by Phillips Brooks, Rev. (1835 - 1893)
Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas...
Language: English
Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight! Christmas in lands of the fir-tree and pine, Christmas in lands of the palm tree and vine, Christmas where snow peaks stand solemn and white, Christmas where cornfields stand sunny and bright; Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight. Christmas where children are hopeful and gay, Christmas where old men are patient and gray, Christmas where peace, like a dove in his flight, Broods o'er brave men in the thick of the fight; Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight. For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all, No place too great and no cottage too small; The Angels who welcome Him sing from the height, "In the city of David, a King in His might." Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight. Then let every heart keep its Christmas within: Christ's pity for sorrow, Christ's hatred for sin. Christ's care for the weakest, Christ's courage for right, Christ's dread of the darkness, Christ's love for the light. Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight. So the stars of the midnight which compass us round Shall see a strange glory, and hear a sweet sound, And cry, "Look! the earth is aflame with delight, O sons of the morning, rejoice at the sight!" Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight!
A. Hailstork sets stanzas 1-2, stanza 3 (lines 1-2)
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Text Authorship:
- by Phillips Brooks, Rev. (1835 - 1893), "Everywhere, Everywhere Christmas Tonight!" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (b. 1941), "Christmas Everywhere", 1993, stanzas 1-2, stanza 3 (lines 1-2) [ soprano and piano ], from Three Simple Songs, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2020-06-11
Line count: 26
Word count: 201