YORKSHIRE! A fabulous tune for a Christmas Hymn AND a "National" Anthem

Christians Awake, Salute the Happy Morn.


This Christmas Hymn is often sung in England, most wonderfully by Choirs in Cathedral and Abbeys - with enough choristers to make the most of the rich harmonies, or as in this case by a Cathedral full of people.

(It's almost never sung in the U.S.A.)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWv1Kn9PW6U


The text is based on the Nativity account in Luke Chapter 2, but without the stilted text (and dreary tune) of "While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night".

LYRICS ASIDE  it's the tune "Yorkshire" (or "Stockport") which grabs me.  I love the harmonies.


Here is the fun bit.  The tune "Yorkshire" is also known as the Yorkshire (National)  Anthem. Somewhere in cyberspace there is a Video of some  "Tykes" singing it, but I've not been able to retrieve that Video.

Ne'er mind.  Join me in enjoying the rich harmonies of the tune "Yorkshire"  in the Christmas Hymn  "Christians Awake".








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