Adam lay ybounden

Adam lay ybounden1,
Bounden in a bond,
Four thousand winter
Thought he not too long;

And all was for an apple,
An apple that he took,
As clerkës finden
Written in their book.

Né had [one]2 apple taken been,
The apple taken been,
Né had never Our Lady
A been Heaven's Queen.

Blessèd be the time
That apple takèn was.
Therefore we moun singen:
Deo gratias!

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , 15^th century

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Henk Badings (1907-1987) , "Adam lay ybounden", from Drie geestelijke liederen, no. 3.
by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) , "Deo gracias", op. 28 no. 10 (1942) [treble chorus, soloists, and harp], from A Ceremony of Carols, no. 10.
by John Ireland (1879-1962) , "Adam lay ybounden", 1956. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Peter Warlock (1894-1930) [pseudonym] , "Adam lay ybounden", 1922, published 1923.

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