The choristers of Westminster Cathedral sing "Coventry Carol" which dates from the 16th Century. The carol was performed in Coventry as part of a mystery play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors.
The play depicts the Christmas story from chapter two in the Gospel of Matthew. The carol refers to the Massacre of the Innocents, in which Herod orders all male infants under the age of two in Bethlehem to be killed. The haunting lyrics represent a mother's lament for her doomed child. It is the only carol that has survived from this play.
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