January 01, 2005

new year carol?

I don't know one. Huh. Do you?

Angels We Have Heard on High

Angels we have heard on high,
Singing sweetly through the night,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their brave delight.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why these songs of happy cheer?
What great brightness did you see?
What glad tiding did you hear? �Refrain

Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the new-born King. �Refrain

See him in a manger laid
Whom the angels praise above;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While we raise our hearts in love. �Refrain

I do like this little hymn. We sing with Mary and Joseph. It reminds me of the sanctus. Perhaps that's on purpose. You think?

Posted by tripp at January 1, 2005 04:14 PM
Comments

I don't have a New Year's carol, but I do have a New Year's chorale:

The old year now hath pass'd away,
We thank Thee, O our God, to-day,
That Thou hast kept us through the year,
When danger and distress were near.

(http://www.ccel.org/w/winkworth/chorales/htm/s4_3.htm)

But if you really want a carol you might try this seldom heard text to "Deck the hall:"

Soon the hoar old year must leave us,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
But the parting must not grieve us
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
When the new year comes tomorrow
Fa la la la la la la,
Let him find no trace of sorrow
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

(http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/welsh/deckhall.htm)

Posted by: David at January 2, 2005 11:16 PM