“I Wonder as I Wander”(arr. John Rutter)

Chicago Chamber Choir sings “I Wonder as I Wander” from the Winter 2018 concert "First Snow."
Composer: John Jacob Niles (1892-1980)
Arranged by: John Rutter
Paula Castaños, soloist
chicagochamberchoir.org
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I wonder as I wander out under the sky,
How Jesus the Saviour, did come for to die.
For poor ornery people like you and like I:
I wonder as I wander, out under the sky.
When Mary birthed Jesus, ’twas in a cow’s stall,
With wise men and farmers and shepherds and all.
But high from God’s heaven a star’s light did fall,
And the promise of ages it then did recall.
If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing:
A star in the sky, or a bird on the wing;
Or all of God’s angels in heav’n to sing,
He surely could have had it, ’cause he was the King!
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