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The Crown Of Roses

Lyricist：Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

When Jesus Christ was yet a child
He had a garden small and wild
Where-in he cherished roses fair
And wove them into garlands there

Now as the summertime drew nigh
There came a troop of children by
And seeing roses on the tree
With shouts they plucked them merrily

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'Do you bind roses in your hair?'
They cried in scorn to Jesus there
The boy said humbly 'Take I pray
All but the na-ked thorns away'

Then of the thorns they made a crown
And with rough fingers pressed it down
Till on his forehead fair and young
Red drops of blood like roses sprung