Showing posts with label Christmas carol. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas carol. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Hark the herald angels sing

Hark the herald angels sing

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Live At The Helix In Dublin...


Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
Worship of the Shepherds (Bronzino)
Published
1739
Form
Charles Wesley, adapted byGeorge Whitefield and others
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is a Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection Hymns and Sacred Poems, having been written by Charles Wesley. Wesley had requested and received slow and solemn music for his lyrics, not the joyful tune expected today. Moreover, Wesley's original opening couplet is "Hark! how all the welkin rings / Glory to the King of Kings".[1]
The popular version is the result of alterations by various hands, notably by Wesley's co-worker George Whitefield who changed the opening couplet to the familiar one, and by Felix Mendelssohn. A hundred years after the publication ofHymns and Sacred Poems, in 1840, Mendelssohn composed a cantata to commemorate Johann Gutenberg's invention of the printing press, and it is music from this cantata, adapted by the English musician William H. Cummings to fit the lyrics of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”, that propels the carol known today.[2][3]

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·         1Textual history
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·         4External links

Thursday, December 23, 2010

The Little Drummer Boy - A Christmas favourite

The little drummer boy – Sung by Charlotte Church

Click on the web-link at the bottom and sing along with the words in red. You can copy and paste the words onto a Word File and then sing along.

This is the story of a poor boy who wanted to impress a visiting King by giving all he had. The last to perform, dressed in rags, with lack of support, he played his drums letting his soul and spirit create the symphony. The animals heard it, stopped and then honored him with their wagging tails. The people remained hushed and humbled, and the King bowed deeply when the boy finished his performance. The boy was summoned by thje King & was allowed to enter the palace of the King.

Little Drummer Boy

James Pierpont. publ.1857

Come they told me pa rum pum pum pum

A new born King to see, pa rum pum pum pum

Our finest gifts we bring pa rum pum pum pum

That’s fit to give our King pa rum pum pum pum

rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum

So to honor Him pa rum pum pum pum,

When we come.


Baby Jesus pa rum pum pum pum

I am a poor boy too,pa rum pum pum pum

I have no gift to bring pa rum pum pum pum

That's fit to give our King pa rum pum pum pum

rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum

Shall I play for you! pa rum pum pum

On my drum.


Mary nodded pa rum pum pum pum

The ox and lamb kept time pa rum pum pum pum

I played my drum for Him pa rum pum pum

I played my best for Him pa rum pum pum pum

rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum

Then He smiled at me pa rum pum pum pum

Me and my drum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUHYnOTJ_uk&feature=related