Dilwyn (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

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CPDL #15477:        NWC Sibelius 4

Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2007-11-20).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 23 kbytes       Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Edition from CyberHymnal - File Sizes: PDF: 23 KB, 2nd PDF: 20 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NWC: 1 KB, Sib4: 29 KB.

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Title: Dilwyn
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns     Meter:   ( CM )
Language: English
Instruments: piano/organ
Published: Tune: Dil­wyn, Tra­di­tion­al Eng­lish mel­o­dy, ar­ranged by Ralph Vaugh­an Will­iams, cir­ca 1920; Lyrics: Words: Tra­di­tion­al Eng­lish car­ol, poss­i­bly from Her­e­ford­shire.

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Cyber Hymnal entry for hymn tune "Dilwyn":

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/d/i/diveslaz.htm

Original text and translations

English text

1.

As it fell out upon one day,

Rich Divès made a feast,

And he invited all his friends,

And gentry of the best.

2.

Then Lazarus laid him down and down

And down at Divès’ door:

“Some meat and drink, brother, Diverus,

Bestow upon the poor.”

3.

“Thou’rt none of my brothers, Lazarus,

That liest begging at my door;

No meat, nor drink will I give thee,

Nor bestow upon the poor.”

4.

Then Lazarus laid him down and down,

All under Divès’ wall:

“Some meat, some drink, brother Diverus,

For hunger starve I shall.”

5.

“Thou’rt none of my brothers, Lazarus,

That liest begging at my gate;

No meat, no drink will I give thee,

For Jesus Christ His sake.”

6.

Then Divès sent out his hungry dogs,

To bite him as he lay;

They hadn’t the power to bite one bite,

But licked his sores away.

6.

Then Divès sent to his merry men,

To worry poor Lazarus away;

They’d not the power to strike one stroke,

But flung their whips away.

7.

As it fell out upon one day,

Poor Lazarus sickened and died;

There came two angels out of heaven,

His soul therein to guide.

8.

“Rise up! rise up! brother Lazarus,

And go along with me;

For you’ve a place prepared in heaven,

To sit on an angel’s knee.”

9.

As it fell out upon one day,

Rich Divès sickened and died;

There came two serpents out of hell,

His soul therein to guide.

10.

“Rise up! rise up! brother Diverus,

And come along with me;

There is a place provided in hell

For wicked men like thee.”

11.

Then Divès looked up with his eyes

And saw poor Lazarus blest;

“Give me one drop of water, brother Lazarus,

To quench my flaming thirst.”

12.

“O, was I now but alive again

The space of one half hour!

O, that I had my peace again

Then the devil should have no power.”

Lyrics: Words: Tra­di­tion­al Eng­lish car­ol, poss­i­bly from Her­e­ford­shire.