The crown of roses

(Legend)
Arr. by the composer for chorus in 1889 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)


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1. When Je sus Christ was yet a child He had a gar den small and
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wild, Where in he cher ished ro ses fair, And wove them in to gar lands
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there. 2. Now once, as sum mer time drew nigh, There came a troop of
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child ren by, And see ing ro ses on the tree, With shouts they plucked them

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mer ri ly. 3. «Do you bind ro ses in your hair?» They cried, in

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scorn, to Je sus there. The boy said hum bly: «Take, I pray,

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crown, and with rough fin gers pressed it down, Till on his fore head fair and

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young Red drops of blood like ro ses sprung.

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