Lullay My Liking (Gustav Holst)

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• CPDL #184: Finale-1998.
  

Editor: Rafael Ornes (added 1999-01-31).   Score information: 36 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Lullay My Liking
Composer: Gustav Holst

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations

English text

1.

I saw a fair maiden

Sitten and sing:

She lulléd a little child,

A sweeté lording.

Chorus:

Lullay my liking,

My dear son, my sweeting;

Lullay my dear heart,

Mine own dear darling

2.

That eternal lord is he

That made allé thing;

Of allé lordés he is Lord

Of allé kinges King.

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3.

There was mickle melody

At that childés birth:

Though the songsters were heavenly

They madé mickle mirth.

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4.

Angels bright they sang that night

And saiden to that child,

"Blessed be thou and so be she

That is both meek and mild."

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5.

Pray we now to that child,

And to his mother dear,

God grant them all his blessing

That now maken cheer.

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