GOOD KING WENCESLAS-Christmas Carol-Villancico

GOOD KING WENCESLAS with LYRICS below IMAGES: SAINT WENCESLAUS I DUKE OF BOHEMIA (907-935 A.D.) Although Václav (Wenceslas) was, during his lifetime, only a duke, Holy Roman Emperor Otto I posthumously CONFERRED ON WENCESLAS (VACLAV) THE REGAL DIGNITY AND TITLE, and that is why, in the history of his life and song, he is referred to as a KING, the Rightfully called King Wenceslas I. The lyrics of the carol are by John Mason Neale, Warden of Sackville College, East Grinstead, Sussex (1818-1866). He ma