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Down in Yon Forest (The Bells of Paradise)

from Bride of the Wintertide by Rowan Morrison

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Down in Yon Forest (Roud 1523) is a version of the ancient Corpus Christi Carol. Also known as The Castleton Carol, this version was sung to Vaughan Willams by Mr J. Hall of Castleton, Derbyshire, in 1909.

lyrics

Down in yon forest there stands a hall
The bells of paradise I hear them ring
Things covered all over with purple and pall
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything

Down in that hall there is a bed
The bells of paradise I heard them ring
Pall scarlet the cover the cover it spread
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything

And on the bed there lays a knight
The bells of paradise I heard them ring
and he doth lead by day and by night
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything

Down under that bed there runneth a flood
The bells of paradise I heard them ring
The one half runs water, the other runs blood
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything

Down at the bed's foot there springs a thorn
The bells of paradise I heard them ring
The moon bids white blossom the day he was born
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything

And over that place the moon shines bright
The bells of paradise I heard them ring
To show that our saviour was born on that night
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything

credits

from Bride of the Wintertide, released December 10, 2021
Sung by Angeline Morrison.
Trad arranged by Angeline Morrison.
Produced by Angeline Morrison with Stephen Stannard.
Mixed by Stephen Stannard.

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Rowan Morrison England, UK

Rowan : Morrison are the musical twixting of The Rowan Amber Mill and Angeline Morrison. Angeline has released music as We Are Muffy (Tapete Records), The Mighty Sceptres (Ubiquity Records), The Ambassadors of Sorrow, and solo (Freestyle Records).
The Rowan Amber Mill releases music under their own name and under the guise of Making Tea for Robots (both on the MillerSounds label).
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