Name: Where Shepherds Lately Knelt
Duration: P00H03M09S
Description: The text of this song was written by Jaroslav Vajda and the melody was written by my music history professor, Joseph Herl. In college, we’d sing this hymn every Christmas at our concert and while the song sounds great sung by a 90-voice choir, it always struck me as more of a folk song.

Where Shepherds Lately Knelt

from Silent Night by Andrea von Kampen

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The text of this song was written by Jaroslav Vajda and the melody was written by my music history professor, Joseph Herl. In college, we’d sing this hymn every Christmas at our concert and while the song sounds great sung by a 90-voice choir, it always struck me as more of a folk song.

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1. Where shepherds lately knelt
and kept the angel's word,
I come in half-belief,
a pilgrim strangely stirred,
but there is room and welcome there for me,
but there is room and welcome there for me.

2. In that unlikely place
I find him as they said:
sweet newborn babe, how frail!
and in a manger bed,
a still, small voice to cry one day for me,
a still, small voice to cry one day for me.

3. How should I not have known
Isaiah would be there,
His prophecies fulfilled?
With pounding heart I stare:
a child, a son, the Prince of Peace for me,
a child, a son, the Prince of Peace for me.

4. Can I, will I forget
how love was born, and burned
its way into my heart
unasked, unforced, unearned,
to die, to live, and not alone for me,
to die, to live, and not alone for me?

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from Silent Night, released November 2, 2023
Guitar & vocals by Andrea von Kampen
Piano by David von Kampen
Violin by Jessica Hanson
Engineered by James Fleege
Mastered by Doug Van Sloun

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Andrea von Kampen Lincoln, Nebraska

Andrea von Kampen is a folk singer-songwriter based in Lincoln, Nebraska, whose effortless vocal delivery has been praised by Hear Nebraska as “soulful and worn-in.” Inspiration for Andrea’s songs often come from literature, art, and nature; in particular the literature and nature of Nebraska and the Midwest.

Andrea is set to release her next album, “That Spell,” on August 6th, 2021. ... more

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