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Still the Night

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Date
Track ID 22316
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.158.A18

Original Tape ID

SA1960.158

Summary

A fragment of the popular Christmas carol 'Still the Night' ('Silent Night'):

Still the night, holy the night,
Sleeps the world, hid from sight,
Mary and Joseph in stable bare,
Watch o'er the child, beloved and fair,
Sleeping in heavenly rest,
Sleeping in heavenly rest.

Item Notes

1 verse of 6 lines. One of many English translations of 'Stille Nacht' by Josef Mohr (1816), set to music by Franz Xaver Gruber (1818).

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Language

English

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good