Once, as I remember (Traditional)

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• (Posted 2012-03-25)  CPDL #25124: 

Editor: Rod Mather (submitted 2011-12-08).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 68 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: harm. Charles Wood

• CPDL #15667:  (Sibelius 5)

Editor: Robert Nottingham (submitted 2007-12-15).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 31 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: harm. Charles Wood

General Information

Title: Once, as I remember
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Arranger: Charles Wood
Lyricist: George Ratcliffe Woodward

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Carol

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published:

• An Italian Carol Book, pub. The Faith Press, Ltd., 1920 (harm. Charles Wood)
• Carols for Choirs 3, 1978 (harm. Charles Wood)

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Original text and translations

English text

Once, as I remember,
   At the time of Yule,
After mid December,
   When it bloweth cool,
I o'erheard a Mother
   Was a-singing, 'Sweet Jesu,
      La-lullay-lu, La-lullay-lu.'

Near as man was able,
   On my knee fell I,
in the Bethlem stable
   Where the Babe did lie,
And the Virgin-mother
   Was a-singing, 'Sweet Jesu,
      La-lullay-lu, La-lullay-lu.'

Herdmen from the prairie
   Came and piped for glee
For the Babe and Mary:
   King of Glory he.
Then the Virgin Mother
   Fell a-singing, 'Sweet Jesu,
      La-lullay-lu, La-lullay-lu.'

Ox and ass around him,
   Courtier-like, did stand:
Fair white linen bound him,
   Spun by Mary's hand.
While the Virgin-mother
   Was a-singing, 'Sweet Jesu,
      La-lullay-lu, La-lullay-lu.'

To this Lord, contented
   To endure the cold,
Easterlings presented
   Incense, myrrh and gold:
Then the Virgin-mother
   Fell a-singing, 'Sweet Jesu,
      La-lullay-lu, La-lullay-lu.'

Ever among and o'er us
   Angel-quire gan sing
Antiphons in chorus
   To the new-born King.
Then the Virgin-mother
   Fell a-singing, 'Sweet Jesu,