People Look East-Alfred Deller/The Deller Consort

[ti:People, Look East! (Besançon Carol)] [ar:Alfred Deller] [al:Alfred Deller Sings Christmas Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.53]People look east the time is near [00:03.93]Of the crowning of the year [00:07.32]Make your house fair as you are able [00:10.69]Trim the hearth and set the table [00:13.99]People look east and sing today [00:17.29]Love the guest is on this way [00:21.22] [00:22.47]Furrows be glad though earth is bare [00:25.82]One more seed is planted there [00:29.26]Give up your strength the seed to nourish [00:32.52]That in course the flower may flourish [00:35.95]People look east and sing today [00:39.29]Love the rose is on this way [00:43.17] [00:44.55]Birds though you long have ceased to build [00:48.00]Guard the nest that must be filled [00:51.36]Even the hour when wings are frozen [00:55.01]Thy for fledging time has chosen [00:58.31]People look east and sing today [01:01.67]Love the bird is on this way [01:05.90] [01:07.04]Stars keep the watch when night is dim [01:10.57]One more light the bowl shall brim [01:14.03]Shining beyond the frosty weather [01:17.31]Bright as sun and moon together [01:20.91]People look east and sing today [01:24.22]Love the star is on this way [01:28.18] [01:29.86]Angels announce to middle east [01:33.52]People come from the east [01:36.92]Set every peak and valley humming [01:40.43]With the word the lord is coming [01:43.91]People look east and sing today [01:47.40]Love the lord is on this way [01:52.88]People Look East (Besançon Carol) - Alfred Deller