by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
Language: English
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child, By, by, lully, lullay. O, sisters too, How may we do For to preserve this day This poor youngling For whom we do sing, By, by, lully lullay? Herod the king, In his raging, Charged he hath this day His men of might, In his own sight, All young children to slay. That woe is me, Poor child for thee! And every morn and day, For thy parting, Neither say nor sing By by, lully lullay!
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, 15th century [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 Kenneth Leighton (1929 - 1988), "Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child ", op. 25 no. 2, from Three Carols, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Milford Rutter, CBE (b. 1945), "Coventry carol" [ chorus ], from Dancing Day; A cycle of traditional Christmas carols, no. 5, note: arrangement of a 1591 carol (voices slightly adapted) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation from Volkslieder (Folksongs) ; composed by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-23
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Word count: 82