Good King Wenceslas-York Minister Choir

[ti:Good King Wenceslas] [ar:York Minister Choir] [al:Absolute Christmas Carols] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Good King Wenceslas - York Minister Choir [00:09.68]Good king wenceslas looked out [00:12.92]On the feast of stephen [00:15.91] [00:16.53]When the snow lay round about [00:20.36]Deep and crisp and even [00:23.00] [00:23.78]Brightly shone the moon that night [00:27.19]Though the frost was cruel [00:30.32] [00:31.18]When a poor man came in sight [00:34.49]Gathering winter fuel [00:38.49] [00:41.04]Hither page and stand by me [00:44.00]If those knows it telling [00:47.75]Yonder peasant who is he [00:51.15]Where and what his dwelling [00:54.28] [00:54.94]Sire he lives a good league hence [00:58.43]Underneath the mountain [01:01.52] [01:02.04]Right against the forest fence [01:05.64]By saint agnes fountain [01:10.58] [01:11.75]Bring me flesh and bring me wine [01:15.20]Bring me pine logs hither [01:18.07] [01:18.81]Those and I will see him dine [01:22.54]When we bear him thither [01:25.54] [01:26.35]Page and monarch forth they went [01:29.78]Forth they went together [01:32.92] [01:33.50]Through the rude wind's wild lament [01:37.26]And the bitter weather [01:42.42] [01:43.94]Sire the night is darker now [01:47.02]And the wind blows stronger [01:50.79]Fails my heart I know not how [01:54.58]I can go no longer [01:57.93] [01:58.67]Mark my footsteps my good page [02:02.31]Tread those in them boldly [02:05.28] [02:05.98]Those shalt find the winter's rage [02:09.83]Freeze thy blood less coldly [02:15.54] [02:16.83]In his master's steps he trod [02:20.73]Where the snow lay dinted [02:24.21]Heat was in the very sod [02:28.00]Which the saint had printed [02:31.30] [02:31.92]Therefore christian men be sure [02:35.55]Wealth or rank possessing [02:38.45] [02:39.67]Ye who now will bless the poor [02:43.48]Shall yourselves find blessing