Castillian folk carol | Saint Joseph was a carpenter

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Barbara Miller

Villancico castellano

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

San José era carpintero, carpintero, ¡Ay !
Y la Virgen lavandera, lavandera, ¡Ay !
El Niño bajó del cielo
En una noche lunera.
San José era carpintero, carpintero, ¡Ay !
 
San José era carpintero, carpintero, ¡Ay !
Y la Virgen lavandera, lavandera, ¡Ay !
El Niño vino del aire
Camino del paraiso.
San José era carpintero, carpintero, ¡Ay !

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [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 Joaquín Nin y Castellanos (1879 - 1949), "Villancico castellano", 1933, published 1934, from Diez villancicos españolas, no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "Castillian folk carol", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2010-12-28
Line count: 10
Word count: 53

Castillian folk carol

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Saint Joseph was a carpenter
And the Virgin was a laundress.
They Child came down from Heaven
In a moonlit night.
Saint Joseph was a carpenter.
 
Saint Joseph was a carpenter
And the Virgin was a laundress.
The Child came from the air,
Road to Paradise.
Saint Joseph was a carpenter.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2010-12-28
Line count: 10
Word count: 51