People, Look East
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Traditional French carolContextual information
Tune Name
BESANÇON
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Text Meter
8.7.9.8.8.7.
10.9.10.9
Song Composer
Traditional French carolHymn Arranger
Martin Shaw
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Lyrics
People, look east. The time is near of the crowning of the year.
Make your house fair as you are able, trim the hearth and set the table.
People, look east and sing today: Love the Guest, is on the way.
Furrows, be glad. Though earth is bare, one more seed is planted there.
Give up your strength the seed to nourish, that in course and flower may flourish.
People, look east and sing today: Love, the Rose, is on the way.
Stars, keep the watch. When night is dim, one more light the bowl shall brim,
shining beyond the frosty weather, bright as sun and moon together.
People, look east and sing today: Love, the Star, is on the way.
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