Balulalow (2007/2008)
Commissioned by Royal Holloway Chapel Choir (Conductor Rupert Gough) in 2007.
Scored for SATB & Organ.
A version for SSAA and String Quartet is also available (2008)
Published by Hayo Music.
The text was taken from a poem by James, John, & Robert Wedderburn (c1567). The word Balulalow is in fact old Scottish for lullaby:
Scored for SATB & Organ.
A version for SSAA and String Quartet is also available (2008)
Published by Hayo Music.
The text was taken from a poem by James, John, & Robert Wedderburn (c1567). The word Balulalow is in fact old Scottish for lullaby:
Oh my dear heart young Jesus sweet,
Prepare thy cradle in my spirit,
And I shall rock thee to my heart
And never more from thee depart.
And I shall praise thee ever more
With songs sweet unto thy glory;
The knees of my heart shall I bow,
And sing that right Balulalow!
Prepare thy cradle in my spirit,
And I shall rock thee to my heart
And never more from thee depart.
And I shall praise thee ever more
With songs sweet unto thy glory;
The knees of my heart shall I bow,
And sing that right Balulalow!
