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Virtual Carol Concert

Thursday 17 December 20206.30-7.30pm

RCN President, Professor Dame Anne Marie Rafferty warmly invites you to celebrate,

sing and reflect at the RCN’s first ever virtual carol service.

Grab a mince pie and pour yourself a glass of mulled wine. Join us for Christmas messages from members and carols led by a quartet of musicians

from the Royal Academy of Music:

Soprano: Danielle O’NeillAlto: Lucy Thalange

Tenor: Harry RossBass: Stephen Whitford

Pianist: Jack Redman

Away in a Manger

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head;

The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay,The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,But little Lord Jesus no crying he makes.

I love thee, Lord Jesus! Look down from the sky,And stay by my side until morning is nigh.

Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask thee to stayClose by me for ever, and love me, I pray.

Bless all the dear children in thy tender care,And fit us for heaven, to live with thee there.

Kings of Orient

We three kings of Orient are;Bearing gifts we traverse afar

Field and fountain,Moor and mountain,

Following yonder star:O star of wonder, star of night,Star with royal beauty bright,

Westward leading, still proceeding,Guide us to thy perfect light

(Melchior)Born a King of Bethlehem’s plain,Gold I bring, to crown him again—

King for ever, ceasing never,Over us all to reign:

O star of wonder etc.(Casper)

Frankincense to offer have I;Incense owns a deity nigh:

Prayer and praising, all men raising,Worship him, God most high:

O star of wonder etc.(Balthazar)

Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfumeBreathes a life of gathering gloom;Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,

Sealed in the stone-cold tombO star of wonder etc.

Glorious now, behold him arise,King, and God, and sacrifice!

Heav’n sings alleluia,Alleluia the earth replies:

O star of wonder etc.

In the bleak mid-winter

In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan,Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;

Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,In the bleak mid-winter, long ago.

Our God, Heav’n cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;Heav’n and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign.

In the bleak mid-winter a stable place sufficed The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.

Enough for Him, Whom cherubim, worship night and day, A breastful of milk, and a mangerful of hay;

Enough for Him, Whom angels fall down before, The ox and ass and camel which adore.

What can I give Him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb; If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part; Yet what I can I give Him: give my heart.

A merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas,

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Good tidings we bring to you and your kin.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Now, bring us some figgy pudding, Now, bring us some figgy pudding,

Now, bring us some figgy pudding, and bring some out here! Good tidings we bring to you and your kin.


For we all like figgy pudding, For we all like figgy pudding,

For we all like figgy pudding, so bring some out here! Good tidings we bring to you and your kin.


And we won’t go until we got some, and we won’t go until we got some,

and we won’t go until we got some, so bring some out here! Good tidings we bring to you and your kin.


009 529 December 2020

Ding Dong Merrily on High

Ding dong! merrily on highIn heav’n the bells are ringing:

Ding dong! verily the skyIs riv’n with angel singing.

Gloria,Hosanna in excelsis!

E’en so here below, below,Let steeple bells be swungen,

And io, io, io,By priest and people sungen.


Pray you, dutifully primeYour matin chime, ye ringers;

May you beautifully rimeYour evetime song, ye singers.


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