The only text that is now in existence for the Christmas song, I sing of a lady that is matchless, was likely written down by a monk at the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds about the year 1400. His name is possibly John Bardwell. The song appeared to be well-known in its day, but after the Reformation, it was forgotten and wasn’t found again until Victorian antiquarians, as reported by Telegraph.
Famous carol songOr was it really that lost? John Jacob Niles, an American...
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