Luyện nghe bài hát The Christmas Guest

It happened one day December's end
Two neighbors on an old friend
And they his shop so meager and lean
Made gay with thousand of green

And was sitting with face a-shine
When he suddenly stopped as he stitched a
And he said, "Old friends, at today
When the cock was crowing the night
The appeared in a dream to me"
And said, "I'm coming your to be"

So I've been with feet astir
Strewing my shop branches of fern
The table is and the kettle is shined
And over the rafters the is twined

Now I'll wait for my Lord to
And listen closely so I hear His step
As He nears my place.
And I'll open the door and on His face

So his friends went and left Conrad alone
For was the happiest day he had known
For long since, his had passed away
And Conrad had spent many a sad Day

But he knew with the Lord as his Christmas
This Christmas be the dearest and best
So he with only joy in his heart
And with every he would rise with a start
And look for the Lord to be at his
Like the he had had a few hours before

So he ran to the window hearing a sound
But all he could see on the snow covered
Was a beggar whose shoes were torn
And all of his were ragged and worn

But Conrad was touched and he went to the
And he said, "You know, your feet be frozen and sore
I some shoes in my shop for you
And a coat that will you warmer too"

So grateful heart the man went away
But Conrad the time of day
And what made the Lord so late
And how much he'd have to wait

When he a knock, he ran to the door
But it was a stranger once more
A old lady with a shawl of black
With a bundle of kindling on her back
She asked for only a to rest
But was reserved for Conrad's Great Guest

But her seemed to plead "Don't send me away
Let me for awhile on Christmas Day"
So Conrad her a steaming cup
And her to sit at the table and sup

But she left he was filled with dismay
For he saw that the hours were away
And the Lord hadn't come as he said he
And Conrad sure he had misunderstood

out of the stillness he heard a cry
Please me and tell me where am I?"
So again he his friendly door
And stood disappointed as before
It was only a who had wandered away
And was from her family on Christmas Day

Conrad's heart was heavy and sad
But he knew he should the little girl glad
So he called her in and he wiped her
And all her childish fears

Then he led her to her home once more
But as he entered his own darkened
He knew the Lord was not coming
For the of Christmas had passed away

So he went to his and knelt down to pray
And he said, "Dear Lord, why did You
What You from coming to call on me?
For I wanted so much face to see

soft in the silence a voice he heard
"Lift up your head for I kept my
times my shadow crossed your floor
And three times I to your lonely door"

"I was the with bruised, cold feet
And I was the woman you gave to eat
I was the child on the street
Three times I knocked and three I came in
And time I found the warmth of a friend
Of all the gifts, love is the
And I was honored to be Christmas Guest"