Les Sirènes Female Chamber Choir There is No Rose

NI6249 Les Sirènes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland At the Royal Conservatoire we are creating the Female Chamber Choir future for performance. There is No Rose We provide vocational education at the highest professional level in dance, drama, music, production, and screen. We offer an extraordinary blend of intensive BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976) TARIK O’REGAN (b.1978) tuition, world-class facilities, a full performance A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 (23:25) 16. Bring Rest, Sweet Dreaming Child (4:25) schedule, the space to collaborate across the disciplines, 1. Procession (1:51) teaching from renowned staff and industry practitioners, 2. Wolcum Yole! (1:21) TRADITIONAL arranged LIONEL SALTER (1914-2000) and unrivalled professional partnerships. 3. There is no rose (2:44) 17. The Coventry Carol (2:44) 4. That yongë child (1:43) World premiere recording We have over 900 students from around the world 5. Balulalow (1:28) studying on our specialist undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes. Alongside, we offer 6. As dew in Aprille (1:01) GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934) evening and weekend classes, short courses, summer 7. This little babe (1:30) 18. Jesu, thou the Virgin-born (2:56) schools, and a programme of continuing professional 8. Interlude (3:46) development. Our Junior Conservatoire for 7-18 year 9. In freezing winter night (3:38) SIR PHILIP LEDGER (1937-2012) olds nurtures young musical talent and we also organise 10. Spring carol (1:14) 19. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (2:46) the Royal Conservatoire Music Centres programme, 11. Deo gracias (1:16) ‘A lullaby for Becky’ bringing music education to over 1000 young people 12. Recession (1:48) World premiere recording throughout Scotland. Produced and engineered by Bob Whitney With thanks to John Pryce-Jones Our partners include the BBC, Scottish Ballet, Scottish BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976) SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934) Opera, the National Theatre of Scotland, the Royal 13. Sweet was the song (3:05) 20. The Snow (5:02) Recorded by Bob Whitney at Sherbrooke St Gilbert’s Church, Glasgow on 12-14 June 2013. Scottish National Orchestra, Celtic Connections, 14. A Wealdon Trio - Shakespeare’s Globe, Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland and The Song of the Women (2:17) JOHN RUTTER (b.1945) Classic FM, amongst others. 15. The Oxen (2:36) 21. Deck the Hall (2:18) Images ©Royal Conservatoire/KK Dundas 22. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (3:04) Design by www.0427.co.uk We are one of the most prolific performance producers 23. A Merry Christmas (1:30) in Scotland. We create around 600 music, drama, dance, © 2013 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and film events every year featuring our students, staff, Issued under exclusive license to Wyastone Estate Limited and world-leading artists, in our own and external Total: 56:15 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland professional venues, including the Theatre Royal, 100 Renfrew Street Glasgow, Festival Theatre Edinburgh, Glasgow Royal Andrew Nunn Musical Director Pippa Tunell Harp Glasgow G2 3DB Concert Halls, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Eden Court +44 (0)141 332 4101 Fionnuala Ward Piano (Tracks 15, 19 and 20) Inverness, Horsecross Perth, Shakespeare’s Globe, the Hazel Collins, Ruth Tarr Violin (Track 20) www.rcs.ac.uk Traverse, and the Tron. There is No Rose explores a wealth of repertoire drawn from The Coventry Carol is a world premiere recording of this the compositional output for female voices, from a wonderful haunting setting for four-part female choir by Lionel Salter group of British composers. which is a mother’s lament for her doomed child. This Medieval carol tells the darker side of the Christmas story The first part of the CD celebrates the centenary of one of and originates from a play The Pageant of the Shearman and the most prolific British composers of the twentieth century: Tailors. Just before King Herod’s men slaughter all the new Benjamin Britten. Composed in 1942 aboard a Swedish cargo born boys of Bethlehem, the women in the play sing a lullaby vessel during a treacherous journey between New York and to comfort the children who are about to be killed. England, A