X:153
T: Good King Wenceslas
C: music: Traditional
C: words: Dr. Neale.
Q: "Briskly."
%R: air, march
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2017 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/4
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w: 1.~Good King Wen-ces-las looked out,  On the feast of Ste-phen,     When the snow lay
w: 2.~"Hith-er, page, and stand by me,   If thou know'st it tell-ing,\-\-  Yon-der peas-ant
w: 3.~"Bring me flesh and bring me wine, Bring me pine logs hith-er;   Thou and I will
w: 4.~"Sire, the night is dark-er now,   And the wind blows strong-er; Fails my heart, I
w: 5.~In his mas-ter's step he trod,     Where the snow lay dint-ed;   Heat was in the
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w: round a-bout  Deep and crisp and e-ven.       Bright-ly shone the moon that night, Tho' the
w: who is he?    Where and what his dwell-ing?" "Sire, he lives a good league hence   Un-der
w: see him dine  When we bear them thith-er."    Page and mon-arch forth they went,   Forth they
w: know not how, I can go no lon-ger."          "Mark my foot-steps, good my page,    Tread thou
w: ver-y sod     Which the Saint had print-ed.   There-fore, Christ-ian men, be sure, Wealth or
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w: frost was cru-el,    When a poor man came in sight,      Gath'-ring win-ter fu - el.
w: neath the moun-tain; Right a-gainst the for-est fence,   By Saint Ag-nes' foun - tain."
w: went to-geth-er,     Thro' the rough wind's wild la-ment And the bit-ter weath - er.
w: in them bold-ly;     Thou shalt find the win-ter's rage  Freeze thy blood less cold - ly.
w: rank pos-sess-ing,   Ye who now will bless the poor      Shall your-selves find bless - ing.
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