SATB a cappella
4 min
Bliss Carman
Boosey & Hawkes 2019
Commissioned by That Choir, Craig Pike.
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Christmas Song
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| ABOVE the weary waiting world, Asleep in chill despair, There breaks a sound of joyous bells Upon the frosted air. And o’er the humblest rooftree, lo, |
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| A star is dancing on the snow.What makes the yellow star to dance Upon the brink of night? What makes the breaking dawn to glow So magically bright,— |
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| And all the earth to be renewed With infinite beatitude?The singing bells, the throbbing star, The sunbeams on the snow, And the awakening heart that leaps |
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| New ecstasy to know,— They all are dancing in the morn Because a little child is born. |
Dr. Matthew Emery 