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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Christ Is Born in Bethlehem

Alice Corbin

From “New Mexico Folk-songs”
A New Mexico Nursery Rhyme

Cristo nacio is what the rooster said,

And the hen said, En Belen!

The goats were so curious that they said

Vamos a ver—let us go see!

But the wise old sheep said,

No es menester!—there’s no need of it!

Cristo nacio

En Belen!

Vamos a ver

No es menester!