Good King Wenceslas-Mantovani/Classical Christmas Chorus

[ti:Good King Wenceslas] [ar:Various Artists] [al:Classical Christmas] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Good King Wenceslas - Mantovani/Classical Christmas Chorus [00:02.97]Good king wenceslas looked out [00:05.37]On the feast of stephen [00:07.62]When the snow lay round about [00:09.91]Deep and crisp and even [00:12.19]Brightly shown the moon that night [00:14.44]Though the frost was cruel [00:16.77]When a poor man came in sight [00:19.01]Gathering winter fuel [00:21.99] [00:23.99]Hither page and stand by me [00:26.03]If thou know'st it telling [00:27.89] [00:28.41]Yonder peasant who is he [00:30.78]Where and what his dwelling [00:33.11]Sire he lives a good league hence [00:35.55]Underneath the mountain [00:37.93]Right against the forest fence [00:40.30]By saint agnes fountain [00:44.04] [00:45.25]Bring me flesh and bring me wine [00:47.39]Bring me pine logs hither [00:49.79]Thou and i will see him dine [00:52.24]When we bear the thither [00:54.06] [00:54.57]Page and monarch forth they went [00:57.03]Forth they went together [00:58.91] [00:59.46]Through the rude wind's wild lament [01:01.79]And the bitter weather [01:05.40] [01:06.74]Sire the night is darker now [01:09.23]And the wind blows stronger [01:11.65]Fails my heart i know not how [01:14.07]I can go no longer [01:16.50]Mark my footsteps my good page [01:18.95]Tread thou in them boldly [01:21.31]Thou shalt find the winter's rage [01:23.81]Freeze thy blood less coldly [01:27.58] [01:29.03]In his master's step he trod [01:31.18]Where the snow lay dented [01:33.58]Heat was in the very sod [01:35.96]Which the saint had printed [01:38.30]Therefore christian men be sure [01:40.79]Wealth or rank possessing [01:43.10]Ye who now will bless the poor [01:45.53]Shall yourselves find blessing