Coventry Carol

Verse 1:
Gm      D    Gm     F    Gm
Lullay, thou little tiny child,
Gm      Cm     D  Gm
by, by, lully, lullay;
Bb      Gm   Dm     F    Cm
lullay, thou little tiny child,
Gm      Eb     D  G
by, by, lully, lullay.

Verse 2:
Gm   D    Gm       F      Gm
O sisters too, how may we do
    D     Gm    Cm   D
for to preserve this day
Bb   F    Gm   Dm       F       Cm
this poor youngling for whom we sing,
Gm      Eb     D  G
by, by, lully, lullay?

Verse 3:
Gm    D   Gm       F     Gm
Herod the king, in his raging,
Gm      D  Gm   Cm   D
chargèd he hath this day
Bb  F      Gm     Dm     F   Cm
his men of might, in his own sight,
Gm           Eb       D    G
all children young to slay.

Verse 4:
Gm       D           F          D
Then woe is me, poor child, for thee,
Gm  D    Cm    D   Gm
and ever mourn and say,
Bb  F   Gm      Dm      F       Cm
for thy parting neither say nor sing,
Gm      Eb     D  G
by, by, lully, lullay.


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