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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Upon the Snowclad Earth''<br> | |||
'''Composer:''' [[Arthur Sullivan]]<br> | |||
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{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | |||
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[:Category:Carols|Carol]] <br> | '''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[:Category:Carols|Carol]] <br> | ||
{{Language|English}} | |||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{Text|English}} | {{Text|English}} | ||
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:Upon the snow-clad earth without, | :Upon the snow-clad earth without, | ||
:The stars are shining bright, | :The stars are shining bright, | ||
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:Their vigil until morn. | :Their vigil until morn. | ||
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:'Twas in the days when far and wide | :'Twas in the days when far and wide | ||
:Men owned the Caesar's sway, | :Men owned the Caesar's sway, | ||
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:The saintly Joseph came. | :The saintly Joseph came. | ||
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:A stable and a manger, where | :A stable and a manger, where | ||
:The oxen lowed around | :The oxen lowed around | ||
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:There in the manger laid. | :There in the manger laid. | ||
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:The King of kings, and Lord of lords, | :The King of kings, and Lord of lords, | ||
:E'en from His very birth, | :E'en from His very birth, | ||
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:He felt the cold as much! | :He felt the cold as much! | ||
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:In swaddling bands she wrapped Him round, | :In swaddling bands she wrapped Him round, | ||
:And smoothed His couch of straw, | :And smoothed His couch of straw, | ||
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:The new-born radiance led! | :The new-born radiance led! | ||
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:And thus it is, from age to age, | :And thus it is, from age to age, | ||
:That as this night comes round, | :That as this night comes round, | ||
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:Our joyful anthems sing. | :Our joyful anthems sing. | ||
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- CPDL #3514:
- Editor: Paul Howarth (added 2002-04-08). Score information: Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: from the Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
General Information
Title: Upon the Snowclad Earth
Composer: Arthur Sullivan
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description:
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text
- 1.
- Upon the snow-clad earth without,
- The stars are shining bright,
- As Heaven had hung out all her lamps
- To hail our festal night:
- For on this night, long years ago,
- The blessed Babe was born,
- The saints of old were wont to keep
- Their vigil until morn.
- 2.
- 'Twas in the days when far and wide
- Men owned the Caesar's sway,
- That his decree went forth that all
- A certain tax should pay.
- Then from their home in Nazareth's vale,
- Obedient to the same,
- With Mary, his espoused wife,
- The saintly Joseph came.
- 3.
- A stable and a manger, where
- The oxen lowed around
- Was all the shelter Bethlehem gave,
- The welcome that they found!
- Yet blessed among women was
- That holy mother maid
- Who on that night her first-born Son
- There in the manger laid.
- 4.
- The King of kings, and Lord of lords,
- E'en from His very birth,
- Had not a place to lay His head,
- An outcast in the earth:
- And yet we know that little Babe
- Was tender to the touch,
- And weak as other infants are;
- He felt the cold as much!
- 5.
- In swaddling bands she wrapped Him round,
- And smoothed His couch of straw,
- While unseen Angels watched beside,
- In mute, adoring awe.
- How softly did they fold their wings
- Beneath that star-lit shed,
- While eastern sages from afar
- The new-born radiance led!
- 6.
- And thus it is, from age to age,
- That as this night comes round,
- So sweetly, underneath the moon,
- The Christmas carols sound.
- Because to us a Child is born,
- Our Brother and our King,
- Angels in Heaven, and we on earth,
- Our joyful anthems sing.