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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It is based on
- a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "The Cherry-Tree Carol"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Edmunds (1913 - 1986), "The Resurrection" [ voice and piano ] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- 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