RIDEAU CAROL
featuring the Stairwell Carollers; director Pierre Massie
LYRICS
Bilingual lyrics (French/English):
Chantent nos trois flûtes.
As the icy curtain descends,
To the wise old Outaouais River, flow
Both frozen canal and rivière Rideau.
A child is born, this winter’s night.
Three flutes proclaim it, soft and light.
La joie de la nuit (no need to feel rushed)
Amène la paix, in tones most hushed.
Autour de la Colline et la grande Galerie,
Festive lights everywhere, and a giant Christmas tree.
We gaze at window scenes, of stables and crèches.
The Market’s alive, “All aboard” les calèches!
We ski, we skate, we slip and we slide,
Wassailing in stairwells, carolling with pride.
Mais l’hiver est long (of this we too sing)
Dreaming of the warmth that’s to come next spring.
English translation of bilingual lyrics:
As the icy curtain descends,
To the wise old Ottawa River, flow
Both frozen Canal and River Rideau.
Three flutes proclaim it, soft and light.
The joy of the night (no need to feel rushed)
Brings peace, in tones most hushed.
Around Parliament Hill and the National Gallery,
Festive lights everywhere, and a giant Christmas tree.
We gaze at window scenes, of stables and Nativity scenes.
The Market’s alive, “All aboard” the horse-drawn carriages!
We ski, we skate, we slip and we slide,
Wassailing in stairwells, carolling with pride.
But winter is long (of this we too sing)
Dreaming of the warmth that’s to come next spring.
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