My Dancing Day

Near, Gerald (b. 1942)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Organ

Occasion:

Proper of Time → Christmas Season → The Nativity of the Lord → General
Proper of Time → Christmas Season → The Nativity of the Lord → Vigil Mass
Proper of Time → Christmas Season → The Nativity of the Lord → Mass during the Night
Proper of Time → Christmas Season → The Nativity of the Lord → Mass at Dawn
Proper of Time → Christmas Season → The Nativity of the Lord → Mass during the Day

Publication Information:
Aureole Editions/Morning Star — (1983)

Lyrics:

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day,
I would my true love did so chance
To see the legend of my play,
To call my true love to my dance:
Sing O my love, my love;
This have I done for my true love.

Then was I born of a virgin pure,
Of her I took fleshly substance;
Thus was I knit to man’s nature,
To call my true love to my dance:
Sing O my love, my love;
This have I done for my true love.

In a manger laid and wrapped I was,
So very poor, this was my chance,
Betwixt and ox and a silly poor ass,
To call my true love to my dance:
Sing O my love, my love;
This have I done for my true love.

Submitted by: Anthony DiCello Added: Jun 16, 2022