That Younge Child

Bennett, Richard Rodney (1936–2012)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Occasion:

Proper of Time → Christmas Season → The Nativity of the Lord → General

Publication Information:
Universal Edition — (1967)

Lyrics:

That yongë child when it gan weep
With song she lulled him asleep;
That was so sweet a melody
It passèd alle minstrelsy.
The nightingalë sang also:
Her song is hoarse and nought thereto:
Whoso attendeth to her song
And leaveth the first then doth he wrong.

Notes: from Five Carols
Submitted by: Anthony DiCello Added: Jun 16, 2022