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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
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"
Variant Title(s): The Corpus Christi Carol;the Falcon Hath Borne My Mate Away
Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice
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"
Variant Title(s): The Corpus Christi Carol;the Falcon Hath Borne My Mate Away
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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