Good King Wenceslas-Hereford Cathedral Choir

[ti:Good King Wenceslas] [ar:Hereford Cathedral Choir] [al:Christmas Carols] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Good King Wenceslas - Hereford Cathedral Choir [00:10.55]Good king wenceslas looked out [00:13.72]On the feast of stephen [00:16.55] [00:17.06]When the snow lay round about [00:20.47]Deep and crisp and even [00:23.86]Brightly shone the moon that night [00:27.46]Though the frost was cruel [00:30.44] [00:31.01]When a poor man came in sight [00:34.34]Gath'ring winter fuel [00:40.22] [00:41.95]Hither page and stand by me [00:45.37]If thou know'st it telling [00:48.73]Yonder peasant who is he [00:52.30]Where and what his dwelling [00:56.15]Sire he lives a good league hence [00:59.56]Underneath the mountain [01:03.13]Right against the forest fence [01:06.84]By saint agnes' fountain [01:12.17] [01:14.26]Bring me flesh and bring me wine [01:17.99]Bring me pine logs hither [01:20.98] [01:21.52]Thou and I will see him dine [01:25.20]When we bear him thither [01:28.88]Page and monarch forth they went [01:32.18]Forth they went together [01:35.06] [01:35.64]Through the rude wind's wild lament [01:39.26]And the bitter weather [01:45.39] [01:47.22]Sire the night is darker now [01:50.79]And the wind blows stronger [01:54.57]Fails my heart I know not how [01:58.50]I can go no longer [02:02.38]Mark my footsteps my good page [02:06.16]Tread thou in them boldly [02:10.02]Thou shalt find the winter's rage [02:13.78]Freeze thy blood less coldly [02:20.50] [02:22.63]In his master's steps he trod [02:26.46]Where the snow lay dinted [02:30.34]Heat was in the very sod [02:34.48]Which the saint had printed [02:38.42]Therefore christian men be sure [02:42.55]Wealth or rank possessing [02:46.39] [02:47.00]Ye who now will bless the poor [02:51.72]Shall yourselves find blessing