Description
Sedio captures the poignancy of the text on Herod's slaying of the innocent children. This carol was part of the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors in 15th cent. England.
Text
Lully, lulla, thou tiny child, by, by, lully lulla.
O sisters too, how may we do
for to preserve this day.
This poor youngling for whom we sing,
by, by, lully, lullay?
Herod, the king, in his raging,
charged he hath this day.
His men of might, in his own sight,
all young children to slay.
That woe is me, poor child for thee!
And ever morn and day,
for thy parting nor say, nor sing,
by, by, lully, lullay. Lully, lulla, thou tiny child, by, by, lully, lullay.
Text: Coventry Carol, 15th cent. English
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