Coventry Carol

(CHRISTMAS: INNOCENTS)
FIRST VERSION
Pageant of the Shearmen Matthew 2: 16-18
Original Version of 1591
and Tailors, 15th Century arr. Thomas Sharp, 1825
attr. Robert Croo, 1534
B =96 Burden
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” Lul
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- ly, lul - la, thou lit - tle tiny child;

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” Lul - ly, lul - la, thou lit - tle ti - ny child;

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” Lul - ly, lul - la, thou lit - tle tiny child;

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By by, lul - ly lul - lay, thou lit - tle tiny

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By by, lul - ly lul - lay, thou lit - tle tiny

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Fine

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child; By by, lul - ly lul - lay.

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child; By by, lul - ly lul - lay.

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child; By by, lul - ly lul - lay.

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” 1.O sis - ters too, How may we do

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™ 3.That
- rod, the king, in his rag - ing,

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woe is me, Poor Child for thee!

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For to pre - serve this day This poor young -

Char - ged he hath this day His men of

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And ev - er morn and day, For thy part -

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Last time: D.C. al Fine

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ling, For whom we do sing, By by lul - ly lul - lay?

might, In his own sight, All young chil - dren to slay.

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ing Neither say nor sing By by, lul - ly lul - lay!

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