Easy traditional style Christmas Carol
Beneath my Ancient Beams – SATB Carol
(Level – EASY)
Download a FREE copy of this new carol, which looks at the birth of Christ from a very humble and human perspective. It touches on the awe and uncertainty of the people who surrounded and protected him at that time, and the age and significance of the building that sheltered them all. The recording of this piece, performed by the wonderful PUCS Choir (Western Australia) under the direction of Sarah Mills-Menogue, was generously supplied by the ABC Classic FM Choir Hour team. Thanks everybody!!
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Lyrics
Beneath My Ancient Beams – LYRICS (C.Mayers)
Free score available from singceliamayers.net - Songs for small Choirs
Beneath my ancient beams, the mantled girl dismounting,
Sore and tired she bears him, his worth beyond accounting.
Beneath my lowly roof, a family lies recovering,
Humble and unready, their holy gift discovering.
I am mud and simple straw, I have no halls of gilded fame:
It falls to me to shelter a bright and priceless flame,
A bright and priceless flame.
Within my ancient manger, the newborn child is laying,
Born to teach us love, till the nameless price needs paying.
Beneath my modest eaves, the shepherd’s staves are leaning,
Man will strive forever to know this child’s meaning.
Old and plain I waited here, my rough-hewn manger meant for sheep,
And now this night I shelter a princeling in his sleep,
A princeling in his sleep.
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