X: 1
T: Down in Yon Forest
O: collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: C
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[| "Am"ABA "G"GAB | "F"cBA "E"B2E |
w: Down in yon for-est there stands_ a hall: The
"Am"ABA "G"GAB | "F"cBA "E"B2 || B | "Am"cBc "Dm"dcd |
w: bells_ of Par-a-dise I heard them ring: It's cov-er'd all o-ver with
"Am"ecA "E"^G3/2^F/E | "Am"ABA "G"GAB | "F"cBc "Am"A3 || "G"G3 "F"F3 | "E"E3 Hz3 |]
w: pur-ple and pall: And I love my Lord Je-sus a-bove a-ny thing.
%W: 1. Solo:
%W: Down in yon forest there stands a hall:
%W: Chorus:
%W: The bells of Paradise I heard them ring:
%W: Solo:
%W: It's covered all over with purple and pall:
%W: Chorus:
%W: And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.
%W: 
W: 2. In that hall there stands a bed: ...
W: It's covered all over with scarlet so red: ...
W: 
W: 3. At the bed-side there lies a stone: ...
W: Which the sweet Virgin Mary knelt upon: ...
W: 
W: 4. Under that bed there runs a flood: ...
W: The one half runs water, the other runs blood: ...
W: 
W: 5. At the bed's foot there grows a thorn: ...
W: Which ever blows blossom sincce he was born: ...
W: 
W: 6. Over that bed the moon shines bright: ...
W: Denoting our Saviour was born this night ...