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FORGOTTEN VERSE



Today's Christmas poem comes in response to a request from Joan Doughty of South Normanton, Derbyshire. "It is over sixty years since I learnt a poem that begins 'Last night the carol singers came when I had gone to bed'. I'd love to be reminded of it again."
Well we've tracked down the poem, so here it is.

YOUR POEM
Carol Singers
by Margaret Hodge

Last night the carol singers came,
When I had gone to bed.
Upon the crisp white path outside
I heard them softly tread.

I sat upright to listen,
For I knew they came to tell
Of all the things that happened
From the very first Noel.

Upon my ceiling flickering
I saw their lantern glow.
And then they sang carols sweet
Of Christmas long ago.

And when at last they went away
Their carol-singing done,
There was a little girl who wished
They’d only just begun.


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