From far away (John Bacchus Dykes)

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• (Posted 2025-03-08)  CPDL #84129:   

Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2025-03-08).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 88 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

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General Information

Title: From far away
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes
Lyricist: William Morris
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1871 in Christmas Carols New and Old (John Stainer), Edition 2, no. 40
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Original text and translations

English text

1 From far away we come to you;
The snow in the street, and the wind on the door,
To tell of great tidings, strange and true,

Chorus:
Minstrels and maids stand forth on the floor,
Stand forth on the floor,
From far away we come to you,
To tell of great tid­ings strange and true,
From far away we come to you,
To tell of great tid­ings strange and true.

2 For as we wan­dered far and wide,
The snow in the street, and the wind on the door,
What hap do you deem there should us be­tide?

Chorus

3. Under a bent when the night was deep,
The snow in the street, and the wind on the door,
There lay three shep­herds tend­ing their sheep,

Chorus

4. O ye shep­herds, what have ye seen?
The snow in the street, and the wind on the door,
To stay your sor­row and heal your teen?

Chorus

5. In an ox stall this night we saw,
The snow in the street, and the wind on the door,
A Babe and a maid­en with­out a flaw:

Chorus

6. There was an old man there be­side,
The snow in the street, and the wind on the door,
His hair was white, and his hood was wide,

Chorus

7. And as we gazed this thing up­on,
The snow in the street, and the wind on the door,
Those twain knelt down to the lit­tle One.

Chorus

8. And a mar­vel­ous song we straight did hear,
The snow in the street, and the wind on the door,
That slew our sor­row and healed our care.

Chorus

9. News of a fair and mar­vel­ous thing
The snow in the street, and the wind on the door,
Nowell! Now­ell! Now­ell! we sing.