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Christmas Lyrics
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(The)Quest of the Three Kings
Quiet Christmas
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(The)Quest of the Three Kings
- Very Rev. C. W. Stubbs, D. D., Score - T. Tertius Noble
From silver gates of Ecbatoun,
O camel bells across the sand!
King Gaspar rides in golden crown
To seek his King in Judah land;
With orient pearls and gem wrought rings
His slaves are laden with the store;
He rides apace; the King of kings
Shall have his homage evermore.
O filii et filiae,
Sing "Christe Rex sanctissime!"
On mystic Egypt's great highway,
Clang oars a-down the old Nile stream!
Balthasar sleeps, his boatmen gay
Break with their songs the speel of dream;
O'er moonlit waters flashed a Thing
Star sign of birth: "I go," he saith,
"To seek my chief; the world's true King
Shall hear my homage and my faith."
O filii et filiae,
Sing, "Ex Egypto parvule!"
From towers of silent Ipsobar,
O signal fires across the plain!
Sage Melchoir sights the magic Star
Which tells how kingdoms wax and wane;
How Power and Might are passing things
And only Wisdom heaven's true breath:
So forth he fares; the King of kings
Shall have his homage unto death.
O filii et filiae,
Sing "Stella Sapientiae!"
Three kings they came star-led of yore,
O angel-song across the snow!
Balthasar, Gaspar, Melchior,
To seek the King of Kings, and lo!
O'er Bethlehem fields by God's good grace
The Pilgrim-star is stayed, and there
In childhood's guise they see the Face
Of Him the altogether Fair.
O filii et filiae,
Sing "Jesu dilectissime!"
The quest is found, they kneel them down,
O Christmas bells across the sea!
A little child their King they own,
Of lofty, lowly mystery!
And gold for kingship, myrrh for pain,
O by those mystic emblems deign,
Jesu, that we by Thee may live!
O filii et filiae,
Sing "Gloria tibi Domine!"
Quiet Christmas
- R. L. Gunn, Music - Irving Berlin
I'm dreaming of a quiet Christmas
Not like the one I had last year
I want quiet mornings
Not a person snoring
Awww....music to my ears
I'm dreaming of a quiet Christmas
With every bill I have to write
May my day be noiseless and bright
And may all my Christmas's be quiet.
I'm dreaming of a quiet Christmas
with every breath I take today
May the streets be noiseless
and children voiceless
Awww....what's there left to say
I'm dreaming of a quiet Christmas
With every bill I have to write
May my day be noiseless and bright
And may all my Christmas's be quiet.
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