Comments on: A Little Christmas Carol Trivia… http://sacredpauses.com/2009/12/a-little-christmas-carol-trivia/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Meditation and Prayers for Life's Spiritual Highway Thu, 17 May 2012 14:18:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Janet McConnaughey http://sacredpauses.com/2009/12/a-little-christmas-carol-trivia/comment-page-1/#comment-1759 Janet McConnaughey Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:44:23 +0000 http://sacredpauses.com/?p=566#comment-1759 Apologies for the lateness. I can't remember the whole piece, but there's a lovely Swedish carol about St. Stephen. As translated by the Trapps or their arranger, it opens St. Stephen was riding and he traveled afar, <i>Watch with us this Christmas night</i> When over the Orient he saw a blazing star. <i>Watch with us and pray for us all.</i> I don't remember the intervening verses, but he meets up with King Herod, who scoffs at his story of Christ. If this is true, he says, that roast cock will stand up and crow. The rooster was roasted and in gravy he lay, <i>Watch with us this Christmas night</i> He rose up and crowed as it were the break of day. <i>Watch with us and pray for us all. </i> Apologies for the lateness.

I can’t remember the whole piece, but there’s a lovely Swedish carol about St. Stephen. As translated by the Trapps or their arranger, it opens

St. Stephen was riding and he traveled afar,
Watch with us this Christmas night
When over the Orient he saw a blazing star.
Watch with us and pray for us all.

I don’t remember the intervening verses, but he meets up with King Herod, who scoffs at his story of Christ. If this is true, he says, that roast cock will stand up and crow.

The rooster was roasted and in gravy he lay,
Watch with us this Christmas night
He rose up and crowed as it were the break of day.
Watch with us and pray for us all.

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