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Down in Yon Forest (Sing May Queen May)

from Bride of the Wintertide by Rowan : Morrison

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This version of the ancient Corpus Christi carol was reputedly collected by John Jacob Niles (1892 - 1980) from Amos Curtis, a Holiness preacher in Cherokee County, California, in 1933.

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Down in yon forest be a hall,
Sing May, Queen May, sing Mary!
'Tis coverlided over with purple and pall.
Sing all good men for the new-born Baby!

Oh in that hall is a pallet bed:
Sing May, Queen May, sing Mary!
'Tis stained with blood like cardinal red.
Sing all good men for the new-born Baby!

And at that pallet is a stone
Sing May, Queen May, sing Mary!
On which the Virgin did atone
Sing all good men for the new-born Baby!

Under that Hall is a gushing flood:
Sing May, Queen May, sing Mary!
From Christ's own side 'tis water and blood.
Sing all good men for the new-born Baby!

Beside that bed a shrub tree grows,
Sing May, Queen May, sing Mary!
Since He was born hit blooms and blows.
Sing all good men for the new-born Baby!

Oh, on that bed a young Squire sleeps,
Sing May, Queen May, sing Mary!
His wounds are sick, and see, he weeps.
Sing all good men for the new-born Baby!

Oh hail yon Hall were none can sin,
Sing May, Queen May, sing Mary!
Cause hit's gold outside and silver within,
Sing all good men for the new-born Baby!

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from Bride of the Wintertide, released December 10, 2021
from Bride of the Wintertide, releases December 10, 2021
Sung by Angeline Morrison.
Trad arranged by Angeline Morrison.
Produced by Angeline Morrison with Stephen Stannard.
Mixed by Stephen Stannard.

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Believing in the beauty of sad songs, weaving folk, soul and beat sounds of the '60s into a tapestry of the human heart. Homespun sounds that reside in a nostalgic universe.

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