[스크랩] The Wexford Carol

The Wexford Carol 

The Wexford Carol - History

 

The Wexford Carol is a beloved traditional Irish Christmas carol. It is also known as "The Enniscorthy Carol", as it was originally collected by a folklorist named Grattan Flood in Enniscorthy, a town in Ireland's County Wexford, as well as "Carul Loch Garman" (the Irish translation of "Wexford Carol"). The lyrics, which are in English, date back to the 12th century. As is the case with all very old songs, the history is a bit hard to track, but it appears that the lyrics were added to the tune much later, and it is not believed that the lyrics were originally in the Irish language. Some reverse translations have been made by contemporary Irish trad musicians, but the English lyrics are actually the most traditional ones. (about.com)

performed by the Irish instrumental ensemble Nightnoise on the Windham Hill compilation, 

A Winter's Solstice IV.

Yo-Yo Ma  and Alison Krauss - The Wexford Carol

Loreena McKennitt - The Wexford Carol

Good people all, this Christmas time,

Consider well and bear in mind

What our good God for us has done,

In sending His belovèd Son.

With Mary holy we should pray

To God with love this Christmas Day;

In Bethlehem upon the morn

There was a blest Messiah born.

 

The night before that happy tide

The noble virgin and her guide

Were long time seeking up and down

To find a lodging in the town.

But mark how all things came to pass:

From every door repelled, alas!

As long foretold, their refuge all

Was but a humble oxen stall.

 

Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep

Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep;

To whom Gods angels did appear

Which put the shepherds in great fear.

Prepare and go, the angels said,

To Bethlehem, be not afraid;

For there youll find, this happy morn,

A princely Babe, sweet Jesus born.

 

With thankful heart and joyful mind,

The shepherds went the babe to find,

And as Gods angel has foretold,

They did our Savior Christ behold.

Within a manger He was laid,

And by His side the virgin maid

Attending to the Lord of Life,

Who came on earth to end all strife.

Saint Aidan’s Cathedral, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford ... the organist, Dr William Grattan Flood (1857-1928), claimed to have discovered ‘The Wexford Carol’ 

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