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Why, for instance, do we tolerate such impositions as "Good King
Wenceslas?" The original was and is an Easter Hymn...it is marked in carol books as "traditional", a delightful word which often conceals ignorance. There is nothing traditional in it as a
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its criticism and hope that the carol would "pass into disuse", argues: "Thankfully, they were wrong", for the carol "still reminds us that the giving spirit of
Christmas should not happen just on that day. . . ."
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the character Sarita sings the carol in the second episode titled "A House
Divided". Sarita talks about the meaning of the song with a young girl named Sarah as they decorate a massive christmas tree in the ski
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Nicolas Bell of the British Museum also strongly rebut Dearmer's 20th century criticism, noting: "it could have been awful, but it isn't, it's magical . . . you remember it because the verse just works".
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is about to give up the struggle against the cold weather, but is enabled to continue by following the king's footprints, step for step, through the deep snow. The legend is based on the life of the
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and his fellow inmates sing the carol - until they are hushed by Mr. Mackay. In place of "When a poor man came in sight gathering winter fuel" comes: "When a
Scotsman came in sight hollerin’...".
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and Stuart, so that his character in the game can avoid danger. Sheldon insists on singing the entire song, even though he only needs to sing the first verse to complete his task.
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based on the carol, in which the poor man criticises King
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closes his eyes and starts singing this song during a high-speed chase when told to "think about
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1426:, is a comedic re-telling of the story in the carol, starring
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2393:"John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: Good King Wenceslas"
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Several centuries later the legend was claimed as fact by
2323:"Good King Wenceslas by Millennial Choirs and Orchestras"
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covered the song in their 2018 anthology Burnt Offerings.
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Deeds of Faith: Stories for Children from Church History
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1820:(Thesis). Indiana: University of Notre Dame. p. 1.
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of the United Kingdom while explaining Earth's history.
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made a piano-cello instrumental cover of this song for
436:, Neale was interested in restoring Catholic ceremony,
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mistakenly believes that Good King Wenceslas is the
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which recounted legends from Christian tradition in
1210:included "Good King Wenceslas" in their 2020 album
367:uses "Tempus Adest Floridum" only for Cook's hymn.
1669:. Hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com. 30 September 2006
323:is a collection of seventy-four songs compiled by
513:A similar sentiment is expressed by the editors (
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2498:. 'The Life of King Wenceslas' Latin text by
1915:Let Voices Resound: Songs from Piae Cantiones
1008:included "Good King Wenceslas" as one of his
8:
298:. The melody formed the basis for the carol.
2195:"A Cause for Caroling: A Second Golden Age"
313:, first published in the Finnish song book
2425:"Horrible Histories - Good King Wenceslas"
1094:A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season
409:, gave a rare copy of the 1582 edition of
2124:, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1928)
1087:It was covered by Canadian Celtic singer
1054:recorded a version of the song for their
1037:featured several renditions of the carol.
1018:first covered the song on his 1949 album
344:, where it is substantially more carnal;
1187:the sixth studio album by the folk trio
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558:," the tune of which has been used for "
1873:"CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Wenceslaus"
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569:By contrast, Brian Scott, quoting from
2366:"Alick Rowe - Crisp and Even Brightly"
2214:"Now That's What I Call Carols: 1582!"
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1204:under the title, "Good King Wenceslas"
667:Spring has now unwrapped the flowers,
145:to fit the melody of the 13th-century
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2437:from the original on 21 December 2021
2405:from the original on 21 December 2021
2303:from the original on 21 December 2021
2291:Mel Tormé - Topic (19 October 2016).
1328:In Telltale's story driven videogame
1061:The song's tune was re-worked by the
679:Seedlings, working through the mould,
590:Neale's "Good King Wenceslas" (1853)
7:
1752:. University of Pennsylvania Press.
1201:Let It Snow, Baby... Let It Reindeer
835:Through the rude wind's wild lament
823:"Bring me flesh, and bring me wine,
637:Brightly shone the moon that night,
405:, the British envoy and minister in
2529:Cultural depictions of Czech people
2212:Jeremy Summerly (5 December 2017).
2098:H. J. L. J. Massé, "Old Carols" in
1635:. Courier Corporation. p. 19.
1155:opened their 2017 Christmas album,
1074:It was covered by English folk duo
979:Therefore, Christian men, be sure,
956:Reason learns the heart's decrees,
831:Page and monarch, forth they went,
782:Flowers make glee among the hills,
1900:form of the name, declined in the
1746:Wolverton, Lisa (22 August 2001).
