Hark! a herald voice is calling CWBII 239

I guess if I persist with CWBII I’m going to get an education in the more traditional side of catholic hymnody.

This fine Advent song is a nineteenth century translation by Edward Caswall of a ? fifth to ninth century Latin text, Vox clara ecce intonat. It is set to MERTON by William Henry Monk (also nineteenth century).

There are minor variations in the text between versions — CWBII has “see” for “lo”, and “herald” for “thrilling” but otherwise the version from Hymnary below is pretty much the same as in CWBII with an amen added.

I followed ChrisW’s reminder to check Together in Song for the chords for these traditional hymns and there they were for this one.

I cranked up the old BIAB fake organ for this backing.