Good King Wenceslas
| Category: | Holiday |
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| Link: | Performance Example |
| Notes: | Works great as a call-and-response between two singers or two groups - the king's lines and the page's lines alternate naturally. Based on a real 10th-century Duke of Bohemia. |
GGood King Wen-ces-Clas looked out Gon the feast of D7Stephen
GWhen the snow lay Cround about Gdeep and crisp and D7even G
EmBrightly shone the Dmoon that night Cthough the frost was Gcruel
GWhen a poor man Ccame in sight Ggathering winter D7fu-Gel
GHither page and Cstand by me Gif thou know'st it D7telling
GYonder peasant Cwho is he Gwhere and what his D7dwell-Ging
EmSire he lives a Dgood league hence Cunderneath the Gmountain
GRight against the Cforest fence Gby Saint Agnes' D7foun-Gtain
GBring me flesh and Cbring me wine Gbring me pine logs D7hither
GThou and I will Csee him dine Gwhen we bear them D7thi-Gther
EmPage and monarch Dforth they went Cforth they went to-Ggether
GThrough the rude wind's Cwild lament Gand the bitter D7wea-Gther
GIn his master's Csteps he trod Gwhere the snow lay D7dinted
GHeat was in the Cvery sod Gwhich the saint had D7prin-Gted
EmTherefore Christian Dmen be sure Cwealth or rank pos-Gsessing
GYe who now will Cbless the poor Gshall yourselves find D7bles-Gsing
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