Children Sing A Carol Splendid
For Christmas
Words: Kinder swijcht, so moochdi horen, Dutch Carol of the 15th Century
Words translated by the Rev. John O'Connor
Music: Traditional Dutch Carol
Source: Richard Runciman Terry, Two Hundred Folk Carols (London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Limited, 1933), Carol #112, pp. 6-7.
1. Children sing a
carol splendid,
Ecce mundi gaudia.
On this morning Christ descended
In te sunt solemnia
O Virgo Maria,
Dei plena gratia!
2. In the midnight to
a maiden
Ecce mundi gaudia.
Gabriel with good news laden
In te sunt solemnia
O Virgo Maria,
Dei plena gratia!
3. Came and gave her
friendly greeting
Ecce mundi gaudia.
God's especial business trusting
In te sunt solemnia
O Virgo Maria,
Dei plena gratia!
4. Said His Son would
be her baby
Ecce mundi gaudia.
Till, she said, how such things may be
In te sunt solemnia
O Virgo Maria,
Dei plena gratia!
5. Then the angel
spoke a wonder
Ecce mundi gaudia.
God would keep her maid and mother
In te sunt solemnia
O Virgo Maria,
Dei plena gratia!
6. So she bore the
Heavenly Stranger
Ecce mundi gaudia.
So she laid Him in a manger
In te sunt solemnia
O Virgo Maria,
Dei plena gratia!
Sheet Music from Richard Runciman Terry, Two Hundred Folk Carols (London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Limited, 1933), Carol #112, pp. 6-7.
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