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Thread #10493   Message #842659
Posted By: Genie
06-Dec-02 - 06:17 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Carol of the Birds
Subject: Tune/Lyr Req: Carol of the birds (Catalonian??)
Here are the verses that Ferrara posted, with line breaks added:

Carol Of The Birds

There is a Carol of the Birds that starts:


"Whence comes this rush of wings afar,
Following straight the Noel star?
Bird of the woods in wondrous flight
Bethlehem seek this holy night."

"Tell us, ye birds, Why come ye here?
Into this stable, poor and drear?
Hast'ning we seek the new-born king,
And all our sweetest music bring."

Then she says she thinks there's "a verse about various birds, perhaps not. The word "philomel" (nightingale?) comes to mind. May be spurious."

Last verse is "Angels and shepherds, birds of the sky
Come where the Son of God doth lie.
Christ on Earth with man doth dwell,
Join in the shout, Noel! Noel!"
 

I'd like to find the full text of this song, including the original non-English lyrics.  I can't recall at the moment what country it is from.
A MIDI would be lovely, too.

Anybody know it?

Genie