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He scoffed, speaking to Jamal. “That certainly doesn’t fit the mood.”
“Ed,” Jamal warned.
“Is something wrong? Do you want me to tell Kit to stop,” Tina asked worriedly.
“Don’t worry about him, Tina.”
“Oh, yeah. Ignore me, Tina. I’m just a bit of a Christmas carol geek.”
“Definitely not “a bit of” a geek. A full fledged geek,” Jamal corrected.
“I don’t recognize that one,” Tina replied.
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Kit had played through the tune a few times, and Bette had very softly sung the words to Kit. The two sisters worked together and finally were able to put them all in place.
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“It’s old. Not common in America. Sad.”
“Sad?” Tina asked.
“It’s a lament by Mary. Herod learns from the Magi that there is a King of the Jews, so he orders that every boy child be killed. Mary is singing because her baby is going to be killed.”
Tina looked puzzled, trying to remember her bible stories.
“The flight into Egypt solved the problem.”
“Oh.”
“I was in a choral group that used to sing this. I couldn’t get through it, though, after we had Lucas.”
“It’s called ‘Mary’s Lament’?’ Tina asked.
“No. It’s the ‘Coventry Carol.’ Sometimes it’s called ‘Lully Lullay.’”
Tina nodded.
Ed groaned. “Don’t tell me she is going to sing it.”
Tina looked towards the piano and it looked as if Bette was getting ready to do just that.
“That must be it,” she muttered.
“It?” Jamal asked.
“Bette was in a contest as a teen and she lost because he judges decided that the song she had picked was too sad,”
“That certainly would qualify,” Ed observed. “So, she sings this?”
“I don’t think she has sung it in 25 years.”
“So, she’s never sung it since Angelica was born?”
Tina looked at Ed with a questioning look, “No. Why?”
“Let’s see.”
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lpiQ4IPzEE
Bette’s voice wavered as she began singing, but she quickly set herself right and sang strongly.
““Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child,
Bye bye, lully lullay.
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That was great. You are amyzing.A Happy New Year for you and I hope to read more often new stories written by you.
authors comments from you just kill me everytime, they are a story to themseleves love them.but whe you actually give us theeee story truly amazing as always the comedy and the love is shown throughout,,,,please please keep coming back with more they are really!!! worth the wait…..x
Woo this took me forever to read but it was worth it thank you for this great holiday story
WOW!!..THANK YOU..THIS IS …melt my heart and lift my spirit up.
Welcome back!!! We don’t see you often enough and just as in the past you regail us with a wonderful story full of laughter and most of all love. Thank you and we will wait again for another of your wonderful stories. Happy New Year to you and yours!
That was lovely. Loved the rivalry with Ed, and the (temporary?) end to the one-upmanship. I’m really pleased you posted. Thank you! :)
That was great. Thanks for sharing
That was just wonderful thank you so much and Happy New Year to you and yours, Spumoni. May 2012 bring you all that 2011 didn’t.
That was just plain perfect! Well worth the wait! Thank you :0)
Thanks for sharing the story with us. A Spumoni story is always worth waiting for.
Just lovely, as anything from Spumoni invariably is. (I hope the wolves are doing well. I wish them Happy New Year too.)
Simply awesome! Thank you.
Thanks Spumoni for another amazing story and a Happy New Year for you too.
Thanks so much Spumoni! :-) its worth the wait !! I still can’t believe it’s one time story only! I know it has so many pages (32!) but i simply enjoyed reading them! ;-) thanks again and wishing you and your loved one the best also for this 2012 :-)
Great story Spumoni! It’s taken me several days to finish this with work and life. Happy New Year!
i’m a little late to comment but what a delightful story…so worth the wait for you to reappear once in a while and share your amazing talents with us…thank you…happy new year!!!
That was just as amazing and beautiful like your other stories. I have so missed your talented writing on this site. Can this be a possible return to the forum. I have so missed the “the wolve” story- “Backstory”. I was hoping that this was a version of that, but I am just as happy with the one I got.