Ceremony of Carols had humble beginnings. During the journey the vessel docked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, The reflective Jesu, thou the Virgin Born is a relatively and it is here that Britten purchased a copy of The English unknown setting by Gustav Holst and is the unaccompanied Galaxy of Shorter Poems. It is this collection of poems which third movement of the Four Old English Carols composed inspired the work. Each movement adopts a contrasting mood, in 1907. Holst made a huge contribution to the female choral and together they narrate the stories of the birth of Christ. repertoire from works he composed during his time at St Paul’s Although widely performed by boy’s and children’s voices, the Girls School from 1905. work was initially intended for women’s voices, and received its first performance by the Fleet Street Choir on 5 December The second of the world premiere recordings is in memory of 1942. It was after this performance at Norwich Castle that its composer Sir Phillip Ledger, who was a much loved former revisions were made; the solo movement ‘That yongë child’ Principal of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and world and the central harp interlude were added, and this now renowned voice on choral music. Matthew, Mark, Luke and familiar version received its premiere in December 1943 by the John is a charming setting, subtitled ‘A lullaby for Becky’ which Morriston Boys’ Choir. has a touching story. The piece was composed by Ledger, during a period when he knew he was ill, as a lullaby which The other three works by Britten included here are carols he could leave his granddaughter, Becky. The piece was very which span his compositional lifetime, the first two being personal to the composer and as such was one of the pieces student compositions revised in maturity. Sweet was the which were performed at his funeral. It has been a privilege for song was composed during Britten’s second term at the Royal Les Sirènes to make the first recording of this work. College of Music and was originally part of a set of five carols, later published as Christ’s Nativity. After some revisions in The Snow by Edward Elgar is a real showpiece for Les Sirènes 1966 it premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival, conducted by and one of the works which secured their place in the Grand Imogen Holst, who was of course the daughter of Gustav Holst. Final of Choir of the Year 2012. This is an evocative setting of A Wealden Trio was originally submitted for a Royal College a beautiful text by Elgar’s wife Alice, which paints the perfect of Music composition scholarship in 1930 and not revised until vision of an Edwardian winter landscape. some thirty years later. After these revisions, the work received its premiere at the 1968 Aldeburgh Festival conducted by The final part of this CD takes a lighter mood and celebrates Phillip Ledger. Subtitled The song of the Women, the piece one of the most loved British composers of the present time, adopts a folk-based style, painting a somewhat bleak picture John Rutter. Deck the Hall; a traditional Welsh carol appears of hardship at Christmas time. As the women lament over here in an incredibly witty arrangement where the well-known their troubles and how ‘it’s hard work a-Christmassing’, the melody is intertwined with clever accompaniment. The spirit of Christmas returns to soften this mood. The Oxen is an traditional English carol Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing atmospheric setting of a text by Thomas Hardy, composed in Day is an uplifting setting which truly captures the spirit of the 1967 as a commission from the East Coker Women’s Institute. festive season. There is No Rose ends with a message to all for the festive season; we wish you a very Merry Christmas and The most contemporary of the works featured on this a Happy New Year! recording is an incredibly moving setting by Tarik O’Regan of a poignant poem by the Anglican priest-poet, Mark Pryce. Bring Rest, Sweet Dreaming Child is a text that, in the author’s own words, “reflects on the birth of the Christ-child who comes Andrew Nunn into the anxiety, noise and loneliness of the contemporary city, Musical Director with its threats of terrorism and fear of neighbour”. Les Sirènes Female Chamber Choir BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976) The aungels sungen the shepherds to: In October 2009 Les Sirènes performed with female