good king wenceslas : theirish rovers .
album – songs of christmas – 1999 .

#1 .
G D G C D G
good king wen . . ces . . las looked out , on the feast of stephen .
D G C D G
when the snow lay round about , deep and crisp and even .
D G C D G
brightly shone the moon that night , though the frost was cru . . el .
D Em D C D Em C G
when a poor man came in sight , gathering winter fu . u . el .

#2 .
G D G C D G
’hither , page , and stand by me , if thou know’st it , telling .
D G C D G
yonder peas . . ant , who is he? . . where and what his dwelling?’
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’sire , he lives a good league hence , underneath the mountain .
D Em D C D Em C G
right against the forest fence , by saint agnes’ foun . ou . tain . ’

#3 .
G D G C D G
’bring me meat and bring me wine , bring me pine logs , hither .
D G C D G
thou and i shall see him dine , when we bear him thither . ’
D G C D G
page and monarch forth they went , forth they went , together .
D Em D C D Em C G
through the rude wind’s wild lament , and the bitter we . . A . . ther .

#4 .
G D G C D G
’sire , the night is darker now , and the wind blows stronger .
D G C D G
fails my heart , i know not how , i can go no longer . ’
D G C D G
’mark my footsteps , my good page , tread thou in them , boldly .
D Em D C D Em C G
thou shalt find the winter’s rage , freeze thy blood less co . . ld . . ly . ’

( interlude : flute : )

#5 .
G D G C D G
in his master’s steps he trod , where the snow lay dinted .
D G C D G
heat was in the very sod , which the saint had printed .
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therefore , christian men , be sure , wealth or rank poss . . essing .
D Em D C D Em C G
ye who now will bless the poor , shall yourselves find ble . . ss . . ing .

a christmas carol from kraziekhat .