O'er the hill and o'er the vale (Anonymous)

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Editor: Christopher R. Baker (submitted 2000-11-27).   Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 1.0

Edition notes: arr. George Ratcliffe Woodward

General Information

Title: O'er the Hill and O'er the Vale
Composer: Anonymous, from Piae Cantiones
Lyricist: John Mason Neale

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: The Cowley Carol Book (1902)

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Original text and translations

English text

1.

O'er the hill and o'er the vale

Come three kings together,

Caring nought for snow and hail,

Cold, and wind, and weather;

Now on Persia's sandy plains,

Now where Tigris swells with rains,

They their camels tether;

Now through Syrian lands they go,

Now through Moab, faint and slow,

Now through Edom's heather.

2.

O'er the hill and o'er the vale,

Each king bears a present:

Wise men go a Child to hail,

Monarchs seek a peasant;

And a star in front proceeds,

Over rocks and rivers leads,

Shines with beams incessant.

Therefore onward, onward still!

Ford the stream and climb the hills:

Love makes all things pleasant.

3.

He is God ye go to meet;

Therefore incense proffer.

He is King ye go to greet:

Gold is in your coffer.

Also Man He comes to share

Every woe that man can bear.

Tempter, Railer, Scoffer;

Therefore now against the day,

In the grave where Him they lay,

Myrrh ye also offer.