National Orchestra Chorus, working alongside chorus A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 Gloria in excelsis, gloria in excelsis Deo. vocal harmony group All Angels as part of the Paisley director Timothy Dean. In January 2013 he prepared Gaudeamus, gaudeamus. Choral Festival, and in December of the same year the Children’s Chorus for the RCS and Scottish Opera 1. Procession sang with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera as part of the joint production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Hodie Christus natus est: Leave we all this werldly mirth, hodie Salvator apparuit: and follow we this joyful birth. Children’s Classics Concerts in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Night’s Dream, performed in Edinburgh, Glasgow and hodie in terra canunt angeli: Transeamus, Transeamus, Transeamus. In 2008 the choir collaborated with director Marilyn Inverness. Andrew has also conducted the RCS Chamber laetantur archangeli: Alleluia, Res miranda, Pares forma, Gaudeamus, Imry in a performance of a play called The Bones Boys, Choir in a recording of a new work Scotland Behold and hodie exsultant justi dicentes: Transeamus. broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland. in a concert in celebration of the 117th anniversary of the gloria in excelsis Deo. birth of composer Peter Warlock. He also holds positions Alleluia! Anonymous The ensemble was established in 2007 by Musical as the conductor of the Thomas Coats Memorial Choral Director Andrew Nunn and performs regularly across Society and Hutcheson’s Choral Society; Director of Scotland and beyond, having given concerts in renowned Choirs at the East Glasgow Music School; Conductor of 2. Wolcum Yole! 4. That yongë child Wolcum,Wolcum, Julia Daramy-Williams Soprano venues such as Glasgow Cathedral, Scottish Exhibition & the Carlisle Community Choir; Assistant Tutor for the Wolcum be thou hevenè king, Conference Centre, Dunkeld Cathedral, Paisley Abbey, Yorkshire Youth Choir; and Conductor of the Junior Royal Wolcum Yole! That yongë child when it gan weep Queen’s Hall Edinburgh, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and Conservatoire of Scotland Chamber Choir. Wolcum, born in one morning, With song she lulled him asleep: London’s Cadogan Hall. The choir has also performed in Wolcum for whom we sall sing! That was so sweet a melody more obscure locations, having ‘sung on the subway’ as Andrew Nunn holds an MMus from the RCS and is It passèd alle minstrelsy. part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) currently working for a Masters in conducting. Wolcum be ye, Stevene and Jon, promotion of the Glasgow Underground. Wolcum, Innocentes every one, The nightingalë sang also: Wolcum, Thomas marter one, Her song is hoarse and nought thereto: Pippa Tunnell currently plays as Principal Harp with Wolcum be ye, good Newe Yere, Whoso attendeth to her song www.sirenes.co.uk the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Scottish Wolcum Twelfthe Day both in fere, And leaveth the first then doth he wrong. Chamber Orchestra, and appears regularly with the BBC Wolcum seintes lefe and dere, Andrew Nunn is Musical Director of the highly Scottish Symphony Orchestra. She is Harp Lecturer at the Wolcum Yole, Wolcum Yole, Wolcum! Anonymous acclaimed Les Sirènes Female Chamber Choir which he Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. led to victory in the 2012 Choir of the Year competition. Candelmesse, Quene of bliss, Brought up and educated in Edinburgh, Pippa became a Wolcum bothe to more and lesse. 5. Balulalow In February 2013, Andrew became the Conducting member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Wolcum, Wolcum, Natasha Hendrickse-Welsh Soprano Wolcum be ye that are here, Wolcum Yole, Fellow of the National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCoS), before winning a scholarship to the Royal Northern Wolcum alle and make good cheer. O my deare hert, young Jesu sweit funded by the BBC Performing Arts Fund. As part of College of Music to study with Frank Sternefeld. There Wolcum alle another yere, Prepare thy creddil in my spreit, the fellowship, he will work alongside Christopher Bell she won the Hiles Medal and following her graduation Wolcum Yole, Wolcum! And I sall rock thee to my hert, with the National Choirs and undertake training and with honours, she won several awards enabling her And never mair from thee depart. development in the many