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The Coventry Carol     Credits: Traditional; arranged by Michael McGlynn     Appears On: Winter Songs     Language: English     Other Versions: "Conventry Carol" on Loreena McKennitt's album A Winter Garden

Lyrics:

Chorus (after each verse):
Lully lulla thou little tiny child
By by lully lullay
Thou little tiny child
By by lully lullay

Oh sisters two, how may we do
For to preserve this day
This poor youngling for whom we do sing
By by lully lullay

Herod the king, in his raging
Charged he hath this day
His men of might in his own sight
All young children to slay

That woe is me, poor child for thee
And ever mourn and sigh
For thy parting, neither say nor sing
By by lully lullay