The King’s Singers - Long the night (Ukrainian folk carol) [Live]

Travelling in Hungary at the moment, which borders Ukraine to the east, the war feels very close here. We are starting each concert on this tour with a beautiful Ukrainian folk carol, dedicating it to the brave people of Ukraine. This version was captured last night, live at our concert in Veszprém. 🇺🇦 Long the night - Traditional Ukrainian, adapted from an arrangement by Wasyl Barwinski Text: Long the night and kind the dawn, in Bethlehem where her son was born. She touched his side and stroked his head as she gently laid him to bed. She held his hands she kissed his feet; she sang to see a sight so sweet: ‘In excelsis Gloria’. In the hills the iron lay, that men would beat into nails one day, where the thorn tree roots go down, that men would twist to a crown. In the woods where an axe would ring to cut a cross that would bear a king, Mary’s Voice rose from afar: ‘In excelsis Gloria’. English text by Alick Rowe The King’s Singers Patrick Dunachie - countertenor Edward Button - countertenor Julian Grego