Friday, December 23, 2005
The Road, Winter 1853
Otto Kirsch
Currier & Ives
After singing the song "Sleighride"
a few times,
I was caught by the lyrics:
It'll nearly be like a picture print by Currier & Ives...
I love antiques, and also prints,
and this particular print company is one in
American History.
It's Christmas Eve morning here now.
Tonight my son Michio will come along with me to my gig at The Imperial Hotel.
He has watched me since he was a toddler every Christmas
getting ready to do that thing I do.
This year, he'll actually check out my show!
The fabulous Tom Pierson will join me on piano,
Yutaka Kubota on guitar, and Rick Vogel on trumpet / flugelhorn.
O Holy Night!
The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining-
Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees!
Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, the night when Christ was born;
O night, O Holy Night , O night divine!
O night, O Holy Night , O night divine!
O Holy Night (1847)
-Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure , lyrics
Adolphe Charles Adams, music
translated from the French to English by
John Sullivan Dwight
Till next time...
7:42 PM
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Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
