At the Tower of London this festive season we partied like it was 1284! Heres a selection of the medieval merriment that was on offer including carols, soldiers songs, an exquisite feast and a personal greeting from a nun and bishop!
The name of the song is "Adam lay i-bowndyn." The difficulty in picking out lyrics is most likely due to the fact that he is singing it in Middle English.
@popazz1 some people feel that "O Come....." dates actually to Henry II, In any event this is my all time favourite Carol. I would love to hear it in the "Old English" of their time. I think it would be incredible.
I really didn't know "Oh Come,Oh Come Emanuel" dated this far back! One of my favourite christmas hymns as a kid,& I certainly don't date back to the Tudor times,lol. Oh,and can people please their Islamophobia for another upload?!
Has anyone happened to figure out what the soldier song was? Or maybe someone could tell me a line of it so I could search it. I'm quite dreadful at picking lyrics out of singing.
@cyanidearsenic
The name of the song is "Adam lay i-bowndyn." The difficulty in picking out lyrics is most likely due to the fact that he is singing it in Middle English.
funstuff2006 1 month ago
1284-Thats when King Edward the First (Longshanks) was king! My fav king!
MrMacdara 2 months ago
@regszikora,
Interesting fact that it may date even further back! As for hearing it in the original English of the time maybe Google would be a place to start!
popazz1 4 months ago
@popazz1 some people feel that "O Come....." dates actually to Henry II, In any event this is my all time favourite Carol. I would love to hear it in the "Old English" of their time. I think it would be incredible.
regszikora 4 months ago in playlist History
I really didn't know "Oh Come,Oh Come Emanuel" dated this far back! One of my favourite christmas hymns as a kid,& I certainly don't date back to the Tudor times,lol. Oh,and can people please their Islamophobia for another upload?!
popazz1 5 months ago
Has anyone happened to figure out what the soldier song was? Or maybe someone could tell me a line of it so I could search it. I'm quite dreadful at picking lyrics out of singing.
cyanidearsenic 7 months ago
You mean the fucking moslems haven't gotten 'offended' and had the government shut down these productions?
phuckizlam 11 months ago
Britons are lucky. There are so many interesting historical places to visit in that country that it must take forever to see them all. I'd love it!
likethepear 1 year ago
@Tekirai - I haven't heard it before. Maybe Google it?
gradgurl2007 1 year ago
Wonderful!
gradgurl2007 1 year ago