Robert Shaw Chorale : It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (lyrics)

○ 가사 :
It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth,
To touch their harps of gold:
"Peace on the earth, goodwill to men,
From heaven's all-gracious King."
The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing.

Still through the cloven skies they come,
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world;
Above its sad and lowly plains,
They bend on hovering wing,
And ever o'er its babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.

Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the angel-strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong;
And man, at war with man, hears not
The love-song which they bring;
O hush the noise, ye men of strife,
And hear the angels sing.

And ye, beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow,
Look now! for glad and golden hours
come swiftly on the wing.
O rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing!

For lo!, the days are hastening on,
By prophet bards foretold,
When with the ever-circling years
Comes round the age of gold
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling,
And the whole world give back the song
Which now the angels sing.

○ 앨범 : Christmas Hymns & Carols
○ 형태 : Vinyl, LP, Mono
○ 발매일 : 1957
○ 레이블 : RCA Victor Red Seal
○ 편곡 : Robert Shaw & Alice Parker
○ 지휘 : Robert Shaw
○ 곡목 :
(Vol.1)
01. O Come All Ye Faithful
02. The First Nowell
03. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
04. O Come, O Come, Emanuel
05. Away In A Manger
06. Silent Night
07. Joy To The World
08. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
09. Angels We Have Heard On High
10. Christmas Hymn
11. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
12. God Ye Merry Gentlemen
13. My Dancing Day
14. I Wonder As I Wander
15. Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
16. Papatan
17. We Three Kings
18. Coventry Carol
19. I Sing Of A Maiden
20. Shepard's Carol
21. Go, Tell It To The Mountain
22. Carol Of The Bells
23. Wassail Song
24. Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly

(Vol.2)
01. I Saw Three Ships
02. O Tannenbaum
03. Allon Gay, Gay Bergeres
04. The Holly And The Ivy
05. Fum, Fum, Fum
06. Haci Belén Va un Borrico
07. Ya Viene La Vieja
08. La Virgen Lava Pañales
09. The Cherry Tree Carol
10. Mary Had A Baby
11. So Blest A Sight
12. How Unto Bethlehem
13. A Virgin Unspotted
14. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
15. Good King Wenceslas
16. Christ Was Born On This Christmas Day
17. How Far Is It To Bethlehem?
18. March Of The Kings
19. Here, Mid The Ass And Oxen
20. Touro-Louro-Louro
21. Carol Of The Birds
22. O Magnum Mysterium
23. What Child Is This
24. Masters In This Hall
25. Break Forth, O Bounteous Heav'nly Light



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