Upon My Lap My Sovereign Sits (2020)
For SATB chorus with organ accompaniment; composed for the 2020 virtual lessons and carols service of the King’s Chapel Choir, Boston, conducted by Heinrich Christensen.
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Adapted from the original text by the Elizabethan/Jacobean composer Martin Peerson, this carol runs approximately 4 minutes and is well suited for services serving the Christmas season.
Upon my lap my Sovereign sits
And leans upon my breast,
Meantime His love maintains my life
And gives my sense her rest.
Sing lullaby, my little Boy
Sing lullaby, mine only joy.
When thou by sleep art overcome
Repose, my Babe, on me,
So may thy mother and thy nurse
Thy cradle also be.
Sing lullaby, my little Boy
Sing lullaby, mine only joy.