1405:The setting of Gene Wolfe's novel
1191:, released in 1990 on MCA Records.
922:Thou shalt find the winter's rage
918:"Mark my footsteps, good my page;
774:Now bestirring, green and strong,
770:Herb and plant that, winter long,
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2139:www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com
1632:Christmas Carols: Complete Verses
1183:We Three Kings (The Roches album)
1097:, and reissued on her 2008 album
944:Earth puts on her dress of glee;
857:Through each wonder of fair days
778:All the world with beauty fills,
485:added the words to the melody in
356:, by Joseph S. Cook (1859–1933);
266:on horseback can be found at the
206:, or "righteous king"—that is, a
2494:Gumpoldus Mantuanus Episcopus :
1448:episode "The Santa Simulation",
1208:Millennial Choirs and Orchestras
985:shall yourselves find blessing.
983:Ye who now will bless the poor,
914:Fails my heart, I know not how;
910:"Sire, the night is darker now,
744:Right against the forest fence,
629:Good King Wenceslas looked out,
619:English translation of CB 142 by
552:Penguin Book of Christmas Carols
198:had a powerful influence on the
75:Problems playing this file? See
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2345:Transcripts.foreverdreaming.org
1875:. Newadvent.org. 1 October 1912
1366:The song is begun by guests of
1141:A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas
1116:, their Christmas studio album.
967:In his master's steps he trod,
924:Freeze thy blood less coldly."
869:In His grace of glad new birth
827:Thou and I shall see him dine,
701:Now comes the time of flowers,
671:Life in all her growing powers
645:When a poor man came in sight,
633:When the snow lay round about,
602:English translation of PC 74 by
327:, the Protestant headmaster of
2505:, Vol. 135, col. 0919 - 0942C.
2496:Vita Vencezlavi Ducis Bohemiae
2061:, London & New York (1853)
2020:. Hymntime.com. Archived from
776:find in growth their pleasure;
673:towards the light is striving:
566:," and other unrelated songs.
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2549:Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia
2266:"Fanclub Singles | 1989"
1629:Weller, Shane (9 June 1992).
1452:sings the song while playing
1122:covered the song on his 1992
1033:The Beatles' Christmas Record
946:flowers and grasses hide her;
895:Dost thou not know, dearest,
861:Beauty follows all His ways,
840:Haec vobis pulchre monstrant
734:Where and what his dwelling?"
707:the transformation of Spring.
675:Gone the iron touch of cold,
129:Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia
30:Christmas Carols, New and Old
2534:Cultural depictions of kings
1776:Sermo secundus de s. Oswaldo
1331:The Walking Dead: Season Two
977:which the saint had printed.
952:For, as man this glory sees
912:and the wind blows stronger;
865:So, as He renews the earth,
804:The fields in which we play
787:Stant prata plena floribus,
726:if thou know'st it, telling,
413:to Neale, who was Warden of
1046:their first Christmas album
829:when we bear them thither."
772:slumbered at their leisure,
753:Sunt prata plena floribus,
692:Hoc, quod frigus laeserat,
681:now make up for lost time.
677:winter time and frost time,
120:). During the journey, his
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2255:, accessed 5 December 2021
2043:Neale, John Mason (1849).
1976:Mary Gently Laid Her Child
1303:The Muppet Christmas Carol
1291:In the television special
981:wealth or rank possessing,
920:Tread thou in them boldly:
825:bring me pine logs hither:
658:Hoc quod frigus laeserat,
354:Mary Gently Laid Her Child
222:Victoria and Albert Museum
2120:"Good King Wenceslas" in
1562:'s science fiction novel
1469:In a blooper reel of the
1294:A Muppet Family Christmas
1100:A Midwinter Night's Dream
975:Heat was in the very sod
958:hearts are led by reason
844:Quem quoque nos credimus
833:forth they went together;
780:gold the green enhancing,
688:vernales mox; in omnibus
669:the day is fast reviving,
571:The Oxford Book of Carols
479:Carols for Christmas-tide
477:For his 1853 publication
443:In 1849 he had published
392:Carols for Christmas-Tide
202:conceptualization of the
161:Carols for Christmas-Tide
16:Victorian Christmas carol
2330:. Retrieved 9 April 2024
2165:. Anderson. p. 62.
1799:Wolverton, Lisa (2001).
1607:List of Christmas carols
1584:The song is parodied by
1558:At the ironic ending of
1420:Crisp and Even Brightly,
1418:The 1987 BBC radio play
1297:, Gonzo sings this song.
