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help. " O Holy Night " (original title: Cantique de Noël) is a sacred song about the night of the birth of Jesus Christ, described in the first verse as 'the dear Saviour', and frequently performed as a Christmas carol. Based on a French-language poem written in 1843 by poet Placide Cappeau, it was set to music by composer Adolphe Adam.
Lyrics usually include the line (or a slight variation): "The cuckoo is a pretty bird, she sings as she flies; she brings us glad tidings, and she tells us no lies." [1] [2] According to Thomas Goldsmith of The Raleigh News & Observer , "The Cuckoo" is an interior monologue where the singer "relates his desires — to gamble, to win, to regain ...
Song origins. According to the co-writer and longtime group member Bob Gaudio, the song's lyrics were originally set in 1933 with the title "December 5th, 1933," and celebrated the repeal of Prohibition, [6] but after the band revolted against what Gaudio would admit was a "silly" lyric being paired with an instrumental groove they knew would ...
Ar Hyd y Nos. " Ar Hyd y Nos " (English: All Through the Night) is a Welsh song sung to a tune that was first recorded in Edward Jones ' Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh Bards (1784). The most commonly sung Welsh lyrics were written by John Ceiriog Hughes (1832-1887), and have been translated into several languages, including English ...
The Fox is a traditional folk song ( Roud 131) from England. It is also the subject of at least two picture books, The Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song, illustrated by Peter Spier and Fox Went out on a Chilly Night, by Wendy Watson. The earliest version of the song was a Middle English poem, dating from the 15th century, found in the ...
As a result, many Christmas Carols can be related to St Stephen's Day (26 December), St John's Day (27 December), Feast of Holy Innocents (28 December), St Sylvester's Day (31 December), and the Epiphany. Examples of this are "We Three Kings" (an Epiphany song), and "Good King Wenceslas" (a carol for St. Stephen's Day ).
Kristyn Getty. Songs That Jesus Said. Liner notes: “For Victoria Hélène-May”. With the Early Morning (Song of the Kingdom) 2001. Máire Brennan. New Irish Hymns. —. The Wonder of Grace (Orchestral Hymn Meditation) Medley of: “Father, We Have Sinned,” “Fullness of Grace,” “This Fragile Vessel”.
In 1976 the words of the first verse of the Salve Regina were used as a repeating theme in the song Oh What a Circus in the musical Evita, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. [19] Salve Regina University, a U.S. university established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1934, was named in honor of the Salve Regina hymn and motto. [20]