-Coming.
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00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,120
[narrator] And what about the baby Jesus,
you ask?
393
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,280
Well, he smiled the way he always did...
394
00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:07,200
[puffs]
395
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:09,680
and held out his arms to the world.
396
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:14,920
He was as warm and cozy
as any baby that night.
397
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,960
All with a little help
from Angela, of course.
398
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,720
All with a little help
399
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,520
from my mother.
400
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,680
["Angela's Song" plays]
401
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♪ Rest with me ♪
402
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:52,680
♪ We'll be warm and free to dream ♪
403
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:58,680
♪ Of all the things yet to come ♪
404
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,880
♪ For you, my little one ♪
405
00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:09,280
♪ Look up high and see ♪
406
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:16,080
♪ All the stars above you and me ♪
407
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:22,320
♪ They shine a light
On all the things to come ♪
408
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,280
♪ For you, my little one ♪
409
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,000
♪ Stay with me ♪
410
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:39,520
♪ Forget the cold streets
Of Limerick city ♪
411
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,880
♪ Let's drift away ♪
412
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,800
♪ And sing our song ♪
413
00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:51,160
♪ And dream on and on ♪
414
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,800
♪ Lay with me ♪
415
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:03,280
♪ Let us sing a sweet melody ♪
416
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:09,720
♪ Of all the things yet to come ♪
417
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,920
♪ For you, my little one ♪
418
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,440
♪ Look up high and see ♪
419
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:26,760
♪ All the stars above you and me ♪
420
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:33,320
♪ They shine a light
On all the things to come ♪
421
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,360
♪ For you, my little one ♪
422
00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,240
♪ Look up high and see ♪
423
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:55,600
♪ All the stars above you and me ♪
424
00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:02,200
♪ They shine a light
On all the things to come ♪
425
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,880
♪ For you, my little one ♪