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The "Lyke-Wake Dirge" is a traditional English folk song and dirge listed as number 8194 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The song tells of the soul 's travel, and the hazards it faces, on its way from earth to purgatory , reminding the mourners to practise charity during lifetime.
"A lyke-wake dirge. Versus II. First interlude: 'If ever thou gav'st hos'n and shoon'" Ricercar II. "Sacred History: 'To-morrow shall be my dancing day'" "A lyke-wake dirge. Versus III. Second interlude: 'From Whinnymuir when thou may'st pass'" "Westron Wind" "A lyke-wake dirge. Versus IV. Postlude: 'If ever thou gav'st meat or drink'"
A dirge (Latin: dirige, nenia [1]) is a somber song or lament expressing mourning or grief, such as may be appropriate for performance at a funeral. Often taking the form of a brief hymn , dirges are typically shorter and less meditative than elegies . [ 2 ]
The Lyke Wake Dirge, written in old North Riding Dialect, was set to music by the folk band Steeleye Span. Although the band was not from Yorkshire, they attempted Yorkshire pronunciations in words such as "light" and "night" as /li:t/ and /ni:t/.
Elements of the Lyke-Wake Dirge bear resemblance to concepts of the afterlife found in Germanic cosmology. The "Brig o' Dread" is possibly related to the bridge Bifröst (which probably means "trembling-way"), spanning the divide between the world of humans and the world of gods, or the Gjallarbrú , which spans the river Gjøll ('resounding ...
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Arabic lemmas were printed in Hebrew characters. [20] Franciscus Raphelengius, Lexicon Arabicum, Leiden 1613. The first printed dictionary of the Arabic language in Arabic characters. [20] Jacobus Golius, Lexicon Arabico-Latinum, Leiden 1653. The dominant Arabic dictionary in Europe for almost two centuries. [20]
This is a list of musical compositions by English composer Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO ... A Lyke-Wake (Anon.) [high voice] (1908, orchestrated 1934)