Common Praise ‎#60

60. O sisters too

Refrain:
Lully, lulla,
thou little tiny child,
by by, lully lullay.

2 O sisters too,
how may we do
for to preserve this day
this poor youngling,
for whom we do sing
by by, lully lullay?

3 Herod the king,
in his raging,
charged he hath this day
his men of might,
in his own sight,
all young children to slay.

4 That woe is me,
poor child for thee!
and ever morn and day,
for thy parting
neither say nor sing
by by, lully lullay! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: O sisters too
• Refrain First Line: Lully, lulla
• Meter: 44 6 D and refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  Matthew 2:16-18
• Topic: Christmas; Christmas I: Year C
• Source: English, 15th century

Tune Information

• Name: COVENTRY CAROL
• Arranger: Martin Shaw, 1875-1958
• Meter: 44 6 D and refrain
• Key: g minor
• Source: English 15th-century melody (later from)
• Copyright: Arrangement © Mowbray. Reproduced with the kind permission of Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.