by Florence Stevenson (1922 - 1991)
Now Edward was a king Matches base text
Language: English
Now Edward was a king, but he was ill and slight. And so it passed, my friends, that he did die one night. Jane Grey was sore frightened but she was Tudor born. And to the council chamber went the maiden so forlorn. Now Jane will be a queen and wear a velvet gown, with jewels upon her bosom and with a golden crown.
Composition:
- Set to music by Arnold Rosner (1945 - 2013), "Now Edward was a king", op. 81 no. 3 (1984), from opera The Chronicle of Nine, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Florence Stevenson (1922 - 1991), "Ballad", written 1975, appears in The Chronicle of Nine Days of Jane Grey, no. 8
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Word count: 64