Goodness, I think I last heard this when I was about five (50 years ago). The melody must have sunk in deep, because I had quite a flood of emotion hearing it just now. Almost cried at how beautiful this is and how it was right there in memory but forgotten. The perfection of the voices, the melancholy combined with joy, the Middle English lyric, the wonderful organ melody, the awesome dignity of it all.
I sang this for the first time for my Christmas Concert in fourth grade. Every time I heard it, I cried. I don't know why. It just sounds like a sad song to me, especially starting at about 0:17.
@WATBerlin and by the way, mankind's (MANkind? how more backward could you get than that?) ancestors might be primates but they were not simians. but perhaps yours are simians.
Goodness, I think I last heard this when I was about five (50 years ago). The melody must have sunk in deep, because I had quite a flood of emotion hearing it just now. Almost cried at how beautiful this is and how it was right there in memory but forgotten. The perfection of the voices, the melancholy combined with joy, the Middle English lyric, the wonderful organ melody, the awesome dignity of it all.
wfbrown1234 1 month ago in playlist Christmas
Beautiful .
jsilence418 1 month ago
@metronova94 I had the same reaction when I first heard this sung, in the film Black Narcissus.
lichtbroeder 6 months ago
@jenethehottie And this carol honors the birth of another man who was Jewish. Seems fitting.
lichtbroeder 6 months ago
I sang this for the first time for my Christmas Concert in fourth grade. Every time I heard it, I cried. I don't know why. It just sounds like a sad song to me, especially starting at about 0:17.
metronova94 7 months ago
@WATBerlin lol. now i realize you are nuts. i ought not to be wasting my time with a delusional and depraved person like you. dream on dude.
jenethehottie 1 year ago
@WATBerlin and by the way, mankind's (MANkind? how more backward could you get than that?) ancestors might be primates but they were not simians. but perhaps yours are simians.
jenethehottie 1 year ago
@WATBerlin whew! that's much preferable than to an anti-semite like hitler and you.
jenethehottie 1 year ago
RR Terry's ancestors are actually Jewish.
jenethehottie 1 year ago
i love this piece of music ive got three versions of it
Dan1124444 1 year ago