English words written by G. R. W. Tune and Setting by, or from, Michael Praetorius (Musae Sioniae), 1609
Notes and Source: George Ratcliffe Woodward, ed., The Cowley Carol Book For Christmas, Easter, and Ascensiontide, Second Series (London: A. R. Mowbray & Co., Ltd, ca. 1919), Carol #71
Psallite Psallite
unigenito
Christo Dei Filio, Christo Dei Filio,
Redemptori
Domino, puerulo, iacenti in praesepio.
What if an Infant small be cradled
in the stall,
Angel quires in heav'nly hall
Before his
footstool fall,
Singing anthems all.
Psallite Psallite
unigenito
Christo Dei Filio, Christo Dei Filio,
Redemptori
Domino, puerulo, iacenti in praesepio.
Sheet Music from George Ratcliffe Woodward, ed., The Cowley Carol Book For Christmas, Easter, and Ascensiontide, Second Series (London: A. R. Mowbray & Co., Ltd, ca. 1919), Carol #71
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