1239:, Prime Minister David (
1194:The song is included in
1180:The song is included on
1063:Trans-Siberian Orchestra
950:brothers all beside her;
897:how much thou art loved?
878:An nescis, o carissima,
863:as the world He blesses:
837:and the bitter weather.
784:set the meadows dancing
742:underneath the mountain;
705:now in all things comes
703:and the blossoms appear;
635:deep and crisp and even;
631:on the Feast of Stephen,
489:, adding a reference to
96:that tells a story of a
2218:Gresham College Lecture
2074:"Tempus Adest Floridum"
2018:"Tempus Adest Floridum"
1931:"bibliotheca Augustana"
1540:wrote a sketch for his
1531:Norman Stanley Fletcher
954:in th'awakening season,
948:We go forth in charity—
927:Terra ornatur floribus
810:let us go out together,
736:"Sire, he lives a good
684:Tempus adest floridum,
650:Tempus adest floridum,
647:gath'ring winter fuel.
610:"Tempus adest floridum"
593:"Tempus adest floridum"
257:Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
118:Second Day of Christmas
2480:Free arrangements for
2251:Wise Music Classical,
1962:Carols for All Seasons
1728:by Gumpold, bishop of
1455:Dungeons & Dragons
1068:The Lost Christmas Eve
893:why dost thou shun me?
871:we must seek revival.
859:God Himself expresses;
848:O tempus ergo hilare,
814:for the love of Venus,
791:Virgines cum clericis
789:in quibus nos ludamus!
767:virent et accrescunt.
715:by all these colours.
709:What the cold harmed,
622:John Addington Symonds
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523:Ralph Vaughan Williams
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2459:Scott, Brian (2015).
2293:"Good King Wenceslas"
2159:Scott, Brian (2015).
2135:"Good King Wenceslas"
2122:Oxford Book of Carols
1953:Tempus Adest Floridum
1832:"Good King Wenceslas"
1814:Shuler, Eric (2010).
1782:, Issue 9 (Oct 2006)"
1667:"Good King Wenceslas"
1489:Nicolaj Coster-Waldau
1408:The Devil in a Forest
1374:White Christmas Blues
1272:Genesis of the Daleks
1255:In the Scottish film
1133:Count Basie Orchestra
931:Nos honestis moribus
903:So great is our love
867:Artist without rival,
808:Maidens and clerics,
686:surgunt namque flores
654:Vernales in omnibus,
652:surgunt namque flores
560:Maryland, My Maryland
533:
528:Oxford Book of Carols
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284:Tempus adest floridum
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1246:In the British show
1078:on their 2006 album
1042:Mannheim Steamroller
1006:William Lloyd Webber
939:Laudemusque Dominum
916:I can go no longer."
905:that it can be so."
899:If thou wert Helen,
888:noster amor talis."
882:Si tu esses Helena,
852:Renovato nam mundo,
806:are full of flowers.
698:per multos colores.
664:per multos labores.
662:Cernimus hoc fieri,
114:the Feast of Stephen
49:Good King Wenceslaus
2253:Songs without Words
2201:. 19 December 2017.
2100:Music & Letters
1788:on 9 November 2013.
1718:Old Church Slavonic
1714:First Slavonic Life
1379:In the 1983 movie,
1198:'s Christmas Album
1021:Christmas Greetings
1010:Songs without Words
969:where the snow lay
941:pectoris ex fundo.
886:Tamen potest fieri
874:"O dilecta domina,
818:the other maidens.
799:ceteris virginibus
795:Per amorem Veneris
765:Vernali in tempore
761:Gramina et plantae
757:Ubi iuvat cernere,
724:, and stand by me,
711:the warmth repairs,
696:Cernimus hoc fieri
541:Good King Wenceslas
537:Good King Wenceslas
491:Saint Stephen's Day
86:Good King Wenceslas
26:Good King Wenceslas
2272:. 25 December 1989
1578:Horrible Histories
1543:Souvenir Programme
1501:The Colbert Report
1219:In popular culture
1153:Tenth Avenue North
1113:A Family Christmas
891:"O my chosen one,
884:vellem esse Paris!
880:quod sic adamaris?
876:cur sic alienaris?
854:nos novari decet.
816:that we may teach
801:ut hoc referamus!
759:herbas cum delectu
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1913:Jeremy Summerly,
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1759:978-0-8122-3613-2
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1689:"The Codex Gigas"
1549:In an episode of
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1391:The Polar Express
1382:A Christmas Story
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