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by Kim Baryluk (b. 1959)

Solstice Carol
Language: German (Deutsch) 
A fire is burning
The long night draws near
All who need comfort
Are welcome by here

We’ll dance ‘neath the stars
And toast the past year
For the spirit of solstice
Is still living here

We’ll count all our blessings
While the Mother lays down
With snow as her blanket
Covering the ground

Thanks to the Mother
For the life that she brings
She’ll waken to warm us
Again in the spring

The poor and the hungry 
The sick and the lost
These are our children
No matter the cost

Come by the fire
The harvest to share
For the spirit of solstice
Is still living here

Text Authorship:

  • by Kim Baryluk (b. 1959) [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 Kim Baryluk (b. 1959), "Solstice Carol", copyright © 2018 [ women's chorus ], Cypress Chorale Music
        Publisher: Cypress Choral Music [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-01-01
Line count: 24
Word count: 108

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