by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation

Mary took her young son
Language: English  after the English 
Mary took her young son,
  and set him on her knee:
'I pray thee now dear child,
  tell how this world shall be.'

'O I shall be as dead, mother,
  as the stones in the wall;
O the stones in the street, mother,
  shall mourn for me all.

'Upon Easter-day, mother,
  my uprising shall be;
O the sun and the moon, mother
  shall both rise with me.

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  • Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by John Edmunds.

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This text was added to the website: 2019-02-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 67