Advent follies, day 4

[lumineaux]

Hopefully folks are finding this amusing.

Latest entry: 

Herod the King, in his raging,
Charged he hath this day;
His men of might, in his own sight,
All children young, to slay.

Obscure extra credit entry:

Let no man come into this hall,
Groom, page nor yet marshall,
But that some sport he bring withall,
    For now is the time of Christëmas.

Comments

[fencerm2.livejournal.com]

Ok, this time I got the first. That would be Coventry Carole. :-)

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Ding! Correct.

[fencerm2.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo, score one for the Jew! :-)

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

I'm having fun - your Extra Credit ones are hard!!

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Here's a hint: I'm resorting a lot to the medieval songbooks for the extra credit ones.

[katnboots.livejournal.com]

Chamber choir did the second one in college. I don't know the name but I can hear the melody in my head. Merry make we merry make we merry... tis the time of Christemas...

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Merry make we merry make we merry... tis the time of Christemas...

And "Make we Merry" is the title, in fact.

The full chorus is
"Make we merry both more or less
for now is the time of Christemas . . . "

[ianraven.livejournal.com]

Loo lay, loo lay, thou little tiny child, loo lay.

Ah, they don't write 'em like they use to. :)