Name: Coventry Carol
Duration: P00H03M33S
Description: An English carol which dates from the 16th Century, originating from Coventry's Mystery Plays, traditional plays held at Christmas depicting scenes from the Nativity.

Coventry Carol

from Variations On Four Mediaeval Carols by Mike Fowler

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An English carol which dates from the 16th Century, originating from Coventry's Mystery Plays, traditional plays held at Christmas depicting scenes from the Nativity.

lyrics

Original olde English;

Lully, lulla, thow littell tine child,
By by, lully, lullay
thow littell tyne child,
By by, lully, lullay!

O sisters too, how may we do
For to preserve this day
This pore yongling for whom we do singe
By by, lully, lullay?

Herod, the king, in his raging,
Chargid he hath this day
His men of might in his owne sight
All yonge children to slay,—

That wo is me, pore child, for thee,
And ever morne and may
For thi parting nether say nor singe,
By by, lully, lullay.

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from Variations On Four Mediaeval Carols, released December 20, 2021

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Mike Fowler

Mike Fowler is a fingerstyle guitarist from North Yorkshire, exploring the spaces between wood and steel.

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