Coventry Carol Easy Piano Sheet Music Free Pdf
Coventry Carol is also known by the title Lullay Lullay. Dating back to the 16th Century, traditionally, this carol was performed in a play in Coventry, England called The Pageant of the Shearman and Tailors. The play presents the story of Christmas based on the Gospel of Matthew, and this song depicts the scene where Herod orders his soldiers to kill all infants under the age of two. This is why the Christmas carol takes on the form of a haunting lullaby as it captured the anguish of the mothers for their children's fate.
The original author of the song is unknown. However, the earliest existing copy of the song and the pageant that featured it was dated March 1534 and edited by Robert Croo. Croo (or sometimes spelled as Crowe) was widely involved in the mystery plays in this period and had included this carol in one of the scenes that had become popular over time.
There has been a variation of Coventry Carol done by folklorist John Jacob Niles called the Appalachian Variant. The tune of this version is quite different but the lyrics remained the same and an additional verse was added.
Modern versions of this carol have been performed by popular artists such as Annie Lennox, Charlotte Church, Tori Amos, Sting and Pentatonix.
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Lyrics for 'Coventry Carol'
[Current/modern version]
Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child,
Bye bye, 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 sing,
"Bye bye, lully, lullay"?
Herod the king, in his raging,
Chargèd 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 may
For thy parting neither say nor sing,
"Bye bye, lully, lullay."
[Original version]
Lully, lulla, thow littell tine child,
By by, lully, lullay thow littell tyne child,
By by, lully, lullay!
O sisters too, how may we do
For to preserve this day
This pore yongling for whom we do singe
By by, lully, lullay?
Herod, the king, in his raging,
Chargid he hath this day
His men of might in his owne sight
All yonge children to slay,—
That wo is me, pore child, for thee,
And ever morne and may
For thi parting nether say nor singe,
By by, lully, lullay.
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