1. |
Old Time Religion
03:56
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Gimme that old time religion
Gimme that old time religion
Gimme that old time religion
And it's good enough for me.
It was good for my mother
And it was good for my brother
And it was good for my father
And it’s good enough for me
Chorus:
Now won’t you give me that – old time religion
Won’t you give me that – old time religion
Won’t you give me that – old time religion
It’s good enough for me
Now it’ll save you from the fiery furnace
Yes it’ll save you from the fiery furnace
Yes it’ll save you from the fiery furnace
And it’s good enough for me
Chorus
Well it’ll keep you from the devil
Yes it’ll keep you from the devil
It’ll keep you from the devil,
And it’s good enough for me
Chorus
Well it’ll take you up to heaven
Yes it’ll take you up to heaven
Oh it’ll take you up to heaven
And it’s good enough for me
Chorus
It was good for the Hebrew children
It was good for the Hebrew children
It was good for the Hebrew children
And it's good enough for me.
Chorus
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2. |
Three Masts
02:24
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Three masts has the thrusting ship
Three masts will she wear
When she like Christ our Saviour
Walks on the watery stair.
One stands at the fore
To meet the weather wild,
As He who once in winter
Was a little child.
One grows after
From step to the sky
For Him who once was keel-hauled
And hung up to die.
One stands amidships
Between fore and mizzen,
Pointing to Paradise
For Him who is risen.
Three masts will grow on the green ship
Before she quits the quay,
For Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
Blessed Trinity.
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3. |
Cornish Alphabet
03:05
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A is for Ansum, which we d’think we are
B is for Bussa, a git Cornish jar
C is for Cream, which we d’like a lot – our cream is that thick you could call’en a clot
D is for Digey, down St Ives don’t ‘ee see, and
E is for thee and for she and for me – (Brenda: ‘She idden no ‘ee!’ Donald: ‘Well, if I was to see ‘er gwain down the street, I’d say “Where’s ‘ee off to now I wonder?”’)
F is for Fairings you d’get at the Fair – they d’go a bit sticky but the flavour is rare
G is for Gulls as they d’fly cross the Bar – and if you’re underneath them then watch out my gar!
H is for Heavy, a git slab o’ cake… all dough and currants like mawther d’make
I is for Idna… my dear soul I can’t think – all this ‘ere rhyming d’drive me to drink!
J is for Janner, tha’s our Cousin Jack – you give ‘ee some cheek an’ e’ll give ‘ee wan back!
K is for Klunk – you know, when you d’swalla… and
L is for Larrups, a git lout of a fella…
M is for Mawther, for whom we d’all care, and
N is for Nawthen tha’s goin’ nowhere…
O is the ore… (Brenda: “’Ere!” Donald: “No, not that sort of ‘ore’!)… the copper and tin, we d’get down the mines midst the darkness and din
P is for wan thing! Tha’s pasties galore! When I’ve ‘ad a pasty I dawn’t want nawthen no more…
Q is the queue where we patiently stood, for two pennorth of butter and a bit of ‘og’s pud…
R is for Ray – now there’s a sweet bit o’ fish – boiled taties and butter d’make a rich dish!
S is for Saffern, and Sunday School Treat – remember the banner we carr’d in the street?
T is for Toerag, all salty and wry – when I’ve ‘ad some o’ that I could drink the sea dry!
U is for Us – well, we d’say ‘we’…
V is for Varmint – a brae toad is ‘ee!
W is for Withies for making pots for the crabs, and pushing up chimblies when cleaning the slabs…
And X marks the spot of an old Cornish Cross, all covered in lichen and soft, silky moss
Y is for ‘Yeeeooww!!’ – now, you d’hear that in the street, that’s a true Cornish greeting wherever you d’meet
All I can think of for Z here is Zennor – my dear soul, comest on, let’s go home and ‘ave denner…
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4. |
Stratton Carol
01:22
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January's when cold winds do blow,
February brings us frost and snow
March is when new lambs do play,
April
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5. |
Eughelvar (Mistletoe)
02:29
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Refrain
Ughelvar, glas dha dhel, gwyn dha run vel rew,
Pygemmies pystry a wreth-ha ty yn-crok a ugh!
1
Scaf y golon pup mapbron yndan tos ughelvar, scon,
Amma dh’y velder a wra freth ha dyson
Refrain
2
Prys Nadelek lowen yu, pup yu jolyf, pup yu bew,
Na ve un gwakter aberthynnof mayth us.
Refrain
English:
Refrain:
Mistletoe, green thy leaves, white thy berries like frost,
How much magic doest thou – and thee hanging above!
1
Light his heart every fellow under a bunch of mistletoe, quickly,
Kisses his sweetheart does, eager and straightaway.
