Peter Warlock - The Sycamore Tree

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As I sat under the sycamore tree
A sycamore tree, a sycamore tree
I looked me out upon the sea
A Christmas day in the morning

I saw three ships a-sailing there
A-sailing there, a-sailing there
The Virgin Mary and Christ they bare
A Christmas day in the morning

He did whistle and she did sing
She did sing, she did sing
And all the bells on earth did ring
A Christmas day in the morning
And now we hope to taste your cheer
Taste your cheer, taste your cheer
And wish you all a happy new year
A Christmas day in the morning
 
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The British music critic Philip Heseltine (1894-1930) used the pseudonym of “Peter Warlock” for all his published efforts as a composer. After a failed career as a student, Heseltine fell into music criticism and became known as a combative critic under his own name. He also gained a reputation as an exhibitionist and student of Celtic culture and occult practices. The name of Peter Warlock came about as a result of the latter.

Most of Warlock’s music is for the human voice, either solo or choral, although his orchestral Capriol Suite is one of his most popular works. Heseltine died as a result of asphyxiation from coal gas, a probable suicide.