by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Tidinges, tidinges that be true
Language: English
Refrain Tidinges, tidinges that be true, Sorowe is paste and joye dothe renue. Qwereas Adam caused be sinne Oure nature thus to be mortall, A maiden sone dothe nowe begin For to repaire us from that fall. And that is true; The name of him is Criste Jesu. (Refrain) Sume of oure kinde hathe hadd such grase That sin his birthe they did him se Bothe sonne and mother fase to fase In the chefe cite calde Jure. And that is true; Bothe kinges and schepardes they it knue. (Refrain) The prophettes thereof ware nothing dismaide, Of that tidinges before that they hadde tolde; For nowe it is full righte as they saide, A clene maide hathe borne a king in folde. And that is true; For he is borne to ware the purpull hue.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with E. K. Chambers and F. Sedgwick, Early English Lyrics, London: 1921, page 133.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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), "Kings and Shepherds" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-02-07
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