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GOOD KING WENCESLAS G D G Good King Wen..ces..

las D G When the snow lay round D Brightly shone the moon D Em When a poor man came in C D G looked out, on the Feast of Stephen. C D G about, deep and crisp and even. G C D G that night, though the frost was cru..el. D C D Em C G sight, gathering winter fu.u.el.

!. G D G C D G "#ither, $age, and stand by me, if thou know"st it, telling. D G C D G %onder peas..ant, who is he&..Where and what his dwelling&" D G C D G "Sire, he lives a good league hence, underneath the mountain. D Em D C D Em C G 'ight against the forest fence, by Saint (gnes" Foun.ou.tain." ). G D G C D G "Bring me meat and bring me wine, bring me pine logs, hither. D G C D G *hou and + shall see him dine, when we bear him thither." D G C D G $age and ,onarch forth they went, forth they went, together. .m / .m / G *hrough the rude wind"s wild lament, and the bitter we..a..ther. 0. G D G C D G "Sire, the night is darker now, and the wind blows stronger. D G C D G Fails my heart, + know not how, + can go no longer." G / G ",ark my footsteps, my good $age, tread thou in them, boldly. D Em D C D Em C G *hou shalt find the winter"s rage, free1e thy blood less co..ld..ly." (INTERLUDE:FLUTE:) 2. G D +n his master"s D #eat was in the G C D G steps he trod, where the snow lay dinted. G C D G very sod, which the Saint had printed. D G C D G *herefore, /hristian men, be sure, wealth or rank poss..essing. D Em D C D Em C G %e who now will bless the poor, shall yourselves find ble..ss..ing.

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