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Wexford Carol
03:51
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Good people all, this Christmastime,
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved Son.
With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas Day;
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born.
The night before that happy tide
The noble Virgin and her guide
Were long time seeking up and down
To find a lodging in the town.
But mark how all things came to pass:
From ev’ry door repelled, alas!
As long foretold, their refuge all
Was but an humble ox’s stall.
There were three Wise Men from afar
Directed by a glorious star,
And on they wandered night and day
Until they came where Jesus lay.
And when they came unto that place
Where our beloved Messiah was
They humbly cast them at his feet
With gifts of gold and incense sweet.
Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep;
To whom God’s angel did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear.
‘Prepare and go,’ the angel said,
‘To Bethlehem, be not afraid;
For there you’ll find, this happy morn,
A princely babe, sweet Jesus born.’
With thankful heart and joyful mind,
The shepherds went the babe to find,
And as God’s angel had foretold,
They did our Savior Christ behold.
Within a manger he was laid,
And by his side the Virgin maid,
Attending on the Lord of life,
Who came on Earth to end all strife.
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2. |
Alma Redemptoris Mater
02:22
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Alma Redemptóris Mater,
quæ pérvia cæli Porta manes,
et stella maris,
succúrre cadénti,
Súrgere qui curat pópulo:
tu quæ genuísti,
Natúra miránte,
tuum sanctum Genitórem
Virgo prius ac postérius,
Gabriélis ab ore
Sumens illud Ave,
peccatórum miserére.
Translation (from the American Liturgy of the Hours):
Loving mother of the Redeemer,
Gate of heaven, star of the sea,
Assist your people who have fallen yet strive to rise again.
To the wonderment of Nature, you bore your Creator
Yet remained a virgin after, as before.
You who received Gabriel’s joyful greeting,
Have pity on us poor sinners.
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3. |
From Heaven High
02:06
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From Heaven high to you I come
To bear good news to every home;
Glad tidings of great joy I bring
Whereof I now will say and sing:
To you this night is born a child
Of Mary, chosen mother mild;
This little child, of lowly birth,
Shall be the joy of all your Earth.
These are the tokens ye shall mark,
The swaddling clothes and manger dark;
There shall ye find the young child laid,
By whom the Heavens and Earth were made.
Now let us all with gladsome cheer
Follow the shepherds, and draw near
To see this wondrous gift of God
Who hath His only Son bestowed.
Praise be to God in highest Heaven,
Who unto us His Son hath given!
While angels sing with joyous verse
A glad New Year to all the Earth!
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4. |
Corde Natus Ex Parentis
04:24
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LYRICS:
Corde natus ex parentis
Ante mundi exordium
A et O cognominatus,
ipse fons et clausula
Omnium quæ sunt, fuerunt,
quæque post futura sunt.
Sæculorum sæculis.
Ipse iussit et creata,
dixit ipse et facta sunt,
Terra, cælum, fossa ponti,
trina rerum machina,
Quæque in his vigent sub alto
solis et lunæ globo.
Sæculorum sæculis.
O beatus ortus ille,
virgo cum puerpera
Edidit nostram salutem,
feta Sancto Spiritu,
Et puer redemptor orbis
os sacratum protulit.
Sæculorum sæculis.
Psallat altitudo caeli,
psallite omnes angeli,
Quidquid est virtutis usquam
psallat in laudem Dei,
Nulla linguarum silescat,
vox et omnis consonet.
Sæculorum sæculis.
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Translation (J.M. Neale 1851 / Henry W. Baker 1861):
Of the Father’s love begotten,
Ere the worlds began to be,
He is Alpha and Omega,
He the source, the ending He,
Of the things that are, that have been,
And that future years shall see,
Evermore and evermore!
At His Word the worlds were framèd;
He commanded; it was done:
Heaven and earth and depths of ocean
In their threefold order one;
All that grows beneath the shining
Of the moon and burning sun,
Evermore and evermore!
O that birth forever blessèd,
When the virgin, full of grace,
By the Holy Ghost conceiving,
Bore the Saviour of our race;
And the Babe, the world’s Redeemer,
First revealed His sacred face,
evermore and evermore!
O ye heights of heaven adore Him;
Angel hosts, His praises sing;
Powers, dominions, bow before Him,
and extol our God and King!
Let no tongue on earth be silent,
Every voice in concert sing,
Evermore and evermore!
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5. |
Noel
04:58
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The first Noel an angel sung
The carol of an angel’s tongue
While shepherds watching o’er the night
Heard both the song and saw the light
Heard both the song and saw the light.
The first Noel the Angel did say
Was to certain poor Shepherds in fields as they lay.
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep,
In a cold Winter’s night that was so deep.
Chorus:
Noel, noel, noel, noel.
Born is the King of Israel.
They looked up and saw a star
Shining in the East, beyond them far,
And to the Earth it gave great light,
And so it continued, both day and night. (Chorus)
And by the light of that same Star
Three Wise Men came from country far,
To seek for a King was their intent,
And to follow the Star wherever it went. (Chorus)
This Star drew nigh to the North West;
O'er Bethlehem it took its rest.
And there it did both stop and stay,
Right over the place where Jesus lay. (Chorus)
Then enter'd in those Wise Men three,
Full reverently upon their knee,
And offer'd there, in his presence,
Their gold, and myrrh, and frankincense. (Chorus)
Then let us all with one accord
Sing praises to our Heavenly Lord;
That hath made heaven and earth of nought,
And with his blood mankind hath bought.
Noel, noel, noel, noel.
Born is the King of Israel.
Born is the King, the King of Israel.
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6. |
Falcon Carol
03:22
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He bare him up, he bare him down,
He bare him into an orchard brown.
Chorus:
Lully, lulley, lully, lulley,
The falcon hath borne my make away.
In that orchard there was an hall
That was hangid with purple and pall. (Chorus)
And in that hall there was a bede,
It was hangid with gold so rede. (Chorus)
And in that bed there lieth a knight,
His wound is bleeding day and night. (Chorus)
By that bedside there kneeleth a may,
And she weepeth both night and day. (Chorus)
And by that bedside there standeth a stone,
“Corpus Christi” written thereon.
Lully, lulley, lully, lulley,
The falcon hath borne my make away.
(Let all mortal flesh keep silence.)
***note: make = mate ; may=maid
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