by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
What cheer?
Language: English
What cheer? Good cheer! Be merry and glad this good New Year! 'Lift up your hearts and be glad In Christ's birth', the angel bade, Say each to other, if any be sad: 'What cheer!' Now the King of heav'n his birth hath take, Joy and mirth we ought to make: Say each to other, for this sake: 'What cheer?' I tell you all with heart so free: Right welcome ye be to me; Be glad and merry for charity! What cheer? Good cheer! What cheer? Good cheer! Be merry and glad this good New Year!
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, in Richard Hill's Commonplace Book, 16th century [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by William Walton (1902 - 1983), "What cheer?" [chorus a cappella] [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-07-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 96