Before the Paling of the Stars | The Girl Choir of South Florida
Video Information
- Choir: The Girl Choir of South Florida
- Piece: Before the Paling of the Stars
- Composer: John Boda
- Conductor: Wallis Peterson
- Voices: SA
- Genres: Classical, Christmas
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"Before the Paling of the Stars" by John Boda. Text by Christina Rossetti.
Recorded live on Friday, December 21, 2012, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Lyric Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of So... more"Before the Paling of the Stars" by John Boda. Text by Christina Rossetti.
Recorded live on Friday, December 21, 2012, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Lyric Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Susan Dodd.
Before the paling of the stars,
Before the winter morn,
Before the earliest cock crow,
Jesus Christ was born:
Born in a stable,
Cradled in a manger,
In the world his hands had made
Born a stranger.
Priest and king lay fast asleep
In Jerusalem;
Young and old lay fast asleep
In crowded Bethlehem;
Saint and angel, ox and ass,
Kept a watch together
Before the Christmas daybreak
In the winter weather.
Jesus on his mother's breast
In the stable cold,
Spotless lamb of God was he,
Shepherd of the fold:
Let us kneel with Mary maid,
With Joseph bent and hoary,
With saint and angel, ox and ass,
To hail the King of Glory.
Before the paling of the stars,
Before the winter morn,
Before the earliest cock crow,
Jesus Christ was born. less