Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss - The Wexford Carol (Video)

Would love to hear Alison sing ‘In the deep mid winter’

Not a easy song to play or sing. Well done!!!

Lyrics

Good people all, this Christmas time,
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved son
With Mary holy we should pray,
To God with love this Christmas Day
In Bethlehem upon that morn,
There was a blessed Messiah born

The night before that happy tide
The noble Virgin and her guide
Were long time seeking up and down
To find a lodging in the town
But mark right well what came to pass
From every door repelled, alas
As was foretold, their refuge all
Was but a humble ox's stall

Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep
To whom God's angel did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear
Arise and go, the angels said
To Bethlehem, be not afraid
For there you'll find, this happy morn
A princely babe, sweet Jesus, born

With thankful heart and joyful mind
The shepherds went the babe to find
And as God's angel had foretold
They did our Saviour Christ behold
Within a manger he was laid
And by his side a virgin maid
Attending on the Lord of Life
Who came on earth to end all strife

There were three wise men from afar
Directed by a glorious star
And on they wandered night and day
Until they came where Jesus lay
And when they came unto that place
Where our beloved Messiah lay
They humbly cast them at his feet
With gifts of gold and incense sweet.

Her voice is like none other...just heavenly.

Exquisite carol and -- so well done.

I love Wexford Carol, but Whoever mixed these human and instrumental voices together for this song did a superlative job that kicks it up several more notches. I love pure primitive no-tech unfiltered voice for Christmas but this assemblage is really breathtaking.

beautiful

Isn't she the singer from "Down to the River to Pray"?

I love her voice. Calming.

Lyrics from Musixmatch:
Good people all, this Christmas time
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved son

With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas Day
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born

Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep
To whom God's angels did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear

'Prepare and go, ' the angels said
'To Bethlehem, be not afraid
For there you'll find, this happy morn
A princely babe, sweet Jesus born

With thankful heart and joyful mind
The shepherds went, this babe to find
And as God's angel had foretold
They did our saviour Christ behold

Within a manger he was laid
And by his side the virgin maid
Attending on the Lord of life
Who came on earth to end all strife

Good people all, this Christmas time
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved Son

With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas day
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born

Absolutely beautiful❤

I think they definitely got it on the first pass and then some.

True talent doesn't need luck.

Τα κάλαντα του Wexford (Τα κάλαντα του Enniscorthy)

Ανθρώποι μου καλοί, σκεφτείτε και λογιάστε,/ Των Χριστουγέννων τις Άγιες τούτες μέρες να θυμάστε
Πως ο καλός Θεός, π’ όλους τους νοιάζετα, / Τον Υιό του τον μονογενή έστειλε, με μας να τον μοιράζεται

Μαζί με την Παρθένο στέλνουμε προσευχή, / Μ’ αγάπη, στο Θεό να τη δεχτεί
Που την πρωία εκείνη, στης Βηθλεέμ τα μέρη, /Έστερξε τον Μεσσία στον κόσμο μας να φέρει

Εκεί με των βοσκών τα ρίφια και τ' αρνιά, / Στη πόλη δίπλα που’ σανε τα μαντριά
Φανήκαν οι Αγγέλοι, απ’ το Θεό σταλμένοι / Και φόβο νοιώσαν οι βοσκοί, οι καημένοι

Προστάξαν οι Αγγέλοι «Κινήστε και προκάνετε, / στη Βηθλεέμ γρήγορα για να φτάνετε
γιατί, τη μέρα τούτη της χαράς, εκεί θα βρείτε / τον Ιησού, μωρό βασιλικό, να τονε δείτε»

Μες τη χαρά, μ’ ευγνωμοσύνη ξεκινούν / Το θείο βρέφος για να δουν
Κι ως οι αγγέλοι είχαν πει, / Τον Ιησού Σωτήρα αντίκρυσαν εκεί

Στη φάτνη να ξαπλώνει τυλιγμένο / Και δίπλα του την ίδια τη Παρθένο,
Πάν’ απ’ τον άρχοντα του κόσμου την κεφαλή να κλίνει, / Τον που ‘ρθε εις τη γη τα βάσανά μας ν’ απαλύνει

Ανθρώποι μου καλοί, σκεφτείτε και λογιάστε, / Των Χριστουγέννων τις Άγιες τούτες μέρες να θυμάστε
Πως ο καλός Θεός π’ όλους τους νοιάζεται, / Τον Υιό του τον μονογενή έστειλε, με μας να τον μοιράζεται

Μαζί με την Παρθένο στέλνουμε προσευχή, / Μ’ αγάπη, στο Θεό να τη δεχτεί
Που την πρωία εκείνη, στης Βηθλεέμ τα μέρη, / Έστερξε τον Μεσσία στον κόσμο μας να φέρει

I heard this song for the first time a few days ago and it literally made me start singing it's so beautiful and heartfelt I wonder how ancient it is ?

