mrleedra's video: Sancta Mater Graciae Dou Way Robyn

A lovely performance by the Dufay Collective of a 13th-century medieval English song in praise of the Virgin Mary, who seems to have been greatly venerated in England. What makes this song so enchanting, however, is that the Latin portion is accompanied by the Middle English "Dou way, Robyn, the chile wile weep; Dou way, Robyn" ("Stop it, Robin, the child will weep; stop it, Robin").; what this signifies I cannot say. Lyrics: Sancta mater gratiae, stella claritatis visita nos hodie plena pietatis. Veni, vena veniae mox incarceratis, solamen angustiae, fons suavitatis. Recordare, mater Christi, quam amare tu flevisti; juxta crucem tu stetisti, suspirando viso tristi O, Maria, flos regalis, inter omnes nulla talis; Tuo nato specialis nostrae carnis parce malis O, quam corde supplici locuta fuisti, Gabrielis nunci i cum verba cepisti. 'En ancilla Domini', propere dixisti; vernum vivi gaudii post hoc perperisti. Gaude, digna, tam benigna caeli solio; tuos natos, morbo stratos, redde filio. Dou way, Robyn, the chile wile weep; dou way, Robyn.