The Night Was Dark and Stormy

Representative Text

1 The night was dark and stor­my,
It was the win­ter wild;
But in a hum­ble sta­ble
There lay a ho­ly child.
And wise men from afar
Came jour­ney­ing to wor­ship
Led by a won­drous star.

2 And in the fields the shep­herds
Were watch­ing thro’ the night,
When sud­den­ly around them
There shone a ra­di­ance bright
As though it were the dawn;
And an­gels sang to­ge­ther
That Je­sus Christ was born.

3 And Je­sus brought glad tid­ings
To all the sons of men—
"In ev­ery child for­ev­er
God’s love is born again."
So on this Christ­mas morn
In ev­ery heart that loves Him
The dear Christ child is born.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16443

Author: Frederick M. Eliot

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Text Information

First Line: The night was dark and stormy, It was the winter wild
Title: The Night Was Dark and Stormy
Author: Frederick M. Eliot (1914)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ES IST EIN ROS (5556553)

First published with the text in the Cologne Gesangbuch of 1599 (see above), ES IST EIN ROS is a rounded bar form tune (AABA). The tune has characteristics of a Renaissance madrigal; it invites performance by an unaccompanied choir so that all the fine part writing and subtle rhythms can be clearly…

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The Cyber Hymnal #16443

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