Good King Wenceslas

Song Good King Wenceslas
Artist Choir Of St George's Chapel
Album Carols From Windsor Castle

Lyrics

[00:00.01] Loreena Mckennitt - Good King Wenceslas
[00:16.34]
[00:32.68] Good King Wenceslas looked out
[00:35.55] On the Feast of Stephen
[00:38.34] When the snow lay 'round about
[00:41.25] Deep and crisp and even
[00:44.23] Brightly shone the moon that night
[00:47.17] Though the frost was cruel
[00:50.04] When a poor man came in sight
[00:53.09] Gath'ring winter fuel
[00:56.97]
[00:59.00] "Hither, page, and stand by me,
[01:01.88] If thou know'st it, telling
[01:04.73] Yonder peasant, who is he?
[01:07.59] Where and what his dwelling?"
[01:10.71] "Sire, he lives a good league hence,
[01:13.55] Underneath the mountain
[01:16.58] Right against the forest fence
[01:19.31] By Saint Agnes' fountain."
[01:24.06]
[01:51.73] "Sire, the night is darker now
[01:54.59] And the wind blows stronger
[01:57.62] Fails my heart, I know not how
[02:00.47] I can go no longer."
[02:03.53] "Mark my footsteps, my good page
[02:06.36] Tread thou in them boldly
[02:09.31] Thou shall find the winter's rage
[02:12.19] Freeze thy blood less coldly."
[02:16.63]
[02:18.25] In his master's step he trod
[02:20.98] Where the snow lay dinted
[02:23.96] Heat was in the very sod
[02:26.96] Which the Saint had printed
[02:29.82] Therefore, Christian men, be sure
[02:32.75] Wealth or rank possessing
[02:35.77] Ye, who now will bless the poor
[02:38.66] Shall yourselves find blessing.
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