Twenty-fifth Day of December (Veinticinco de Diciembre) (Traditional)
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- Edition notes: Traditional Spanish carol, translated and arranged by Douglas Brooks-Davies
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General Information
Title: Twenty-fifth Day of December (Veinticinco de Diciembre)
Composer: Traditional
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carols
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
Spanish text
- 1.
- Veinticinco de diciembre,
- Fum, fum, fum!
- Veinticinco de diciembre,
- Fum, fum, fum!
- Nacidoha por nuestro amor,
- El Niño Dios, el Niño Dios;
- Hoy de la Virgen María
- En esta noche tan fría
- Fum, fum, fum!
- 2.
- Pajaritos de los bosques,
- Fum, fum, fum!
- Pajaritos de los bosques,
- Fum, fum, fum!
- Vuestros hijos de coral
- Abandonad, abandonad,
- Y formad un muelle nido
- A Jesús recién nacido,
- Fum, fum, fum!
- 3.
- Estrellitas de los cielos,
- Fum, fum, fum!
- Estrellitas de los cielos,
- Fum, fum, fum!
- Que a Jesús miráis llorar
- Y no lloráis, y no lloráis,
- Alumbrad la noche oscura
- Con vuestra luz clara y pura,
- Fum, fum, fum!
English text
- 1.
- Twenty-fifth day of December,
- Fum, fum, fum!
- Twenty-fifth day of December,
- Fum, fum, fum!
- Like the brightest light of morning
- Was the Baby Jesus born,
- To the Virgin Mother Mary
- He was born in a stable dreary,
- Fum, fum, fum!
- 2.
- Birds up in the tretops singing,
- Fum, fum, fum!
- Birds up in the tretops singing,
- Fum, fum, fum!
- Leave your babies now and fly to
- Where the Holy Babe does lie,
- Build a nest for Him to sleep in,
- Soft and safe wherein to keep Him,
- Fum, fum, fum!
- 3.
- Bright stars shining in the heavens,
- Fum, fum, fum!
- Bright stars shining in the heavens,
- If you see the Baby crying
- Do not answer with a sigh,
- But pour all your brightness on Him,
- Banish darkness all around Him,
- Fum, fum, fum!
