A Christmas Fable - Huub de Lange

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"Number 2 of ''Christmas Songs (Huub de Lange)''. For Latin text see also O magnum mysterium (Huub de Lange). For more choral settings by Huub de Lange of poems by Alice V. Stuart see ''Four Stuart Songs (Huub de Lange)'' and ''The Voice (Huub de Lange)''."

◈ Genre → 4 ♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → 2|English|Latin

Parts 4

Instruments Piano|2 hands or 4 hands

CPDL # 26926

Editor Huub de Lange

Posted 2012-08-17

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

What crew the cockerel On Christmas morn? It crew ''Christus natus est!'' Loudly ''Christus natus est!'' Gladly ''Christus natus est!'' Christ, the Christ is born! ''Quando, quando?'' quacked the duck. When, O when? cried she. ''In hac nocte'', croacked the raven, Humped upon a tree, ''In hac nocte, in hac nocte,'' This very night, quoth he. ''Ubi, ubi?'' lowed the cow, Where? she asked of them. ''Ubi, ubi?'' None could tell, Till a little lamb Baa'ed out bravely, high and clear, Bleated, ''Bethlehem.'' Joyfully the donkey's voice Answered lambkin so: ''Eamus!'' said the ass's bray, As all Christian men now say ''Eamus!'' Let us go.