Sequences, Hymns, and Other Ecclesiastical Verses By the Rev. J. M. Neale |
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Carol for S. Clement's Day.
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Carol for S. Clement's Day.
It was about November-tide,
A long, long time ago,
When good S. Clement testified
The faith that now we know.
Right boldly then he said his say
Before a furious king:
And therefore on S. Clement's day
We go a-Clementing.
A long, long time ago,
When good S. Clement testified
The faith that now we know.
Right boldly then he said his say
Before a furious king:
And therefore on S. Clement's day
We go a-Clementing.
Work in the mines they gave him then,
To try the brave old Saint;
And there two thousand Christian men
With thirst were like to faint.
He prayed a prayer, and out of clay
he made the waters spring;
And therefore on S. Clement's day
We go a-Clementing.
To try the brave old Saint;
And there two thousand Christian men
With thirst were like to faint.
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he made the waters spring;
And therefore on S. Clement's day
We go a-Clementing.
An anchor round his neck they tied,
And cast him in the sea;
And bravely as he lived, he died,
And gallantly went free.
He rests a many miles away,
Yet here his name we sing,
As all upon S. Clement's day
We go a-Clementing.
And cast him in the sea;
And bravely as he lived, he died,
And gallantly went free.
He rests a many miles away,
Yet here his name we sing,
As all upon S. Clement's day
We go a-Clementing.
Our fathers kept it long ago,
And their request we make,
Good Christians, one small mite bestow,
For sweet S. Clement's sake;
And make his feast as glad and gay
As if it came in spring,
When all upon S. Clement's day
We go a-Clementing.
And their request we make,
Good Christians, one small mite bestow,
For sweet S. Clement's sake;
And make his feast as glad and gay
As if it came in spring,
When all upon S. Clement's day
We go a-Clementing.
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