aspects of working with choirs to take up a place at the Konservatorium in Basel, Anonymous and young voices. In February 2012 he became the first Switzerland, to study with Ursula Holliger. But I sall praise thee evermoir Student Conductor of NYCoS, helping to prepare the With sanges sweit unto thy gloir; flagship SATB choir for performances at the BBC Proms On her return to the UK Pippa built up a successful 3. There is no rose The knees of my hert sall I bow, There is no rose of such vertu And sing that richt Balulalow. and the Edinburgh International Festival. freelance career, performing as a soloist as well as a As is the rose that bare Jesu. chamber and orchestral musician, playing regularly with Alleluia, Alleluia, James, John and Robert Wedderburn Andrew has had the opportunity to work with many the Hallé, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Northern Ballet For in this rose containèd was ensembles; in October 2012 he conducted the National Theatre, and many other major British ensembles. Her Heaven and earth in litel space, Training Choir of Scotland in a performance at the Usher recent appearances include concerto performances with Res miranda, Res miranda Hall, Edinburgh, and members of NYCoS for a concert at the RSNO, and chamber recitals with the Hebrides and the SECC Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow. In September 2011, Red Note Ensembles. Recordings include Britten and By that rose we may well see There be one God in persons three, Andrew was awarded The Sir Alexander Gibson Memorial Rutter as a soloist alongside the RSNO Junior Chorus, and Pares forma, pares forma. Fellowship for Choral Conductors with the Royal Scottish numerous works with the RSNO and BBCSSO. 22. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Helen Knight Soprano Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; I would my true love did so chance To see the legend of my play, To call my true love to my dance; Les Sirènes Female Chamber Choir Andrew Nunn Musical Director Sing O my love, O my love, my love, my love, This have I done for my true love. Victoria Atkinson, Julia Daramy-Williams, Natasha Then was I born of a virgin pure, Hendrickse-Welsh, Fay Jennett, Helen Knight, Katie Of her I took fleshly substance; Oswell, Catrin Pryce-Jones First Soprano Thus was I knit to man’s nature, To call my true love to my dance: Lucy Anderson, Charlotte Hoather, Rebecca Howard, Carolyn Kelly, Lauren McQuisitin, Aileen Saunders, In a manger laid, and wrapp’d I was, Claire Thompson So very poor, this was my chance, Second Soprano Betwixt an ox and a silly poor ass, To call my true love to my dance: Ankna Arockiam, Susannah Bedford, Lynn Bellamy, Louisa Cheshire, Alex McFadzen, Laura Margaret Smith, Tomorrow shall be my dancing day… Ellen Smith, Beth Taylor, Emma Thomson, Kirsty Young, Lauren Young Mezzo-soprano Traditional The 2012 Choir of the Year Les Sirènes is a Glasgow- based female chamber choir consisting of twenty- 23. A Merry Christmas five vocalists, all students and graduates of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. We wish you a merry Christmas, And a Happy New Year. Since winning the prestigious title in October 2012, after a competitive Grand Final held at London’s Royal Festival Good tidings we bring To you and your kin; Hall and later broadcast on BBC television and radio, 2013 We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. has been a landmark year for the choir, culminating in the Now bring us some figgy pudding, release of There is No Rose, their début album. In March And bring some out here. they performed Gustav Holst’s The Planets with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Symphony Orchestra For we all like figgy pudding, under the direction of Garry Walker. In January, the choir So bring some out here. reached the semi-final stage of the Europe-wide choral competition Let the Peoples Sing. And we won’t go til we’ve got some, So bring some out here. As winners of Choir of the Year Les Sirènes will commission a new choral work by a composer of their Traditional choice, in collaboration with BBC Radio 3. The ensemble has previously given premiere performances of two works by composer Gareth Williams: Gethsemane in 2010 and Discipline in 2009, and is often called upon to collaborate with other artists. 6. As dew in Aprille My soul, with Christ join thou in fight; GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934) O snow, in thy soft grave I sing of a maiden Stick to the tents that he hath pight. 