Good King Wenceslas-The Choir of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St. Alban/Andrew Parnell

[ti:Good King Wenceslas] [ar:The Choir of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St. Alban/Andrew Parnell] [al:Christmas at St Albans] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Good King Wenceslas - The Choir of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St. Alban/Andrew Parnell [00:00.02]Written by：John Rutter [00:00.04] [00:09.83]Good King Wenceslas looked out [00:12.94]On the feast of Stephen [00:16.19]When the snow lay 'round about [00:19.54]Deep and crisp and even [00:22.78]Brightly shone the moon that night [00:26.36]Though the frost was cruel [00:29.79]When a poor man came in sight [00:33.19]Gathering winter fuel [00:38.91] [00:40.21]Hither page and stand by me [00:43.55]If thou knows it telling [00:46.89]Yonder peasant who is he [00:50.36]Where and what his dwelling [00:53.96]Sire he lives a good league hence [00:57.47]Underneath the mountain [01:00.87]Right against the forest fence [01:04.16]By Saint Agnes's fountain [01:09.33] [01:10.50]Bring me flesh and bring me wine [01:14.00]Bring me fur logs hither [01:17.49]Thou and I will see him dine [01:20.85]Here we bear him thither [01:24.39]Page and monarch forth they went [01:27.87]Forth they went together [01:31.37]Through the rude wind's wild lament [01:34.48] [01:35.03]And the bitter weather [01:41.97] [01:43.03]Sire the night is darker now [01:47.07]And the wind blows stronger [01:51.16]Fails my heart I know not how [01:55.58]I can go no longer [01:59.67]Mark my footsteps good my page [02:03.06]Tread thou in them boldly [02:06.70]Thou shall find the winter's rage [02:10.05]Freeze thy blood less coldly [02:16.31] [02:17.62]In his master's steps he trod [02:21.17]Where the snow lay dinted [02:24.82]Heat was in the very sod [02:28.47]Which the Saint had printed [02:31.58] [02:32.09]Therefore Christian men be sure [02:35.73]Wealth or rank possessing [02:39.53]Ye who now will bless the poor [02:43.52]Shall yourselves find blessing