I Wonder as I Wander by John Jacob Niles
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- I Wonder as I Wander, composed by John Jacob Niles and recorded in May 2021 at Comber Hall, Church of the Little Flower in Miami, FL.
John Jacob Niles’ “I Wonder as I Wander” is a lasting testament to Niles’ dedication to the preservation and dissemination of Appalachian folk music. On a 1933 trip to Appalachia, Niles encountered a young girl in Murphy, North Carolina, who sang musical and textual fragments which Niles would later use as the inspiration for his original composition, “I Wonder as I Wander.”
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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 cows’ stall,
with wisemen 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 heaven to sing,
He surely could have had it, ‘cause he was the King!
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.
This arrangement is so beautiful. I return over and over again when i need a break from the day to day. This song is my happy place and Seraphic Fire is my go to Choir.
I loved it! It gave me the chills. So many beautiful harmonies!
What a beautiful voice the lead singer has!!!❤
Reverent and prayerful... Thank you 💜
That was Beautiful and beautifuly sung.
Fantastic arrangement and beautifully performed.
Marvellous!
Beautifully simple and excellently executed with a complex but subtle blend of melodies…..
Well said.
Achingly beautiful
Gorgeous!
What arrangement is this? So beautiful!