Past three O’Clock (arr Wood)
Carols
| Music: | Traditional | |
| Arranger: | Charles Wood | |
| Voicing: | SATB | |
| Words: | The refrain is traditional, the remainder is by George Ratcliff Woodward |
Past three o’clock, on a cold frosty morning,
past three o'clock, good morrow masters all.
past three o'clock, good morrow masters all.
Born is a baby gentle as may be,
son of the Eternal Father supernal.
Seraph choir singeth, angel bell ringeth,
hark how they rhyme it, time it and chime it!
Mid earth rejoices hearing such voices.
ne'ertofore so well carolling nowell!
Hinds o’er the pearly dewy lawn early
seek the high stranger laid in the manager.
son of the Eternal Father supernal.
Seraph choir singeth, angel bell ringeth,
hark how they rhyme it, time it and chime it!
Mid earth rejoices hearing such voices.
ne'ertofore so well carolling nowell!
Hinds o’er the pearly dewy lawn early
seek the high stranger laid in the manager.
Cheese from the dairy bring they for Mary,
and, not for money, butter and honey.
Light out of star-land leadeth from far land
princes, to meet him, worship and greet him.
Myrrh from full coffer, incense they offer;
nor is the golden nugget withholden.
Thus they: I pray you, up sirs, nor stay you
till ye confess him likewise and bless him.
and, not for money, butter and honey.
Light out of star-land leadeth from far land
princes, to meet him, worship and greet him.
Myrrh from full coffer, incense they offer;
nor is the golden nugget withholden.
Thus they: I pray you, up sirs, nor stay you
till ye confess him likewise and bless him.
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Sagrada Familia Choir, Madrid
Performing Arts Department at King Edward VI College, Stourbridge, UK
The words were written by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934) to the traditional tune “London Waits.” Woodward added lines to the traditional refrain in a style characteristic of his delight in archaic poetry. It was published in A Cambridge Carol Book: Being Fifty-two Songs for Christmas, Easter and Other Seasons in 1924.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Metasyntactic variable".
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