Ideo - On This Day

I'm done messing around with the vocals and Ideo is officially finished! Huzzah! I hope you all enjoy this!

LYRICS:

On this day earth shall ring
With the song children sing
To the Lord, Christ our King
Born on earth to save us
Him the Father gave us.

(Chorus)
Id-e-o-o-o id-e-o-o-o
Id-e-o gloria in excelsis Deo!

His the doom, ours the mirth
When he came down to earth
Bethlehem saw his birth
Ox and ass beside him
From the cold would hide him.

God's bright star, o'er his head
Wise Men three to him led
Kneel they low by his bed
Lay their gifts before him
Praise him and adore him.

(Chorus)

(Bridge/translation)
Therefore, glory to God in the highest

On this day angels sing
With their song earth shall ring
Praising Christ, heaven's King
Born on earth to save us
Peace and love he gave us.

(Chorus 2x)

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This is my arrangement of a very old, very beautiful, 16th century Christmas carol called "Ideo" (also known as "On This Day, Earth Shall Ring"). My mom wanted to perform it for our Christmas Eve service and asked me to come up with something, and...as you can hear, I kinda ran with it. (And that little bridge in the middle is NOT in the original carol; I added that myself.) Though this is a Christmas carol, the music itself was heavily inspired by Harry Gregson-William's soundtracks for the Narnia movies...hence why I titled the instrumental version "Across Narnia": [link] I Narnia...