I Sing of a Maiden

Susa, Conrad (1935–2013)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Organ

Occasion:

Proper of Time → Advent → Fourth Sunday of Advent → Cycle A
Proper of Time → Advent → Fourth Sunday of Advent → Cycle B
Proper of Time → Advent → Fourth Sunday of Advent → Cycle C
Proper of Time → Christmas Season → The Nativity of the Lord → General
Proper of Time → Christmas Season → The Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Advent
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Christmas Time

Publication Information:
E. C. Schirmer — 2777 (1971)

Text Information:
Reference: Sloane MS, 15th century, Anonymous

Lyrics:

I sing of a maiden 
That is makèless, [matchless]
King of all kings
To her son she ches. [chose]

He came all so still
Where his mother was,
As dew in April
That falleth on the grass.

He came all so still
To his mother’s bow’r
As dew in April
That falleth on the flow’r.

He came all so still
Where his mother lay,
As dew in April
That falleth on the spray.

Mother and maiden
Was never none but she;
Well may such a lady
Goddes mother be.

Notes: SATB with Soprano and Alto divisi.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Nov 5, 2021 Last updated: Jan 26, 2022