While by my sheep (Hugo Jüngst)
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- CPDL #190:
Finale 1998
- Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-10-04). Score information: 24 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
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Title: While by my Sheep
Composer: Hugo Jüngst
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SATB.SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carols
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
- 1.
- While by the sheep we watched at night,
- Glad tidings brought an angel bright.
- Refrain:
- How great our joy! (Great our joy!)
- Joy, joy, joy! (Joy, joy, joy!)
- Praise we the Lord in heaven on high!
- (Praise we the Lord in heaven on high)!
- 2.
- There shall be born, so he did say,
- In Bethlehem a Child today.
- Refrain.
- 3.
- There shall he lie in a manger mean,
- Who shall redeem the world from sin.
- Refrain.
- 4.
- Lord, evermore to me be nigh,
- Then shall my heart be fill'd with joy!
- Refrain.
Lyrics: Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht, Traditional German carol, by Nach Friedrich von Spee, veröffentlicht 1625