{"id":17568,"date":"2022-07-20T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=4714"},"modified":"2022-07-25T20:07:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T18:07:13","slug":"what-are-the-lyrics-to-tomorrow-shall-be-my-dancing-day","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-tomorrow-shall-be-my-dancing-day\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the lyrics to \u2018Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By BBC Music Magazine\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 20 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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When was the carol, \u2018Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day\u2019 written and composed?<\/h2>\n
Though thought to find its roots in the world of medieval mystery plays, the Cornish carol \u2018Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day\u2019 was first published in 1833, when it appeared in William Sandys\u2019s volume Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern<\/em>.<\/p>\n
Describing the life of Christ in the form of a dance, the text has been set by composers from Gustav Holst<\/a><\/strong> to Igor Stravinsky<\/a><\/strong>; British composer John Gardner\u2019s lively arrangement for choir, organ and optional percussion, written in the 1960s, is the version that found itself repeatedly voted for by our choral experts. \u2018Gardner combines a catchy melody with simple but ingenious rhythmic patterns to produce an irresistible setting of this traditional English text,\u2019 enthuses Stephen Darlington, choral director at Christ Church, Oxford. \u2018You cannot fail to smile on hearing it.\u2019<\/p>\n
Did you know \u2018Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day\u2019 inspired the popular hymn <\/a>, \u00a0\u2018Lord of the Dance\u2019? We named \u00a0\u2018Lord of the Dance\u2019 one of the best school hymns of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n<h2>What are the lyrics to \u2018Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day\u2019?<\/h2>\nomorrow shall be my dancing day;<br\/>\nI would my true love did so chance<br\/>\nTo see the legend of my play,<br\/>\nTo call my true love to my dance;<\/p>\nChorus (sung after each verse)<br\/>\nSing, oh! my love, oh! my love, my love, my love,<br\/>\nThis have I done for my true love.<\/p>\nThen was I born of a virgin pure,<br\/>\nOf her I took fleshly substance<br\/>\nThus was I knit to man\u2019s nature<br\/>\nTo call my true love to my dance.<\/p>\nIn a manger laid, and wrapped I was<br\/>\nSo very poor, this was my chance<br\/>\nBetwixt an ox and a silly poor ass<br\/>\nTo call my true love to my dance.<\/p>\nThen afterwards baptized I was;<br\/>\nThe Holy Ghost on me did glance,<br\/>\nMy Father\u2019s voice heard I from above,<br\/>\nTo call my true love to my dance.<\/p>\nInto the desert I was led,<br\/>\nWhere I fasted without substance;<br\/>\nThe Devil bade me make stones my bread,<br\/>\nTo have me break my true love\u2019s dance.<\/p>\nThe Jews on me they made great suit,<br\/>\nAnd with me made great variance,<br\/>\nBecause they loved darkness rather than light,<br\/>\nTo call my true love to my dance.<\/p>\nFor thirty pence Judas me sold,<br\/>\nHis covetousness for to advance:<br\/>\nMark whom I kiss, the same do hold!<br\/>\nThe same is he shall lead the dance.<\/p>\nBefore Pilate the Jews me brought,<br\/>\nWhere Barabbas had deliverance;<br\/>\nThey scourged me and set me at nought,<br\/>\nJudged me to die to lead the dance.<\/p>\nThen on the cross hanged I was,<br\/>\nWhere a spear my heart did glance;<br\/>\nThere issued forth both water and blood,<br\/>\nTo call my true love to my dance.<\/p>\nThen down to hell I took my way<br\/>\nFor my true love\u2019s deliverance,<br\/>\nAnd rose again on the third day,<br\/>\nUp to my true love and the dance.<\/p>\nThen up to heaven I did ascend,<br\/>\nWhere now I dwell in sure substance<br\/>\nOn the right hand of God, that man<br\/>\nMay come unto the general dance.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By BBC Music Magazine Published: Wednesday, 20 July 2022 at 12:00 am When was the carol, \u2018Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day\u2019 written and composed? 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