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THE FALCON by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "LULLY, LULLEY; LULLY, LULLEY / THE FALCON [FAUCON] HATH BORNE MY MATE AWAY"
Last Line: "AND BY THAT BEDDES SIDE THER STONDETH A STON, / CORPUS CHRISTI WRETYN THER ON"
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST - SUFFERING & SACRIFICE;

Lully, lulley; lully, lulley!
The falcon hath borne my mate away!

He bare him up, he bare him down.
He bare him into an orchard brown.

In that orchard there was a hall
That was hanged with purple and pall.

And in that hall there was a bed,
It was hanged with gold so red.

And in that bed there lieth a knight,
His wounds bleeding day and night.

By that bedside kneeleth a may,
And she weepeth both night and day.

And by that bedside there standeth a stone
Corpus Christi written thereon.
Lully, lulley; lully, lulley!





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