Nowel: Owt of your slepe aryse (Anonymous)

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Editor: N. Nakamura (added 2006-03-24).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 0 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Postscript file also available. Copyright (C) 2004 by N. Nakamura.

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Title: Nowel: Owt of your slepe aryse
Composer: Anonymous

Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: TTT
Genre: Sacred, Carol
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Selden Carol Book ( 15th C, Bodleian MS. Arch. Selden B. 26)

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Original text and translations

English text - Old English

1.

Owt of your slepe aryse and wake, For God mankynd nowe hath ytake, Al of a maide without eny make; Of al women she bereth the belle.

Refrain:

Nowel! Nowel! Nowel! Nowel! Nowel!

2.

And thirwe a maide faire and wys,

Now man is made of ful grete pris;

Now angelys knelen to mannys servys,

And at this tyme al this byfel.

Refrain.

3.

Now man is bryghter than the sonne;

Now man in heven an hye shal wone;

Blssyd be God this game is begonne,

And his moder empresse of helle.

Refrain.

4.

That ever was thralle, now ys he fre;

That ever was smalle, now grete is she;

Now shal God deme bothe the and me

Unto his blysse yf we do wel.

Refrain.

5.

Now man may to heven wende;

Now heven and erthe to hym they bende;

He that was foo now is oure frende;

This is no nay that Y yowe telle.

Refrain.

6.

Now blessyd brother, graunte us grace

A domesday to se thy face.

And in thy courte to have a place,

That we mow there synge 'Nowel'.

Refrain.