Text: Robert Herrick
Instrumentation: Upper voices & organ
Duration: 3'
First Performance: First performance given at Canterbury Cathedral by the Chapel Choir of Junior King's School conducted by Tim Frost. Organ: Jamie Rogers
Commissioned By: Junior King's School Canterbury
The words are taken from a carol written to be 'sung to the King [Charles I] in the presence at Whitehall.' An early printed source of the text tells us that 'the musical part was composed by Master Henry Lawes'. Unfortunately, none of Lawes' original music survives.
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