Come, ye gentles, hear the story (Edward Bairstow)

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  • (Posted 2021-02-12)  CPDL #62841:         
Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2021-02-12).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 222 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Corrected files uploaded 26/10/21.

General Information

Title: Come, ye gentles, hear the story
Composer: Edward Bairstow
Lyricist: Edgar Rogerscreate page

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredAnthem for Christmas

Language: English
Instruments: Organ

First published: 1902
Description: 

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Original text and translations

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Come, ye gentles, hear the story,
How the Blessed Mother Maid
Bare on earth the King of Glory,
Lowly in a manger laid.

Came the maid with holy Joseph,
Weary from their journey far;
Seeking humble lodgment, followed
By the light of God's own Star.

Though the King of kings she carried,
No room had the Inn for them:
Since the great of David's kingdom
Gathered were at Bethlehem.

In a stable cave at midnight,
Late they found their simple rest;
With the ox and ass beside them,
And the Holy Angels blest.

There the maiden bore the Saviour,
Jesus, our Emmanuel;
Wrapped in swaddling clothes her first-born,
Saving us from death and hell.

This, ye gentles, is the story,
How the Blessed Mother Maid
Bare on earth the King of Glory,
Lowly in a manger laid.