Brightest and best (trad. American, arr. Jean Ritchie)
from Music for MidWynter: Music for the Winter Solstice from Many Centuries & Many Cultures by Northern Harmony
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Traditional Appalachian tune based on an arrangement by Jean Ritchie (b. 1922).
lyrics
REFRAIN: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid
Star in the East the horizon adorning
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Hail the blest morn, see the Great Mediator
Down from the regions of glory descend
Shepherds go worship the babe in the manger
Lo! For his guard the bright angels attend
Cold on his cradle the dewdrops are shining
Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall
Angels adore Him in slumbers reclining
Wise men and shepherds before him do fall
Say shall we yield Him in costly devotion
Odors of Eden, and off'rings divine?
Gems from the mountains and pearls form the ocean
Myrrh from the forest and gold from the mine?
Vainly we offer each ample oblation
Vainly with gold we His favor secure
Richer by far is the heart's adoration
Dearer to God are the pray'rs of the poor
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid
Star in the East the horizon adorning
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Hail the blest morn, see the Great Mediator
Down from the regions of glory descend
Shepherds go worship the babe in the manger
Lo! For his guard the bright angels attend
Cold on his cradle the dewdrops are shining
Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall
Angels adore Him in slumbers reclining
Wise men and shepherds before him do fall
Say shall we yield Him in costly devotion
Odors of Eden, and off'rings divine?
Gems from the mountains and pearls form the ocean
Myrrh from the forest and gold from the mine?
Vainly we offer each ample oblation
Vainly with gold we His favor secure
Richer by far is the heart's adoration
Dearer to God are the pray'rs of the poor
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from Music for MidWynter: Music for the Winter Solstice from Many Centuries & Many Cultures,
released May 6, 2015
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