Luyện nghe bài hát The Christmas Guest

It happened one day near end
Two called on an old friend
And they found his so meager and lean
Made gay thousand bows of green

And Conrad was sitting face a-shine
When he suddenly as he stitched a twine
And he said, "Old friends, at dawn
the cock was crowing the night away
The appeared in a dream to me"
And said, "I'm your guest to be"

So been busy with feet astir
Strewing my with branches of fern
The table is spread and the is shined
And over the rafters the holly is

Now wait for my Lord to appear
And listen closely so I will hear His
As He my humble place.
And I'll open the and look on His face

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

But he knew with the Lord as his Christmas
This would be the dearest and best
So he with only joy in his heart
And with every sound he would 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 after a sound
But all he could see on the snow covered
Was a shabby whose shoes were torn
And all of his clothes were and worn

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

So with grateful heart the man went
But noticed the time of day
And wondered what the Lord so late
And how longer he'd have to wait

he heard a knock, he ran to the door
But it was only a stranger more
A bent old lady with a shawl of
a bundle of kindling piled on her back
She for only a place to rest
But that was for Conrad's Great Guest

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

But after she left he was with dismay
For he saw that the hours were away
And the Lord come as he said he would
And Conrad sure he had misunderstood

When out of the stillness he a cry
help me and tell me where am I?"
So again he opened his friendly
And stood as twice before
It was only a who had wandered away
And was lost from her on Christmas Day

Again heart was heavy and sad
But he knew he make the little girl glad
So he her in and he wiped her tears
And quieted all her childish

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

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

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

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