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Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

[ Roud 21931 ; Ballad Index OBC071 ; trad.]

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day is an English 19th century carol.

In 1969, The Young Tradition split up while recording their album of Christmas songs with Shirley and Dolly Collins, The Holly Bears the Crown; and it was only in 1995 that the album was finally released. But Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day was released 24 years earlier, in 1971, on the Argo compilation album The World of Folk.

The Albion Band sang Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day in 1985 on their album A Christmas Present from The Albion Band.

Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band sang Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day on their 1997 Christmas tour for their live album Carols at Christmas.

Lyrics

Maddy Prior sings Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day,
I would my true love did so chance
To see the legend of my play,
And call my true love to my dance.

Chorus (after each verse):

Sing O my love, o my love, my love, my love
This have I done for my true love.

Then was I born of virgin pure,
Of her I took fleshly substance.
Thus was I knit to man's nature,
To call my true love to my dance.

In manger laid and wrapped I was,
So very poor this was my chance,
Betwixt an ox and a silly poor ass,
To call my true love to my dance.

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day,
I would my true love did so chance
To see the legend of my play,
And call my true love to my dance.