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The Irish Rovers - Good King Wenceslas songtekst

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John Mason Neale schreef dit kerstlied in 1853.

Het lied gaat over de Boheemse koning Wenceslas (907 - 935) die een rondreis maakt. Bohemen is nu een deel van Tsjechie. Op de feestdag van Stephen (= Stefanus) ziet de koning een man hout sprokkelen. Hij wil hem wat geld geven. De feestdag van Stefanus noemen wij 2de kerstdag.

Wenceslas is heilig verklaard door de RK kerk.

Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even
Brightly shone the moon that night, though the frost was cruel
When a poor man came in sight, gathering winter fuel

Hither page and stand by me if thou knowst it telling
Yonder peasant, who is he, where and what his dwelling?
Sire, he lives a good league hence, underneath the mountain
Right against the forest fence, by Saint Agnes' fountain

Bring me meat and bring me wine, bring me pinelogs hither
Thou and I will see him dine when we bear them thither
Page and monarch forth they went, forth they went together
Through the rude winds wild lament, and the bitter weather

Sire the night is darker now, and the wind blows stronger
Fails my heart I know now how, I can go no longer
Mark my footsteps my good page, tread thou in them boldly
Thou shalt find the winter's rage freeze thy blood less coldly

In his master's steps he trod where the snow lay dinted
Heat was in the very sod which the saint had printed
Therefore Christian men be sure, wealth or rank possessing
Ye who now will bless the poor, shall yourselves find blessing
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Taal: Engels

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