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While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks)

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, John Wells, Sir David Willcocks

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  1. Released on EMI Gold, also Doctor Doctor (UFO), We Close Our Eyes (Go West) and Walkin’ Back to Happiness (Helen Shapiro)

  2. Written by Nahum Tate, also Dido and Aeneas: Act III. “Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me” (Dido) / “When I am laid in earth” (Dido) (Anne Sofie von Otter), While Shepherds Watched and Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Bid the Virtues (Sir Thomas Allen)

  3. Part of Carols From King’s, also Ding Dong Merrily on High, The Lord at First Did Adam Make and And All in the Morning

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Written by
Nahum Tate
Performed by
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge and John Wells
Part of
Carols From King’s
Released on
EMI Gold

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  1. 1MusicBrainz While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks) was performed by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

    While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks) was performed by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks) was performed by John Wells

    While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks) was performed by John Wells

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks) was written by Nahum Tate

    While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks) was written by Nahum Tate

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks) is part of the release Carols From King’s

    While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks) is part of the release Carols From King’s

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz EMI Gold is the label of the song While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks)

    EMI Gold is the label of the song While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks)

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks) was released on 1986

    While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks) was released on 1986

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026