The New Zealand Christmas Tree (Pohutukawa) Apparently in 1833 Henry Williams held a church service under one. A Pohutukawa Carol (composed by army chaplain Ted Forsman in 1941) Now crimson, crimson Christmas trees Pohutukawas rim our seas And flower to flame on every shore For joy of him whom Mary bore. Chorus: Babe so poor and small Jesus God of all O with us abide This holy Christmas-tide. Long raise, O trees about our land, Your crimson sign on every strand That we may tell each Christmas morn Why Jesus was of Mary born. Such trees gave wood to make his cot, And all his toys from trees he got, And when he came to ply a trade He shaped from trees the things he made. Because a tree had brought us doom, Was Jesus born of Mary’s womb, To blossom high on Calvary’s tree The crimson bloom that makes us free. |
Thursday, 25 December 2014
Merry Christmas from Napier
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Very different from carols we're familiar with, but there's one here that is woven into Native culture that's called In the Moon of Wintertime.
ReplyDeletewe sing traditional English ones too :)
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ReplyDeleteyou too William :)
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