Here is my new favorite Christmas carol

I first fell in love with this song when I heard Charlotte Church sing it on her CD, Dream a Dream.


The Coventry Carol


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.

Then 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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Here is a website with the music for this carol.
I prefer it sung a little slower than this midi plays it.

Here is a website that has another verse at the end of the carol.

And here is a midi that plays the song slowly. :)