Advent calendar—December 9: “Lullay, Lullow: A Saw a Sweete Seemly Sight”
Advent calendar—December 9: “Lullay, Lullow: A Saw a Sweete Seemly Sight”
Stephen Borton and Paul Copcutt, “Lullay, Lullow: A Saw a Sweete Seemly Sight” (14th century; 1976)
Osian Ellis, harp
from Of Glad Tidings: A Celebration of Christmas Music across the Years, vol. 1: Medieval Carols
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“A maydin moder, meek and mild,
in credil keep a knave child
that softly slepe; she sat and sang:
Lulay, lullow, lully…”
