Kapow Primary

The Choristers of Magdalen College, Oxford accompanied on the piano by their choirmaster Mark Williams

TEXT

Here we bring new water from the well so clear,

For to worship God with, this happy New Year.

Chorus (after each verse):

Sing levy-dew, sing levy-dew, the water and the wine,

The seven bright gold wires and the bugles that do shine.

Sing reign of Fair Maid, with gold upon her toe;

Open you the West Door and turn the Old Year go.

Sing reign of Fair Maid, with gold upon her chin;

Open you the East Door and let the New Year in.

ABOUT

In 1934 Benjamin Britten wrote a series of 12 songs for the school in Wales where his brother

was a teacher. These songs, called Friday Afternoons (that was when pupils had their singing

practice), started a long process of writing music for schools and Britten’s lifelong interest in

music for young people and in music education. Britten set to music text by many different poets

and authors