Friday, December 21, 2012

Musical interlude of the day

Sigh. 
for the parents mourning this Christmas season, in the USA, in Mindanao, in Central Africa:




1. Lullay, Thou little tiny Child,
By, by, lully, lullay.
Lullay, Thou little tiny Child.
By, by, lully, lullay.
2. O sisters, too, how may we do,
For to preserve this day;
This poor Youngling for whom we sing,
By, by, lully, lullay.
3. Herod the King, in his raging,
Charged he hath this day;
His men of might, in his own sight,
All children young, to slay.
4. Then woe is me, poor Child, for Thee,
And ever mourn and say;
For Thy parting, nor say nor sing,
By, by, lully, lullay.

The Coventry carol is not about Jesus, but about the Holy Innocents, killed by Herod trying to kill the Christ child.

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