Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Lully, Lulley
(The Corpus Christi Carol)
Hill Manuscript, circa 1500
Though it developed into the Christmas Carol “Down in
Yon Forest” this carol was originally from the Feast of
Corpus Christi. We learned the tune from Archie Fisher,
who got it from Robin Hall, who…
Chorus: Lully, lulley, lully, lulley!
The falcon hath borne my make away.
He bare him up, he bare him down,
He bare him into an orchard brown.
In that orchard there was an hall
That was hangèd with purple and pall.
And in that hall there was a bed
It was hangèd with gold so red.
And in that bed there lieth a knight
His wounds bleeding day and night.
By that bed there kneels a may
And she weeps both night and day.
And by that bed there stands a stone
‘Corpus Christi’ writ thereon.
Arranged by Ken and Lisa Theriot
© 2010 Raven Boy Music
{ 1 trackback }