On Christmas night all Christians sing - Sussex Carol (arr Mather)
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| Music: | Traditional English | |
| Arranger: | R. Mather | |
| Voicing: | SATB and Organ | |
| Words: | Traditional English |
On Christmas night all Christians sing,
to hear the news the angels bring;
News of great joy, news of great mirth,
news of our merciful King's birth.
to hear the news the angels bring;
News of great joy, news of great mirth,
news of our merciful King's birth.
Then why should men on earth be sad,
since our Redeemer made us glad:
When from our sin He set us free,
all for to gain our liberty.
since our Redeemer made us glad:
When from our sin He set us free,
all for to gain our liberty.
When sin departs before Your grace,
then life and health come in its place;
Angels and men with joy may sing,
all for to see the newborn King.
then life and health come in its place;
Angels and men with joy may sing,
all for to see the newborn King.
All out of darkness we have light
which made the angels sing this night;
“Glory to God and peace to men,
now and forevermore. Amen.”
which made the angels sing this night;
“Glory to God and peace to men,
now and forevermore. Amen.”
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Sussex Carol
On Christmas Night - arr Mather
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Sussex Carol also known as On Christmas Night True Christians Sing and
On Christmas Night All Christians Sing, its words were first published
by an Irish bishop, Luke Wadding, in a work called Small Garland of
Pious and Godly Songs. It is not clear whether Wadding wrote the song or
was recording an earlier composition.
Both the
text and the tune to which it is now sung were discovered and written
down by Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams, who heard it being sung
by a Harriet Verrall of Monk’s Gate, Sussex (hence “Sussex Carol”). The
tune to which it is sung today is the one Williams took down from Mrs
Verrall and published in 1919.
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