Adam Lay Ybounden Top Pick

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Composer
Peter Warlock
Difficulty
Moderately Easy radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked
Season
Advent
Voicing(s)
Unison
Instruments
Keyboard [organ/piano]
Category
Anthems
Collections
Chorister Collection Adam Lay Ybounden
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

For Unison Choir and Keyboard - A Lessons and Carols classic -  Part of our Chorister Collection, our series of masterworks that are adapted for use with children or even soloists!  Curated and edited by Thom Pavlechko. 

Also available in versions for Unison or Two-Part, SAB and SATB.  The recording is of the SAB version.

Audio
Lyrics

Adam lay ybounden, bounden in a bond,
Four thousand winter thought he not too long;
And all was for an apple, and apple that he took,
As clerkes finden written in their book.
Ne had the apple taken been, the apple taken been,
Ne had never Our Lady ybeen heavene Queen.
Blessed be the time that apple taken was:
Therfore we moun singen: Deo Gratias.