tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20702671.post2778595337293795009..comments2023-04-07T14:15:14.735+01:00Comments on Bad things in new hymn books and other sad tales: The words of well known carolsCatherine Rowetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356313351798903675noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20702671.post-9143497823493213652008-12-13T21:46:00.000+00:002008-12-13T21:46:00.000+00:00One seasonal piece won't be modernised in a hurry....One seasonal piece won't be modernised in a hurry. I can't really imagine anyone singing 'O sleep, you heaven-born treasure, you!'Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10786230862658889619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20702671.post-82331533687316446862008-12-05T16:05:00.000+00:002008-12-05T16:05:00.000+00:00In a charity carol concert I'm doing next Tuesday ...In a charity carol concert I'm doing next Tuesday we've got that old favourite, "We Three Kings". As any fule kno, it has – or rather, it should have – an elegant five-verse structure: first verse intro, one verse for each King, and one more verse to summarise. Except that we're skipping verse four.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it's just for brevity; or maybe "Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying/Sealed in William Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09051789619138744611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20702671.post-72803278984065799302008-12-02T09:06:00.000+00:002008-12-02T09:06:00.000+00:00At the first Advent carol service in which I sang ...At the first Advent carol service in which I sang on Sunday, almost all the hymns came with slips of paper with the words on (tunes from NEH as they had richer harmonies, words from The Complete Anglican, or whatever it's called). At the second the organist said he hadn't had time to check the words in the booklet against those in the carol book and hymn book, and no-one else could be bothered Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com