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Falcon Carol

from Advent 2018 by DeguMoth Studios

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Copyright for the original carol: public domain
Original text: Middle English, c. 1504 (or earlier)
Melody: Liāna D. A. Lloyd, copyright 2018

The Falcon Carol is very old. The words have survived but the original melody has not. It is often better known as the Corpus Christi Carol.
Per Wikipedia, the text was found on a manuscript written around 1504 (the manuscript was found by an apprentice grocer named Richard Hill!!).

Many musicians I admire have covered this carol: Cecile Corbel, Jeff Buckley, and Hayley Westenra - but they all used Benjamin Britten’s melody, which is the more familiar (and also very lovely) but is NOT in the public domain, as far as I could determine. Hence, I had to either use a different melody (and found none that I really liked), or write my own. So, I wrote my own. It is vaguely modal. I tried to sustain an eerie but heartfelt quality.
I hope you enjoy this version!

This is the second "bonus track" on this EP, simply because I wanted to include it, even though it's not really an Advent nor Christmas song. :)

lyrics

He bare him up, he bare him down,
He bare him into an orchard brown.

Chorus:
Lully, lulley, lully, lulley,
The falcon hath borne my make away.

In that orchard there was an hall
That was hangid with purple and pall. (Chorus)

And in that hall there was a bede,
It was hangid with gold so rede. (Chorus)

And in that bed there lieth a knight,
His wound is bleeding day and night. (Chorus)

By that bedside there kneeleth a may,
And she weepeth both night and day. (Chorus)

And by that bedside there standeth a stone,
“Corpus Christi” written thereon.
Lully, lulley, lully, lulley,
The falcon hath borne my make away.

(Let all mortal flesh keep silence.)

***note: make = mate ; may=maid

credits

from Advent 2018, released December 3, 2018
Vocals: L.D.A.L.
Melody: L.D.A.L.
Arrangement: L.D.A.L.
Instruments (shruti box and shakers): L.D.A.L.
Copyright: L.D.A.L./DeguMoth Studios 2018

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