18. Jesu, thou the Virgin-born, H82 No.3 Sad flow’rs the winter brave; that is makèles; Within his crib is surest ward; Rebecca Howard Soprano O heart, so soothe and save, as does the snow. King of all kings This little Babe will be thy guard. Lynn Bellamy Mezzo-soprano The snow must melt, must go, To her son she ches. If thou wilt foil thy foes with joy, Fast, fast as water flow. Jhesu, of a Maiden Thou wast born Not thus, my soul, O sow Then flit not from this heavenly Boy. To save mankind that was forlorn Thy gifts to fade like snow. He came al so stille All for our sins. There his moder was, Robert Southwell (1561-1595) Jesu, fili Virgine, misereri nobis. O snow thou’rt white no more, As dew in Aprille Thy sparkling too, is o’er; That falleth on the grass. Within a cradle He was laid O soul, be as before, 8. Interlude Both ox and ass with Him played Was bright the snow. He came al so stille Pippa Tunell Harp With joy and bliss. Then as the snow all pure, To his moder’s bour, O heart be, but endure; As dew in Aprille Then for us He shed His blood, Through all the years full sure, That falleth on the flour. 9. In freezing winter night And also died He on the rood, Not as the snow. Catrin Pryce-Jones Soprano All for our sins. Alice Elgar (1848-1920) He came al so stille Louisa Cheshire Mezzo-soprano And then to hell He took the way There his moder lay, To ransom them that there did lay, As dew in Aprille Behold a silly tender babe, With joy and bliss. That falleth on the spray. In freezing winter night, JOHN RUTTER (b.1945) In homely manger trembling lies. Anonymous 21. Deck the Hall Moder and mayden Alas, a piteous sight! was never none but she; Deck the hall with boughs of holly, Well may such a lady The inns are full; no man will yield SIR PHILIP LEDGER (1937-2012) Fa la la la la fa la la la, Goddes mother be. This little pilgrim bed. 19. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John ‘Tis the season to be jolly, (‘A lullaby for Becky’) Fa la la la la fa la la la. But forced he is with silly beasts Fill the mead cup, drain the barrel, Anonymous In crib to shroud his head. Fionnuala Ward Piano Fa la la la la la la la, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Troll the ancient Christmas carol, This stable is a Prince’s court, Bless the bed that I lie on. Fa la la la la fa la la la. 7. This little babe This crib his chair of State; Four corners to my bed, This little Babe so few days old, The beasts are parcel of his pomp, Five angels there lie spread, See the flowing bowl before us, Is come to rifle Satan’s fold; The wooden dish his plate. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Fa la la la la fa la la la, All hell doth at his presence quake, Two angels at my head, Strike the harp and join the chorus. Though he himself for cold do shake; The persons in that poor attire Two angels at my feet, Fa la la la la fa la la la, For in this weak unarmèd wise His royal liveries wear; One at my heart, my soul to keep. Follow me in merry measure, The gates of hell he will surprise. The Prince himself is come from heav’n; Fa la la la la la la la, Anonymous © Encore Publications While I sing of beauty’s treasure, This pomp is prized there. Fa la la la la fa la la la. With tears he fights and wins the field, His naked breast stands for a shield; With joy approach, O Christian wight, SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934) Fast away the old year passes, His battering shot are babish cries, Do homage to thy King. 20. The Snow, Op.26 No.1 Fa la la la la fa la la la, His arrows looks of weeping eyes, And highly praise his humble pomp, Fionnuala Ward Piano Hail the new, ye lads and lassies, His martial ensigns Cold and Need, Which he from Heav’n doth bring. Hazel Collins, Ruth Tarr Violin Fa la la la la fa la la la. And feeble Flesh his warrior’s steed. Laughing, quaffing, all together, Robert Southwell (1561-1595) O snow, which sinks so light, Fa la la la la la la la, His camp is pitchèd in a stall, Brown earth is hid from sight, Heedless of the wind and weather, His bulwark but a broken wall; O soul, be thou as white as snow, Fa la la la la la la. The crib his trench, haystalks his stakes, O snow, which falls so slow, Of shepherds he his muster makes; Dear earth quite warm below; Traditional And thus, as sure his foe to wound, O heart, so keep thy glow The angels’ trumps alarum sound. Beneath the snow. Oh, it’s warm in the heavens, but it’s cold upon the earth, Bring praise, sweet singing child. 