I’ve never heard O Little Town of Bethlehem sung to this melody before. The thing that’s going to bug me all day is, I know I’ve heard that melody with another set of lyrics, another hymn–but I can’t remember its name. Well, one of you out there must be a more knowledgeable hymnologist than I am. Hoping to hear from you!
P.S.–While I was pondering this, Patty discovered that this is a folk melody called “Forest Green,” which the composer Vaughan Williams adapted to O Little Town of Bethlehem.
I’ve figured out what my problem is. There are more Christmas carols than I have readers to request them. Meanwhile, “thewhiterabbit” has asked for O Little Town of Bethlehem. I hope nobody minds my opting for Elvis Presley as the singer. I pay no attention to his rock and roll. But oh, what a voice! And, by all accounts, a man who loved the Lord and didn’t mind using his God-given voice to praise Him.
If this doesn’t make your eyes fill up, you’d better get your fluids checked: you might be running low.
O Little Town of Bethlehem, sung by the immortal Nat King Cole–and unless I miss my guess, the art is by Thomas Kincaid.
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Come on, now–does this not stir your soul? The birth of Jesus Christ, our Savior, and the voice of Nat King Cole: O, Little Town of Bethlehem.
Well, here I am, all ready to post whatever Christmas music that anybody asks for. All I need is some requests!
Let’s start off the day with O, Little Town of Bethlehem, as sung by one of our national treasures, Nat King Cole. This is a reader request.
I have to get out of here in a hurry this morning to do some Christmas shopping. In the meantime, I’ll try to find something nice to post here this afternoon.
Yes, the real world news is uniformly depressing and bad. Anyone who expects anything good out of our current crop of misrulers is not in his right mind.
But Christmas is coming…