Jeff Buckley - Corpus Christi Carol (1994)

Lyrics:

He bare her up, he bare her down
He bare her into an orchard ground

Lully lullay, lully lullay
The falcon hath borne my mate away

And in that orchard there was a hold
That was hanged with purple and gold
And in that hold there was a bed
And it was hanged with gold so red

Lully lullay, lully lullay
The falcon hath borne my mate away

And on this bed there lyeth a knight
His wound is bleeding day and night
By his bedside kneeleth a maid
And she weepeth both night and day

Lully lullay, lully lullay
The falcon hath borne my mate away

By his bedside standeth a stone
Corpus Christi written thereon

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• Corpus
• Christi
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[abhichatterjee]

wow. surreal. ethereal. wow

[ReggaeLioness]

Beautiful........

[ventricleTiger]

one of the oldest songs perfected by a true legend

[hendersonwjason]

the true lyrics Lulley, lully, lulley, lully, The faucon hath born my mak away He bare hym up, he bare hym down He bare hym into an orchard brown In that orchard ther was an hall That was hanged with purpill and pall And in that hall ther was a bede Hit was hangid with gold so rede And yn that bede ther lythe a knyght His wowndes bledyng day and nyght By that bedes side ther kneleth a may And she wepeth both nyght and day And by that bedes side ther stondith a ston Corpus Christi wretyn theron

[mick7283]

One of the most surreal moments of my life was a few years ago I was driving around at night and it was raining and I was listening to this song, gave me the chills

[sistersteel]

@CybershamanX

Beautifully stated with good soul & humanity. TRUTH and nature is not dogma. I humbly,think music like this is enlightened and the vehicle to universal growth and understanding.

[GolliwoggMusic]

Golliwogg APPROVES of this song.

[forresterrobed]

Thanks for the post, Faith!!!! Beautiful, the pair of photo and tune. Gothic splendor, and then some! I didn't know Benjamin Britten wrote these kind of carol/ aria piece until Jeff Buckley, ironically! since britten-esque type music is a lifelong love of mine <3

[rachiboo14]

most haunting and beautiful

[blackelvi]

Have you ever noticed that Scorpios are the most passionate?

And sexy?

[richieschick]

Gorgeous!....words just fail me. Such a beautiful voice.