by Alice Stuart (1899 - 1983)
A Christmas fable
Language: English
What crew the cockerel On Christmas morn? It crew Christus natus est! Loudly Christus natus est! Gladly Christus natus est! Christ, the Christ is born! Quando, quando? quacked the duck. When, O when? cried she. In hac nocte, croacked the raven, Humped upon a tree, In hac nocte, in hac nocte, This very night, quoth he. Ubi, ubi? lowed the cow, Where? she asked of them. Ubi, ubi? None could tell, Till a little lamb Baa'ed out bravely, high and clear, Bleated, Bethlehem. Joyfully the donkey's voice Answered lambkin so: Eamus! said the ass's bray, As all Christian men now say Eamus! Let us go.
Authorship:
- by Alice Stuart (1899 - 1983), "A Christmas fable" [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 Huub de Lange (b. 1955), "A Christmas fable", published 2006. [SATB chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-28
Line count: 23
Word count: 105