I’ll dip in and out of Voices As One when CWB II does too many old hymns in a row.
I’m up to the Christmas songs in CWB II so many will have been covered on this blog already.
255 Angels We Have Heard On High
256 Away in a Manger
…which brings me to the very surprising songwriter for CWB II, the wonderful children’s entertainer, Peter Combe, of “Toffee Apple” fame. It is for school Christmas celebrations and a lot of fun for the children to echo the lines of the verse.
You have to wonder why there are no guitar chords for this song in CWB II. It is hardly for cathedral organ. I note CWB II changes “Father” to “Mother” in the chorus.
He has put the lyrics up here. I rarely get to use a polka setting on BIAB.
CHORUS
Baby lying in a manger
No room in the inn
His mother watches over
The new born king.The shepherds come to see him (echo)
CHORUS
The shepherds come to see him (echo)
The wise men kneel and worship him (echo)CHORUS
The shepherds come to see him (echo)
The wise men kneel and worship him (echo)
The ox and the ass stand round him (echo)CHORUS
The shepherds come to see him (echo)
The wise men kneel and worship him (echo)
The ox and the ass stand round him (echo)
The angel watches over (echo)CHORUS
The shepherds come to see him (echo)
The wise men kneel and worship him (echo)
The ox and the ass stand round him (echo)
The angel watches over (echo)
Mary rocks him (echo)
© Peter Combe 1990