Arise And Hail The Glorious Star
For Christmas
Words and Music: English Traditional from a MS. Collection
Source: Ralph Dunstan, The Cornish Song Book (London: Reid Bros., Ltd., 1929), p. 108.
1. Arise (and hail), Arise and hail the glorious
Star,
Which brought the wise Men from afar;
Which led them on this happy morn,
To see the great Messiah born.
Chorus:
Awake, awake! awake!
Let holy shouts arise!
See Israel's Star appear in yonder skies,
See Israel's Star appear in yonder skies.
2. Behold, (behold) Angelic Choirs together sing!
With melody the heavens ring.
Good-will to all mankind proclaim,
For Christ is born in Bethlehem. Chorus.
3. With heart (and voice) Join all ye nations from
afar,
In songs of praise to Israel's Star;
Sing all ye Angels from on high,
Shout Hallelujahs through the sky! Chorus.
Sheet Music
Note from Dr. Dunstan:
This is one of the very best of the popular Cornish Carols, and probably dates from about 1820. Sung to as accompaniment of Flutes, Clarinets and Bassoons, at early Christmas morn — as I have often heard it — the remembrance is ineffaceable. In a tattered MS. book — at least a century old — lent me by Mr. F. Dunstone, Secretary of the London Cornish Association, and the property of his father, Mr. W. C. Dunstone, Portloe, Veryan, I found the melody of this carol, evidently written from memory (but incorrectly barred), which does not differ in a single note from the version given here.
Editor's Note
Also found in A Selection of Carols, Pieces, and Anthems, Suitable for Christmas. (London: W. Kent and Co.; Penzance: F. Rodda, ca. 1872), p. 10, with slight differences in the first lines of each verse and the chorus:
1. Arise and hail the glorious Star
2. Angelic Choirs together sing!
3. Join all ye nations from afar
Chorus:
Awake, awake! awake! Let holy shouts arise!
See Israel's Star appear in yonder skies.
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