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Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; I would my true love did so chance To see the legend of my play, To call my true love to my dance; Chorus (sung after each verse) Sing, oh! my love, oh! my love, my love, my love, This have I done for my true love. Then was I born of a virgin pure, Of her I took fleshly substance Thus was I knit to man's nature ...
"This Have I Done for My True Love", or "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day", Op. 34, no. 1 [H128], [1] is a motet [2] or part song [3] composed in 1916 by Gustav Holst. The words are taken from an ancient carol , and the music is so strongly influenced by English folk music that it has sometimes been mistaken for a traditional folk song itself.
The song follows the idea of the traditional English carol "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day", which tells the gospel story in the first-person voice of Jesus of Nazareth with the device of portraying Jesus' life and mission as a dance.
Gardner's music, apart from "Tomorrow shall be my dancing day", has been largely unrepresented on commercial records, but in recent years a number of new recordings have been issued, including the 3rd Symphony, Oboe Concerto, Flute Concerto, Petite Suite for Recorder and Strings, and Seven Songs.
In between the verses of the dirge there are two ricercars (Ricercar I sets "The maidens came"; Ricercar II sets the carol "Tomorrow shall be my dancing day"), and a sixteenth-century song text, "Westron Wind".
"Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day", a traditional song that the "Lord of the Dance" hymn is based on; Lord of the Dance (Franciscus Henri album) (1976) Lord of the Dance, an Irish musical and dance production Lord of the Dance, an album composed by Ronan Hardiman for the above production
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There's a Song in the Air; This Endris Night; This Have I Done for My True Love; Thomas Merritt (composer) Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day; The truth sent from above; Tu scendi dalle stelle; The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)