by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Sweet was the song
Language: English
Sweet was the song the virgin sung, When she to Bethelm was come, And was delivered of her Son, The blessed Jesus hath to name, Lulalula, lulaby Lulalula, lulaby Sweet Babe quoth she, My Son, and eke a Saviour borne, Who hath vouchsafed from on high, To visit us that were forlorne, Lulalula, lulaby, Sweet Babe sang she, And sweetly rockt him, rockt him, rockt him, And sweetly rockt him, rockt him, And sweetly rockt him on her knee.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Attey (d. 1640), "Sweet was the song", published 1622 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Sweet was the song", op. 401 (1953) [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Sweet Was The Song", op. 604 (1961) [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by Benjamin Britten.
Set in a modified version by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Researcher for this page: Linda Godry
This text was added to the website: 2006-05-04
Line count: 15
Word count: 79