Intro
N.C.
(trumpets)
Verso 1:
F
Good King Wenceslas looked out
F
On the feast of Stephen
F
When the snow lay round about
C F
Deep and crisp and even
Brightly shown the moon that night
C F
Though the frost was cruel
C
When a poor man came in sight
F C F
Gathering winter fuel
Verso 2:
F
Hither, page, and stand by me
Bb F
If thou know it telling:
F
Yonder peasant, who is he?
F
Where and what his dwelling?
F
Sire, he lives a good league hence
Bb
Underneath the mountain
F
Right against the forest fence
F
By Saint Agnes fountain
Verso 3:
F
Bring me flesh, and bring me wine
F
Bring me pine logs hither
F
Thou and I will see him dine
Bb F
When we bear the thither
F
Page and monarch, forth they went
F
Forth they went together
C
Through the rude wind's wild lament
F
And the bitter weather
Verso 4:
F
Sire, the night is darker now
Bb F
And the wind blows stronger
F
Fails my heart, I know not how
Bb F
I can go no longer
C F
Ark my footsteps my good page
C F
Tread thou in them boldly:
C
Thou shalt find the winter's rage
F Bb C
Freeze thy blood less coldly
Verso 5:
F
In his master's step he trod
F
Where the snow lay dented
F
Heat was in the very sod
C F
Which the saint had printed
F
Therefore, Christian men, be sure
C
Wealth or rank possessing
F
Ye who now will bless the poor
C Bb F C F
Shall yourselves find ble-essing