Cleveland Chamber Choir: "Wexford Carol" arr. Elaine Hagenberg

Assistant Conductor Peter Wright leads the Cleveland Chamber Choir in a performance of “Wexford Carol” arranged by Elaine Hagenberg (b. 1979). With Danna Sundet, oboe; and Shanelle Cook, piano.

Recorded LIVE on December 18, 2022 at Disciples Christian Church, Cleveland Heights, OH.

Wexford Carol (Anon. 12th Century Irish carol)
Good people all, this Christmas time,
Consider well and bear in mind,
What our good God for us has done
In sending His beloved Son.
With Mary holy we should pray,
To God with love this Christmas Day.
In Bethlehem upon that morn,
There was a blessed Messiah born.

Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep.
To whom God’s angels did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear.
“Prepare and go,” the angels said
“To Bethlehem, be not afraid.
For there you’ll find, this happy morn
A princely Babe, sweet Jesus, born.

With thankful heart and joyful mind,
The shepherds went the babe to find,
And as God’s angel had foretold,
They did our Saviour Christ behold.
Within a manger He was laid,
And by his side the virgin maid
Attending on the Lord of Life
Who came on earth to end all strife.

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