Adam lay ybounden -- Howard While Skempton (born 1947) / The Advent Choir / Mark Dwyer, conductor

Adam lay ybounden, bounden in a bond: four thousand winter thoght he not too long. And all was for an appil, an appil that he took, as clerkes finden wreten in their book.
Ne hadde the appil taken ben, ne hadde never our Lady a ben heavene quene. Blessed be the time that appil taken was: therefore we may singen: Deo gracias. [Thanks be to God]

(London: British Library Sloan MS 2593, 15th cent)

2019.12.01 Advent Lessons & Carols

Skempton-Adam lay y-bounden / The Advent Choir

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