Advent follies once more

[lumineaux]

I seem to be losing my audience . . .

Carol the first:
Still through the cloven skies they come,
With peaceful wings unfurl
And still their heavenly music floats,
O'er all the weary world.
Above its sad and lowly plains,
They bend on hovering wing
And ever o'er its Babel sounds,
The blessed angels sing.


Carol the second:
While shepherds kept their watching
O'er silent flocks by night,
Behold throughout the heavens
There shone a holy light

Comments

[fencerm2.livejournal.com]

I'm still playing, you just keep stumping me :-)

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

1) It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

2) Go Tell It On the Mountain

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Ding! Correct on both

[rlg.livejournal.com]

wow. Both stumped me.

[katnboots.livejournal.com]

Weird. I sang Go Tell It in a choir and the words were different.

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Remember that I am pulling from the second, third or even fourth verses of these songs, not necessarily the ones that get sung often. This may have been a verse you skipped.

[katnboots.livejournal.com]

It was very similar, so more likely a different version. It went more like:

Shepherds' watch was keeping
O'er flocks and fields that night,
When suddenly about them
There shone a glorious light.

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Interesting. In doing this little project, I've discovered that alternate wordings for many of the traditional Christmas carols. I've been using whatever is in the liner notes of the CDs I happen to own, but I have also checked a few web sites that give as many as 5 different versions of some songs.