Remember, O Thou Man

DESCRIPTION: "Remember O thou man, O thou man, O thou man, Remember O thou man, thy time is spent, Remember... how thou art dead and gone, And I did what I can, therefore repent." The Fall is recounted; Jesus came to rescue Man from the effects
AUTHOR: Thomas Ravenscroft?
EARLIEST DATE: 1611 (Ravenscroft, Melismata)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad Jesus
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Chappell-PopularMusicOfTheOldenTime, pp. 373-374, "Remember, O Thou Man" (1 text, 1 tune)
Chappell/Wooldridge-OldEnglishPopularMusic I, pp. 144-145, "Remember, O Thou Man" (1 text,`1 tune)
Noah Greenberg, ed., An Anthology of English Medieval and Renaissance Vocal Music, pp. 206-208, "Remember O Thou Man" (1 text, 1 tune with harmonization)
Roud #23782
NOTES [18 words]: There is no hint that this is traditional; I'm surprised it ended up in the Roud Index. Great tune, though. - RBW
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