Down in yon forest (Anonymous)

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• (Posted 2016-05-04)  CPDL #39549:       

Editor: Gabrael StClair (submitted 2016-05-04).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 41 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Arrangement by Gabrael StClair.

General Information

Title: Down In Yon Forest
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SSAT
Genre: Sacred, Carol

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 2014
Description: General Carol suitable for Christmas or Corpus Christi.

Original text and translations

English text

1. Down in yon forest there stands a hall:
The bells of Paradise I heard them ring:
It's covered all over with purple and pall:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.

2. In that hall there stands a bed:
The bells of Paradise I heard them ring:
It's covered all over with scarlet so red:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.

3. At the bed-side there lies a stone:
The bells of Paradise I heard them ring:
 Which the sweet Virgin Mary knelt upon:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.

4. Under that bed there runs a flood:
The bells of Paradise I heard them ring:
The one half runs water, the other runs blood:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.

5. At the bed's foot there grows a thorn:
The bells of Paradise I heard them ring:
 Which ever blows blossom since he was born:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.