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Thread #77246 Message #1375527
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
09-Jan-05 - 09:02 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Weird seldom sung verse in Hark! etc.
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Weird seldom sung verse in Hark! etc.
You wouldn't mean this verse would you Liz?
Where children pure and happy Pray to the blessed Child, Where misery cries out to thee, Son of the mother mild; Where charity stands watching And faith holds wide the door, The dark night wakes, the glory breaks, And Christmas comes once more.
It's generally sung in any carol services I've been to, but it seems to be missing from a surprising number of versions on line and in carol sheets. A pity because I think it's the key verse.
As for Joybell's rarely-sung verse, surely the really weird thing here would be the "horrified looks"? How do these guys cope with "Oh Come all you faithful"?