This must be what Heaven sounds like❤

☝️😎

❤

Her voice gives me chills, incredible voice.

What a Saviour! Alisons voice blessing us, and love the cello, violin, and bagpipes. Folks country music comes the Celts and PICTs of Ireland and Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

if ever GOD decides to make angels sing......

The Wexford Carol

Good people all, this Christmas-time
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved Son.

With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas day
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born.

Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep
To whom God's angels did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear

"Prepare and go," the angels said
"To Bethlehem, be not afraid
For there you'll find this happy morn
A princely babe, sweet Jesus born."

With thankful heart and joyful mind
The shepherds went the babe to find
And as God's angel had foretold
They did our Saviour Christ behold

Within a manger he was laid
And by his side the Virgin maid
Attending on the Lord of life
Who came on earth to end all strife.

Good people all, this Christmas-time
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved Son.

With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas day
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born.

This is truly beautiful, but my favorite will always be the pipe organ version. To me, it is the most heavenly 8nstrument of all. But Ms. Krauss certainly reflects HIS glory in this carol too. As for Ma, I cant get over the fact that he is a member of the WEF Its hard to allow myself to be inspired by anyone associated with that evil organization. He is a consummate musician. But.....

Yo-Yo Ma, the bagpipe player, Alison krauss and all the others made this beautiful music! I listen to it over and over

anyone else here Loreena McKennitt?

Beautiful 🙏

Who is playing frame drum?

Got here from Diogenes Middle Finger!

Sometimes an American will play the ‘celtic’ card just to add kudos to their talent. No matter how rooted they may be in this culture by ancestry it is upbringing that shapes the Western child. With my eyes shut and no previous knowledge of who is singing, however, I could swear that this is an authentic British singer. Thank you Alison…

This rendition is absolutely amazing! I never tire listening to their performance! Two great artists!❤👏👍

Wonderful!!!

I need the lyrics bc I'm practicing this with my dad playing guitar lol

Good people all, this Christmas time
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved son

With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas Day
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born

Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep
To whom God's angels did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear

'Prepare and go, ' the angels said
'To Bethlehem, be not afraid
For there you'll find, this happy morn
A princely babe, sweet Jesus born

With thankful heart and joyful mind
The shepherds went, this babe to find
And as God's angel had foretold
They did our saviour Christ behold

Within a manger he was laid
And by his side the virgin maid
Attending on the Lord of life
Who came on earth to end all strife

Good people all, this Christmas time
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved Son

With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas day
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born

On my 70th revolution around this star that captivates this bubble called Earth. And the angels send me voices of angels to quell our fears... Yoyo and Allison brings in the new year! How eloquent!

My first exposure to Alison was her vocal performance on Natalie McMaster's 'Get Me Through December'. The gods must have reached down and touched her vocal cords when she was a baby.

Wow! She is just magic.

Beautifully expressive and played, outstanding 👍👍👍👍✌️

Our God was born. Get over it

We have a God. You have Darwin

Yo Yo

Alison kicked his ass. As will always happen when commies try to compete with us. They have nothing. They are like light fighting dark. We have a message. They have frequencies

Beautifully executed! One of my Christmas favorites. Alice and Yo Yo nailed the landing. The arrangement and the backup musicians…just pure gold!

I have never heard this carol before and am so grateful to have found it. Such talent on display. Yo Yo Ma is wonderful but what a voice. Alison Krauss is incredible.

Alison has a Angelic voice and love this Carol by her

I like it much...

A Song for Ireland 🍃🧭





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Perhaps the definitive version. So hauntingly beautiful. So effortless. Understated yet powerfully rendered.

Despite having never heard the song before, I found it incredibly moving. Alison Krauss continues to have the voice of an angel and whoever put this project together is inspired. Happy holiday to all!

Allison, you have such an Angelic voice