Last Night Our Virgin

DESCRIPTION: "Last night, our virgin, Mary mild, was safe delivered, safe delivered of a child." "Then God's angel" did appear to a frightened shepherd: "Prepare and go to Bethlehem" where Jesus can be found. "Then it was in the beginning... World without end, amen."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (Cox-FolkMusicInANewfoundlandOutport)
KEYWORDS: religious Jesus
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cox-FolkMusicInANewfoundlandOutport, pp. 94-95, "Last Night Our Virgin" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Wexford Carol" (lyrics)
NOTES [80 words]: This contains quite a few lines of the Wexford Carol, but significantly modified, and with enough new material at beginning and end that I eventually concluded it was a separate song -- although I suspect it's a muddle of several songs in the source's head; it is the only carol that Cox found only once. Cox notes a resemblance to plainsong; and it concludes with a "world without end" portion of "The Doxology." I think it's a hymn which picked up the Wexford Carol lyrics. - RBW
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