Saturday, 23 December 2017

The best Christmas songs

O Holy Night - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zh-yR0pbmU

Venite Adoremus

I vow to thee my Country

The Holy City 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF9fiJzoMF8

The Holy City 
Music by Stephen Adams 
Words by F.E. Weatherly 
Published 1892 by Boosey & Co. 

Last night I lay a sleep-ing, There came a dream so fair, 
I stood in old Je-ru-sa-lem Be-side the tem-ple there. 
I heard the chil-dren sing-ing And ev-er as they sang, 
Me thought the voice of An-gels From Heav'n in an-swer rang. 

Me thought the voice of An-gels From Heav'n in an-swer rang. 
Je-ru-sa-lem! Je-ru-sa-lem! Lift up your gates and sing, 
Ho-san-na in the high-est! Ho-san-na to your King! 

And then me thought my dream was chang'd, The streets no long-er rang, 
Hush'd were the glad Ho-san-nas The lit-tle chil-dren sang 
The sun grew dark with mys-te-ry, The morn was cold and chill, 
As the sha-dow of a cross a-rose up-on a lone-ly hill, 

As the sha-dow of a cross a-rose Up-on a lone-ly hill. 
Je-ru-sa-lem! Je-ru-sa-lem! Hark! how the An-gels sing, 
Ho-san-na in the high-est, Ho-san-na to your King! 

And once a-gain the scene was chang'd, New earth there seem'd to be, 
I saw the Ho-ly Ci-ty Be-side the tide-less sea; 
The light of God was on its streets, The gates were o-pen wide, 
And all who would might en-ter, And no-one was de-nied, 

No need of moon or stars by night, Or sun to shine by day, 
It was the new Je-ru-sa-lem That would not pass a-way, 
It was the new Je-ru-sa-lem That would not pass a-way 

Je-ru-sa-lem! Je-ru-sa-lem! Sing for the night is o'er 
Ho-san-na in the high-est, Ho-san-na for ev-er-more! 
Ho-san-na in the high-est, Ho-san-na for ev-er-more!

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