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Lyr ADD: Whitsuntide Carol

19 Aug 99 - 07:01 AM (#106462)
Subject: Whitsuntide Carol
From: Wolfgang

Has anyone lyrics for that carol? It starts:
Now Whitsuntide has come you very well do know...

Wolfgang

21 Aug 99 - 01:07 PM (#107200)
Subject: Lyr Add: WHITSUNTIDE CAROL
From: Nogs

THE WHITSUN SONG

Now Whitsuntide is come you very well do know
Come serve the Lord we must before we do go
Come serve him truly with all your might and heart
And then from heaven your soul shall never depart.

How do you know how long we have to live
For when we die oh then what would we give
For being sure of having our resting place
Since we have run our simple wretched race.

Down in those gardens where flowers grow in ranks
Down on your knees and to the Lord give thanks
Pray unto the Lord that angels he may bring
And then in heaven your soul shall sit and sing.
(repeat the tune for the last two lines on the following two lines)
Down on your knees and pray both night and day
Pray unto the Lord that He will lead you the right way.

Both young and old, both rich and poor, give ear
Don't allow your children to lie, boast curse nor swear
Do not allow them to keep ill company
For that will surely bring them to shame and misery.

Come all those children all in the streets we meet
All in their pastimes so even and complete
So its how you may hear them lie, boast, curse and swear
Before they do know one word of any prayer.

Now we may bring you the royal branch of oak
God bless our King and Queen and all the royal folk
God bless our King and Queen and all the world beside
Then the Lord He wil send us all a merry Whitsuntide.

^^
Whew!

I got this from the singing of John Roberts and Tony Barrand. I'm sorry that i cannot provide you with the name of the album.

Cheers.

http://www.goldenhindmusic.com/lyrics/WHITSUNS.html

22 Aug 99 - 12:05 PM (#107433)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Whitsuntide Carol
From:

I believe the album is "To Welcome in the Spring." Roberts, Barrand, Woodruff et al. apparently making the point that early carols weren't sung in December but in the Spring...as a celebration of the renewal of life etc.

Cheers, Allahamdalla Brian

22 Aug 99 - 01:26 PM (#107458)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Whitsuntide Carol
From: PDiB3

Wotcha... is that you?

23 Aug 99 - 04:31 AM (#107640)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Whitsuntide Carol
From: Wolfgang

Thanks a lot, Nogs.

Wolfgang

29 May 23 - 05:52 PM (#4173400)
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Whitsuntide Carol
From: Joe Offer

Any more information?

29 May 23 - 09:24 PM (#4173427)
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Whitsuntide Carol
From: Reinhard

Roud 3186. The Whitsuntide Carol on Mainly Norfolk lists these recordings:

The Young Tradition sang The Whitsuntide Carol in 1967 on their second album, So Cheerfully Round. Heather Wood noted:

    The Whitsuntide Carol which we sing was collected from Thomas Coningsby of Whaddon in Cambridgeshire. He tells how the men of the village used to go into the woods on Whit Sunday morning, cut oak branches and lay them on the doorsteps of all the houses. Then they would go round in a group singing this carol. It seems strange that the high moral tone of the early verses should be linked with what is obviously a pagan custom.

English Tapestry (Ruth and Brian Britain and at that time Andrew Taylor) sang Whitsuntide Carol in 1974 on the fundraiser album The First Folk Review Record. The liner notes commented:

    Published as The Whitsun Song in English Dance and Song, Vol. XXXVI, No. 1; tune recorded by Peter Kennedy from Thomas Coningsby, 1956. Arranged by Brian Britain.

John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Fred Breunig and Steve Woodruff (a.k.a. Nowell Sing We Clear) sang The Whitsun Song on their 1980 album To Welcome In the Spring.

Lynne Heraud and Pat Turner sang the Whitsuntide Carol in 2007 on their WildGoose CD September Days. They noted:

    This song was collected from Thomas Coningsby of Whaddon, Cambridgeshire and entered into our psyche from the singing of the Young Tradition.

29 May 23 - 10:04 PM (#4173430)
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Whitsuntide Carol
From: Joe Offer

Reinhard, if anybody could come up with an answer to this, it would be you.
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