Lazarus- Broadwood 1893
Lucy E. Broadwood and J. A. Fuller Maitland, English Country Songs. London: The Leadenhall Press, 1893.
The tune noted by A. J. Hipkins, Esq., F.S.A. in Westminster; the words from Notes and Queries, Ser. 4, vol. iii., 76.
It is not claimed that these words belong to the beautiful tune here given, but they suit it so well that there is a great probability of their having at one time been associated together. Mr. Hipkins knew no words for the tune, but has known it for many years under the name "Lazarus;" it was also recognized as the tune belonging to a song referring to the same subject, by an old woman in Westminster, in December, 1892. The last verse is quoted by Hone (Every Day Book, vol. i., p. 1598) as being still sung in 1826 in Warwickshire. The writer in Notes and Queries who gives it in extenso, as above, calls it a Worcestershire Carol. See also Husk's Songs of the Nativity, "Dives and Lazarus," where three more stanzas are given. In the above version the form Diverus is always sung; and the same form is alluded to in Fletcher's Monsieur Thomas (1639). In Beaumont and Fletcher's Nice Valour, act iv. sc. 1, "Dives" is spoken of as one of the ballads hanging at church corners. The tune should be compared with "The Thresher" (p. 68), and with "Cold blows the wind" (p. 34), as well as with "We are frozen-out gardeners," in Chappell's Popular Music. [See below] The tune strongly resembles "Gilderoy," see notes to "Cold blows the wind" (p. 34).
Editor's Note: The version given by Bramley and Stainer has largely appropriated that older verse. The 13th verse given by Sylvester is:
Rise up, rise up, brother Dives,
And go with us to see
A dismal place prepared in hell,
From which thou canst not flee.
Aside from this difference, the version given by Bramley and Stainer largely tracks with that given by Sylvester
Sheet Music from Broadwood and Fuller-Maitland
Lazarus- Text as sung by carol-singers at Christmas, in Worcestershire, at Hagley and Hartlebury, 1829-39: F. S. L. , in Notes and Queries, Fourth Series, III, 76. Version B; Child 56- Dives and Lazarus
1 As it fell out upon one day,
Rich Diverus he made a feast,
And he invited all his friends,
And gentry of the best.
2 And it fell out upon one day,
Poor Lazarus he was so poor,
He came and laid him down and down.
Evn down at Diverus' door.
3 So Lazarus laid him down and down
Even down at Diverus' door:
'Some meat, some drink, brother Diverus,
Do bestow upon the poor.'
4 'Thou art none of mine, brother Lazarus,
Lying begging at my door:
No meat, no drink will I give thee,
Nor bestow upon the poor.'
5 Then Lazarus laid him down and down,
Even down at Diverus' wall:
'Some meat, some drink, brother Diverus,
Or surely starve I shall.
6 'Thou art none of mine, brother Lazarus,
Lying begging at my wall;
No meat, no drink will I give thee,
And therefore starve thou shall.'
7 Then Lazarus laid him down and down,
Even down at Diverus' gate:
'Some meat, some drink, brother Diverus,
For Jesus Christ his sake.'
8 'Thou art none of mine, brother Lazarus,
Lying begging at my gate;
No meat, no drink will I give thee,
For Jesus Christ his sake.
9 Then Diverus sent out his merry men all,
To whip poor Lazarus away;
They had not power to whip one whip,
But threw their whips away.
10 Then Diverus sent out his hungry dogs,
To bite poor Lazarus away;
They had not power to bite one bite,
But licked his sores away.
11 And it fell out upon one day,
Poor Lazarus he sickened and died;
There came two angels out of heaven,
His soul thereto to guide.
12 'Rise up, rise up, brother Lazarus,
And come along with me;
There is a place prepared in heaven,
For to sit upon an angel's knee.'
13 And it fell out upon one day
Rich Diverus he sickened and died;
There came two serpents out of hell,
His soul thereto to guide.
14 'Rise up, rise up, brother Diverus,
And come along with me;
There is a place prepared in hell,
For to sit upon a serpent's knee.'