Refrain
2
Time of Christmas happy is, each is jolly, each is lively,
But for a certain emptiness inside me that there is.
Refrain
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6. |
Allan Apple
02:37
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The last day is come in October
and the shadows are long on the sea,
I’m glad when it’s time to go over
the shoulder of timberen hill,
The shoulder of timberen hill.
Chorus:
Won’t you take a sweet ripe Allan Apple
close under your pillow to keep,
That you may be sure that your true love
will come to you there while you sleep,
Will come to you there while you sleep.
I slept with my sweet Allan apple,
so scented, and so rosy red,
And I dreamed that my true-love was lying
so warm by my side in my bed,
So warm by my side in my bed.
Oh tomorrow’s the first of November
and I wonder if when I awake,
That warm loving face I’ll remember
and look for below in the street,
And look for below in the street.
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7. |
Softly, Sweetly
04:29
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Softly, sweetly, through the air
Hear the angels singing…
Christ the Lord is born today,
Peace on Earth is bringing.
Love divine in Him revealed
Love, all love excelling,
Though He in a manger lay,
Hearts shall be his dwelling,
Hearts shall be his dwelling.
Refrain:
Softly, sweetly, through the air
Hear the angels singing…
Christ the Lord is born today,
Peace on Earth is bringing.
Shepherds gathered at His feet,
Loving hearts outpouring,
While above the Holy one,
Angels bent adoring.
They who worshipped Jesus there
Knew not half the measure,
Of the fullness of His grace,
Of his love the treasure…
Of his love the treasure.
Refrain:
Softly, sweetly, through the air
Hear the angels singing…
Christ the Lord is born today,
Peace on Earth is bringing.
Now revealed the Saviour stands,
With a full salvation,
Man in God and God in Man,
Wondrous incarnation.
Glad Hosannas then we’ll raise,
Through the earth resounding,
Peace, goodwill for evermore,
Love divine abounding,
Love divine abounding.
Refrain:
Softly, sweetly, through the air
Hear the angels singing…
Christ the Lord is born today,
Peace on Earth is bringing.
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8. |
Tom Bawcock's Eve
02:46
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A merrier place, you may believe,
Was Mousehole 'pon Tom Bowcock's Eve;
To be there then who wouldn't wish
To sup off seven sorts of fish
When murgy brath had cleared the path
Come lances for to fry
And then us had a bit o' scad
And starry gazey pie
Next come fair maids, bra' thrusty jades
As made our 'uzzles dry
And ling and hake, enough to make
A running shark to sigh
As each we'd clunk as healths was drunk
In bumpers brimming high
And when up came Tom Bawcock's name
We praised 'un to the sky.
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9. |
Five Threes
05:11
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To where a small child is sleeping three shepherds softly come,
Three shepherds softly come, three shepherds softly come to see this child.
To the simple hearted first the news imparted,
This small child lies sleeping: sleep little baby, baby,
While you are tender,
Time will bring you sorrows enough so sleep while you may.
2
To where a small child is smiling three wise men humbly come,
Three wise men humbly come, three wise men humbly come to see this child,
From the wise are granted three gifts futures telling,
For this child so tender, smile little baby, baby,
While you are tender,
Time will bring you sorrows enough so smile while you may.
3
To where three fishers are fishing unto the lake He comes,
Unto the lake He comes, unto the lake He comes, no more a child,
For the simple-hearted now His mission started
Bids them leave their fishing, tells them to follow, follow,
While they are tender,
He will show them sorrow and joy as never before.
4
Upon the hill there is weeping for what three nails have done,
For what three nails have done, for what three nails have done to this young man,
But the mystery’s planted, life from death is granted,
From the seed that's fallen new life shall follow, follow,
O'er field and fallow,
From that sorrow there shall be joy as never before.
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10. |
Evening Prayer
02:11
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Matthew, Mark and Luke and John,
Bless the bed that I lie on.
Four angels round my bed,
Two to foot and two to head,
Two to watch me while I pray
Two to bear my soul away.
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11. |
Amazing Grace
03:35
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Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
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12. |
Hark the Glad
03:58
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1. Hark the glad sound! The Saviour comes,
The Saviour promised long, (Repeat)
Let every heart prepare a throne (Repeat)
And every voice a song (Repeat twice).
2. He comes the prisoners to release,
In Satan's bondage held. (Repeat)
The gates of brass before Him burst, (Repeat)
The iron fetters yield (Repeat twice)
[Verses 3 and 4 not sung:]
3. He comes from thickest films of vice
To clear the mental ray (Repeat)
And on the eyeballs of the blind (Repeat)
To pour celestial day. (Repeat twice)
[Not sung]
4. He comes the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure, (Repeat)
And with the treasures of His grace (Repeat)
To enrich the humble poor. (Repeat twice.)
5. Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim (Repeat)
And heaven's eternal arches ring (Repeat)
With Thy beloved name. (Repeat twice)
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13. |
Steren Yn Nos
03:38
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1.
Steren e'n noze terlentry a wra
Ha keena an mor gen gwreehonen or
Golow ow beez e'n tewolgo gwreez
Splanha viketh en fathe an leef.
2.
Rew war an vor, ha dadn ow seel ine
Gweeh an cleahey an bollen a gelm
Oola a neej, tarosvan gwidn,
Avellos jee e'm bownas vee.
3.
Resegva dowr bera'n tenow,
U whilas i drea en hily an mor,
Trehez an noze gen cullel theer
Aweeth a dreah ow holon vrew.
4.
Carreg e'n reen, tawejack ha tewl,
Ow leef mee a wor en garowder tha gein
Cales kinth ow desevos morow,
Chee a'm seerha wonnen u feth.
5.
Steren e'n noze terlentry a wra
Ha keena an mor gen gwreehonen or
Golow ow beez e'n tewolgo gwreez
Splanha viketh en fathe an leef.
Star in the Night (English)
1.
Star in the night, glitter that does,
And lights the sea with a spark cold,
Light of my world, in the darkness a crystal
Light forever the face of the flood.
2.
Frost on the road, and beneath my sole cold,
Creak of the ice, the puddle that binds,
An owl flies, phantom whites,
Like thee in my life me
3.
Course of water within the dell
A seeking his place in the brine of the sea
Cut the night by a knife of steel
Also that cuts my heart bruised
4.
Rock on the hillside, silent and dark,
My hand I put on the roughness of thy back
Hard though it is to imagine a tomorrow
Thou me assurest one there will be.
5.
Star in the night, glitter that does,
And lights the sea with a spark cold,
Light of my world, in the darkness a crystal
Light forever the face of the flood.
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14. |
Bristol Christ
04:53
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I am the Bristol Christ, that waking man who won
With hands of wire, the Easter fire out of the Biscay sun.
Cast in my coat of lights, upon the poking tide,
A seaman with a snare of stars hauled me to his side.
Swim on, Captain Jesus, wherever you may wish,
Write on the wicked water the message of the fish,
Heal in the holy river, your five and fingered scars
Turn like a tree, about the sea your skeleton of spars.
I stepped from off the ocean upon the sea struck shore,
I laid me down my cruel crown before my Father's door
1 carried Him that Kingdom I set beneath my skin,
That He might seal the sorrow of all the world within.
Now springs upon your ship mast the burning bush of day,
From your shot side the breathing tide bears the black grave away,
Bless with your fan of fingers, those hands, this heart, these eyes,
And lift my love and fishes perfect to Paradise.
Swim on, Captain Jesus, wherever you may wish,
Write on the wicked water the message of the fish,
Heal in the holy river, your five and fingered scars,
Turn like a tree, about the sea your skeleton of spars.
Swim on, Captain Jesus…
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15. |
Christmas Medley
05:06
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Sleighbells ring, are you listening?
Down the lane, snow is glistening,
A beautiful sight, we’re happy tonight,
Walking in a winter wonderland…
Gone away is the bluebird,
Here to stay, is a new bird,
We sing a love song, as we go along,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
In the meadow we will build a snowman
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown,
He’ll say “Are you married?”, we’ll say “No, man,
But you can do the job when you’re in town…”
Later on we’ll conspire,
As we dream by the fire,
To face unafraid the plans that we made,
Walking in a winter wonderland…
And here comes…
Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Had a very shiny nose,
And if you ever saw him,
You would even say it glows…
All of the other reindeers
Used to laugh and call him names,
They never let poor Rudolf,
Join in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say,
Rudolf with your nose so bright,
Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?
Oh how the reindeer loved him
And they shouted out with glee,
Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer
You’ll go down in history!
All together now:
Brenda sings Winter Wonderland, while Al sings Rudolf…
They come together to repeat the last two verses of Rudolf…
Then straight into…
Jingle Bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride on a one-horse open sleigh,
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride on a one-horse open sleigh,
Riding through the snow
On a one-horse open sleigh
O’er the fields we go
Laughing on the way (ha ha ha!)
Bells and bobsleighs ring,
Making spirits bright,
Oh what joy it is to sing
A happy song tonight!
Jingle Bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride on a one-horse open sleigh,
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride on a one-horse open sleigh…
(Repeat last verse)
…We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year!!
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Brenda Wootton Penzance, UK
Brenda Wootton (1928-1994) dearly loved to sing - about her beloved Cornwall and all things Cornish - the history and legends, the culture and the people. She was in her 40s when she began a professional singing career that spanned around 25 years, made around 30 albums, and also ran her own radio request show. Her remarkable voice and her passion for her country took her around the globe. ... more
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