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"'''Good King Wenceslas'''" is a traditional [[:Category:Christmas|Christmas]] carol. It tells a story about a historical figure, Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907-935). In the song, the good king and his servant bring food and wood to a peasant on St. Stephen's Day, which is December 26. The servant grows cold, but his master is so saintly that he leaves heat in the ground where he passes, leading to the concluding moral that "Ye who now will bless the poor, shall yourself find blessing." |
"'''Good King Wenceslas'''" is a traditional [[:Category:Christmas|Christmas]] carol. It tells a story about a historical figure, Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907-935). In the song, the good king and his servant bring food and wood to a peasant on St. Stephen's Day, which is December 26. The servant grows cold, but his master is so saintly that he leaves heat in the ground where he passes, leading to the concluding moral that "Ye who now will bless the poor, shall yourself find blessing." |
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| − | The first verse of "Good King Wenceslas" is sung by [[Gonzo]], backed by the casts of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' and ''[[Sesame Street]]'' during the carol medley in ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]''. |
+ | The first verse of "Good King Wenceslas" is sung by [[Gonzo]], backed by the casts of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' and ''[[Sesame Street]]'' during the [[The Annual Carol Sing|carol medley]] in ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]''. |
[[Bean Bunny]] sings the carol in ''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol]]'' only to have a wreath thrown at him by an irate [[Ebenezer Scrooge]]. An instrumental version of the song appears on [[The Muppet Christmas Carol (soundtrack)|the film's soundtrack]] and the song is one of the handful of traditional Christmas carols musically incorporated and alluded to throughout the film's score. |
[[Bean Bunny]] sings the carol in ''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol]]'' only to have a wreath thrown at him by an irate [[Ebenezer Scrooge]]. An instrumental version of the song appears on [[The Muppet Christmas Carol (soundtrack)|the film's soundtrack]] and the song is one of the handful of traditional Christmas carols musically incorporated and alluded to throughout the film's score. |
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Revision as of 07:40, 19 November 2019
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| Music by | from Piae Cantiones |
| Lyrics by | John Mason Neale |
| Date | music, 13th cent.; lyrics, 19th cent. |
| Publisher | public domain |
Bean Bunny in The Muppet Christmas Carol
"Good King Wenceslas" is a traditional Christmas carol. It tells a story about a historical figure, Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907-935). In the song, the good king and his servant bring food and wood to a peasant on St. Stephen's Day, which is December 26. The servant grows cold, but his master is so saintly that he leaves heat in the ground where he passes, leading to the concluding moral that "Ye who now will bless the poor, shall yourself find blessing."
The first verse of "Good King Wenceslas" is sung by Gonzo, backed by the casts of The Muppet Show and Sesame Street during the carol medley in A Muppet Family Christmas.
Bean Bunny sings the carol in The Muppet Christmas Carol only to have a wreath thrown at him by an irate Ebenezer Scrooge. An instrumental version of the song appears on the film's soundtrack and the song is one of the handful of traditional Christmas carols musically incorporated and alluded to throughout the film's score.
In Elmo's Christmas Countdown, Oscar comments that Christmas cheer is a pain "in the King Wenceslas".