Welcome to Silver Tea 2010

Hello, Students! Welcome to Silver Tea Online, where you can practice with Mrs. Becksvoort (and sometimes Jack, too)! Most of these songs have familiar words, but Good King Wenceslas is a little tricky. I've included the full text to that song below.






[ALL]

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

[SOLO 1]

Hither, page, and stand by me.
If thou know it telling:
yonder peasant, who is he?
Where and what his dwelling?
[SOLO 2]

Sire, he lives a good league hence,
underneath the mountain,
right against the forest fence
by Saint Agnes fountain.

[SOLO 1]
Bring me flesh, and bring me wine.
Bring me pine logs hither.
Thou and I will see him dine
when we bear the thither.

[ALL]

Page and monarch, forth they went,
forth they went together
through the rude wind's wild lament
and the bitter weather.

[ALL]
In his master's step he trod,
where the snow lay dented.
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