The Coventry Carol
Lully, lullay, Thou little tiny Child,
By, by, lully, lullay.
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 ever mourn and say
For Thy parting neither say nor sing,
By, by, lully, lullay.
Lully, lullay, Thou little tiny Child,
By, by, lully, lullay.
Thou little tiny Child
By, by, lully, lullay.
Sung by New York's Ensemble for Early Music
