The Coventry Carol Lyrics
[Chorus]
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny Child
[Verse 1]
By, by lully, lulla
Thou little tiny Child
By, by, lully, lulla
Oh sisters too, how may we do
For to preserve this day
This pore youngling for whom we sing
By, by, lully lulla
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Herod, the king, in his raging
Chargid he hath this day
His men of might in his own sight
All young children to slay
[Chorus]
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny Child
[Verse 1]
By, by lully, lulla
Thou little tiny Child
By, by, lully, lulla
Oh sisters too, how may we do
For to preserve this day
This pore youngling for whom we sing
By, by, lully lulla
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Herod, the king, in his raging
Chargid he hath this day
His men of might in his own sight
All young children to slay
[Chorus]
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Sting performed the sixteenth-century Christmas carol Coventry Carol which laments the Massacre of the Innocents at the orders of King Herod.
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Recorded At
Steerpike Studios, Villa Il Palagio, Figline Valdarno, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy; The Source, Malibu, California; Clinton Recording Studios, Manhattan Center Studios, and SevenSeas Studios, New York City, New York
Release Date
October 21, 2009
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