Coventry Carol: Robert Shaw Chorale (with lyrics)

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Robert Shaw Chamber Singers. From the album, "Songs of Angels, Christmas Hymns & Carols."

Lyrics:
Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child,
Bye bye, lully, lullay.
Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child,
Bye bye, lully, lullay.

O sisters too, how may we do
For to preserve this day
This poor youngling for whom we do sing,
"Bye bye, 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.

Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child,
Bye bye, lully, lullay.

That woe is me, poor child, for thee
And ever mourn and may
For thy parting neither say nor sing,
"Bye bye, lully, lullay."

Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child,
Bye bye, lully, lullay.