Tuesday 13 January 2009
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
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;
Chorus
Sing, oh! my love, oh! my love, 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. Chorus
In a manger laid, and wrapped I was
So very poor, this was my chance
Betwixt an ox and a silly poor ass
To call my true love to my dance. Chorus
Then afterwards baptized I was;
The Holy Ghost on me did glance,
My Father’s voice heard from above,
To call my true love to my dance. Chorus
Another charming carol - one of the few hymns that makes reference to the Baptism of the Lord.
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Now this is a superb combination Peter! Do you think the angels in the Botticelli are doing a slow pavane or something a little quicker perhaps! I went to see this picture on Wednesday - see my blog. It is wonderful!
Something a little quicker I think!
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