Version 1
Canzone D'l Zampognari, A Traditional Sicilian Carol
Translation by Dr. Theodore Baker, 1904
Music: Canzone D'l Zampognari
MIDI / Noteworthy Composer
When Christ our Lord was born in Bethlehem afar,
Although 'twas night,
There shone as bright as noon, a star.
Never so brightly, never so whitely,
Shone the stars, as on that night!
The Brightest star went
Away to call the Wise Men from the Orient.