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Coventry Carol

from Wintersong by Emily Holbert

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This is one of my other absolute favourite carols. I find the melody haunting, and enjoy the interesting perscpective taken for rhe Christ-story, and the other children persecuted by Herod.

While the author of this carol is unknown, the oldest known text was written by Robert Croo in 1534, and the oldest known setting of the melody dates from 1591.

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Lullay, Thou little tiny Child,
By, by, lully, lullay.
Lullay, Thou little tiny Child.
By, by, lully, lullay.

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 children young, to slay.

But woe is me, poor Child, for Thee,
And ever mourn and say;
For Thy parting, nor say nor sing,
By, by, lully, lullay.

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from Wintersong, released March 1, 2017

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Emily Holbert Kitchener, Ontario

Emily Holbert, known as “Emer nic Aidan” in the SCA, is a Celtic-inspired singer/songwriter based in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Her “bardic-folk” songs tell tales of love and valour, whether recounting and reinventing Celtic mythologies and faerie tales, or recording ‘historical’ deeds within the SCA's Kingdom of Ealdormere.
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