Sweet was the song the Virgin sang (Graham Patterson)

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• (Posted 2024-03-22)  CPDL #79642:         

Editor: Graham Patterson (submitted 2024-03-22).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 47 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: SATB version.

• (Posted 2024-03-24)  CPDL #79668:       

Editor: Graham Patterson (submitted 2024-03-24).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 46 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This is the original version (for boy trebles) of the SATB version.

General Information

Title: Sweet Was The Song The Virgin Sang
Composer: Graham Patterson
Lyricist: traditional / Graham Patterson^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SATB or SSAA
Genre: Sacred, Carol

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: unpublished
Description: Written in 1967 for trebles, when the composer was 17, this SATB version was made in 2022.

Original text and translations

English text

[verse 1 traditional; verse 2 by Graham Patterson]

1.Sweet was the song the Virgin sang,
When she to Bethlem Juda came
And was delivered of a Son,
That blessed Jesus hath to name:
"Lulla, lulla, lullaby,
Sweet babe," sang she.
"My son, and eke a Saviour born,
Who hast vouchsafèd from on high
To visit us that were forlorn:

Lalulla, lalulla, lalullaby, sweet babe", sang she
And rocked him sweetly on her knee.

2. Pure was the voice that sang that night
With fragrance sweet perfumed the air,
As she did gaze up on her Son
She saw that Love was lying there.
"Lulla, lulla, lullaby,
Sweet Babe", sang she,
"My Son, a miracle most blest
Who in this world of toil and strife
Art come from Heaven to bring us rest.

Lalulla, lalulla, lalullaby, sweet Babe", sang she,
And rocked him sweetly on her knee.