{"id":5176,"date":"2021-12-16T04:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T04:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?p=5176"},"modified":"2021-12-09T16:27:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T16:27:33","slug":"as-i-went-out-walking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/16\/as-i-went-out-walking\/","title":{"rendered":"As I Went Out Walking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I came across this original song posted on YouTube. It&#8217;s just beautiful. I&#8217;ve posted the words to the song below the video. I could not find the songwriter&#8217;s name, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcwuaYw0gaLz6fsvkjsnuwA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here is a link to her YouTube page<\/a>. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"As I Went Out Walking -- Celtic Christmas Music\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6LySDt9wFjc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As I went out walking in the snow<br>Under cold and silver moonlight<br>I thought I heard an angel&#8217;s voice<br>Singing, &#8220;Silent, holy night.&#8221;<br>But the song was not from an angel choir<br>Nor from the moonlit sky.<br>It was nearer than my beating heart<br>And softer than a sigh<br>And softer than a sigh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I went out walking in the greenwood<br>On a grey and cloudy day<br>I listened for the voice again<br>To hear what it might say<br>And then again a song I heard<br>As I paused to hold my breath<br>But the song I heard was an ancient dirge<br>Its story told of death<br>Its story told of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I went out walking on city streets<br>All tempest tossed with care<br>Above the sound of the busy town<br>I heard the sweetest air.<br>I heard the bells with their tale to tell<br>Of a child in a manger laid<br>Who through His birth brought peace to earth<br>And by His death would save<br>And by His death would save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bells rang out for all to hear<br>Still the anxious crowd hurried by<br>Those who listened well could hear the bells<br>And the story they did cry.<br>But none lingered long to hear the song<br>Oh, there was only I<br>To hear the sound of my beating heart<br>That was softer than a sigh<br>It was softer than a sigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this original song posted on YouTube. It&#8217;s just beautiful. I&#8217;ve posted the words to the song below the video. I could not find the songwriter&#8217;s name, but\u00a0here is a link to her YouTube page. Enjoy and Merry Christmas! As I went out walking in the snowUnder cold and silver moonlightI thought I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[398,448],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5177,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5176\/revisions\/5177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}