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Good King Wenceslas (Chromatic)

by John Mason Neale · tab for chromatic harmonica

No bends265 notesHoles 1–5Chromatic
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend< = slide in
Good King Win-ces-las looked out,
on the Feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay round a-bout,
deep and crisp and ev-en;
Brightly shone the moon that night,
tho' the frost was cru-el,
When a poor man came in sight,
Gath-'ring win-ter fu - el.
"Hith-er, page, and stand by me,
if thou know'st it, telling,
Yonder peasant, who is he?
Where and what his dwelling?"
"Sire, he lives a good league hence,
Un-der-neath the mountain;
Right a-gainst the forest fence,
by Saint Ag-nes' fountain."
"Bring me flesh, and bring me wine,
bring me pine logs hither:
Thou and I will see him dine,
when we bear them thither."
Page and monarch, forth they went,
forth they went to-geth-er;
Through the rude wind's wild la-ment
and the bit-ter we-a-ther.
"Sire, the night is darker now,
and the wind blows stronger;
Fails my heart, I know not how;
I can go no longer."
"Mark my footsteps, good my page.
Tread thou in them boldly
Thou shalt find the winter's rage
freeze thy blood less cold-ly."
In his master's steps he trod,
where the snow lay dinted;
Heat was in the ve-ry sod
which the saint had printed.
Therefore, Christian men, be sure,
wealth or rank pos-ses-sing,
Ye who now will bless the poor,
shall yourselves find bless-ing.