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Ecce Puer     Credits: Denise Kelly; lyrics by James Joyce     Appears On: After The Morning     Language: English

Lyrics:

Of the dark past a child is born
With joy and grief my heart is torn
Calm in his cradle the living lies
May love and mercy unclose his eyes

Life is breathed on the glass
The world that was not comes to pass
A child is sleeping, an old man gone
Oh father forsaken, forgive your son