10. Spring carol BRITTEN And we ain’t no food at table nor no fire upon the hearth; If you came at day’s Victoria Atkinson, Claire Thompson Soprano 13.Sweet was the song And it’s bitter hard a-Christmassing, Noon, spreading out your arms to shade Laura Margaret Smith Mezzo-soprano Carolling, From anger’s fierce sun-blaze; Pleasure it is to hear iwis the Birdès sing, Singin’ songs about our Saviour’s birth; Reach now into our frenzied, drifting years: The deer in the dale, the sheep in the vale, Sweet was the song the Virgin sung, Singin’ songs about the Babe what’s born; Bring peace, sweet trusting child. The corn springing. When she to Bethlem Juda came, Singin’ of the shepherds on that morn. And was delivered of a Son, If you came at dusk, God’s purvayance for sustenance, That blessed Jesus hath to name. Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) Warming our chill fears with the blood It is for man. Lulla, lulla, lulla, lullaby, Of love’s sure pulse; Lulla, lulla, lulla, lullaby, Touch now the numb limbs of our fading lives: Then we always to him give praise, Sweet Babe, sang she. 15. The Oxen Bring love, sweet breathing child. And thank him than. Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock. My Son and eke a Saviour born, ‘Now they are all on their knees,’ Mark Pryce William Cornish (d.1523) Who hast vouchsafed from on high An elder said as we sat in a flock To visit us that were forlorn. By the embers in hearthside ease. Lalula, lalula, lalulaby, TRADITIONAL arranged LIONEL SALTER (1914-2000) 11. Deo gracias Sweet Babe, sang she, We pictured the meek mild creatures where 17. The Coventry Carol Deo gracias! Deo gracias! And rocked Him sweetly on her knee. They dwelt in their strawy pen, Adam lay i-bounden, bounden in a bond; Nor did it occur to one of us there Lully lulla, thou little tiny Child, Four thousand winter thought he not to long From William Ballet’s Lute Book To doubt they were kneeling then. Byby, lullay lullay. Lully lulla, thou little tiny Child. Deo gracias! Deo gracias! So fair a fancy few would weave Byby, lullay lullay. And all was for an appil, an appil that he tok. 14. A Wealden Trio - The Song of the Women In these years! Yet I feel, As clerkès finden written in their book. Lucy Anderson, Lauren McQuistin Soprano If someone said on Christmas Eve, O sisters too! How may we do Lauren Young Mezzo-soprano ‘Come; see the oxen kneel, For to preserve this day Deo gracias! Deo gracias! This poor youngling, for whom we sing? Ne had the appil takè ben, the appil takè ben, When ye’ve got a child ‘ats whist for want of food, In the lonely barton by yonder coomb Byby, lullay lullay. Ne haddè never our lady a ben hevenè quene And a grate as grey’s y’r ‘air for want of wood, Our childhood used to know,’ And y’r man and you ain’t nowise not much good; I should go with him in the gloom, Herod the king in His raging Blessèd be the time that appil takè was. Hoping it might be so. Chargèd he hath this day Therefore we moun singen. Oh, it’s hard work a-Christmassing, His men of might In his own sight Deo gracias! Carolling, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) All young children to slay. Singin’ songs about ‘the Babe what’s born’.

That woe is me, poor Child, for thee, 12. Recession When ye’ve ‘eered the baliff’s ‘and upon the latch, And ever morn and day Hodie Christus natus est: And ye’ve feeled the rain a-trickling through the thatch, TARIK O’REGAN (b.1978) for thy parting Nor say nor sing hodie Salvator apparuit: An’ y’r man can’t git no stones to break ner yit no sheep 16. Bring Rest, Sweet Dreaming Child Byby, lullay, lullay. hodie in terra canunt angeli: to watch; Fay Jennett Soprano laetantur archangeli: hodie exsultant justi dicentes: Oh, we’ve got to come a-Christmassing, If you came at night, Robert Croo gloria in excelsis Deo. Carolling, Pushing your way down the long dark Alleluia! Singin’ of the ‘Shepherds on that morn’. Out into starlight; Come now into our anxious, sleepless hours: ‘E was a man as poor as us, very near, Bring rest, sweet dreaming child. An ‘E ‘ad ‘is trials and danger, An’ I think ‘E’ll think of us when ‘E sees us singin’ ‘ere; If you came at dawn, For ‘is mother was poor, like us, poor dear, Lifting a voice from the dumb void, An’ she bore Him in a manger. Your new song born; Speak now into our shouting, stifled days:

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