The white Paternoster (Henry Walford Davies)

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• (Posted 2023-10-09)  CPDL #76177:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-09).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 381 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The white Paternoster
Composer: Henry Walford Davies
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Nursery-rhyme

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1906 Sidney Riorden
Description: Eight Nursery Rhymes (set 1) Op. 19a No.8.

Original text and translations

English text

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
Bless the bed that I lie on!
    Four corners to my bed,
    Five angels there lie spread:
        Two at my head,
        Two at my feet,
One at my heart, my soul to keep.