Everyone has one. Mine just happens to be one that is utterly unknown by your average college student.
So here's an introduction to what is, if not my very favorite carol, at least in my top 5 or so. I don't know the second song they sing, so feel free to skip it if you like. On the other hand, they have a beautiful sound, so why not enjoy it?
And to aid in your enjoyment, here are the lyrics.
Of Jesse’s lineage coming, as men of old have sung.
It came, a floweret bright, amid the cold of winter,
When half spent was the night.
Isaiah ’twas foretold it, the Rose I have in mind;
With Mary we behold it, the virgin mother kind.
To show God’s love aright, she bore to men a Savior,
When half spent was the night.
This Flower, whose fragrance tender with sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendor the darkness everywhere;
True Man, yet very God, from sin and death He saves us,
And lightens every load.
2 comments:
This is in the chordbook at Caltech but no one knew it, so I played it for them. :)
Good work. :) Spread the joy.
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