12297 | The Cyber Hymnal#12298 | 12299 |
Text: | The Winds Were Wailing |
Author: | Sabine Baring-Gould |
Tune: | LESNEVEN |
Composer: | Anonymous |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 The winds were wailing o’er the wold,
The frosted earth lay white;
The stars were sparkling keen and cold
All in the wintry night;
When lo! the heavens blazed as gold,
And all was radiant light.
Refrain:
Noël! Noël! the Babe is born
In Bethlehem this day.
2 The shepherds were crouching o’er the fire
On pipes of straw did play;
When lo! broke forth the angel choir,
And night was turned to day.
The heav’ns rejoice! Let earth admire
The tidings they did say. [Refrain]
3 For unto us a child is born,
A king of David’s race,
With peace to every hearth and home,
And men in every place;
For Satan’s cruel reign is done,
Begun the reign of grace. [Refrain]
4 United, ye Christian people all,
In hymns of holy mirth;
Bring voice of praise, and suppliant call
Emmanuel on earth!
Behold the manger, prostrate fall,
And hail the heav’nly birth. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The winds were wailing o’er the wold |
Title: | The Winds Were Wailing |
Author: | Sabine Baring-Gould |
Refrain First Line: | Noël! Noël! the Babe is born |
Meter: | CMD |
Language: | English |
Source: | Carols Old and Carols New by Charles L. Hutchins (Boston: Parish Choir, 1916) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LESNEVEN |
Composer: | Anonymous (before 1917) |
Meter: | CMD |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |