Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Performed by Anne Janelle and James Hill
Arrangement and lyrics by Anne Janelle
Video by Paul McCurdy
Audio engineering by Graeme Campbell
Audio mastering by J. LaPointe

Hair and Make-up by Nadine Beed
Dress by Holt Renfrew
Jewelry by Michael Hill

Filmed at the Marigold Cultural Centre, Truro, NS


Lyrics:


Lo, how a rose e'er blooming
From gentle stem it has sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming,
As men of old have sung.
There came a flow'ret bright,
When half spent was the night.

The rose of which I'm singing,
The rose I have in mind,
Is from its sweet root springing,
─ Oh Mary, purest kind! ─
A babe of love and might,
When half spent was the night.

The sun was dark that evening,
All flowers closed, by for one,
And as she gently opened,
Mary bore a son!
How beautiful the sight,
When half spent was the night!