Let It Bede (ASNaC Yule Play 2021)

Let It Be by the Beatles but it's the Venerable Bede.
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it bede
And in the hours of darkness he is standing right in front of me
Holding works of wisdom, let it bede
Let it bede, let it bede, let it bede, let it bede
Whisper words of wisdom, let it bede
And when the slothful feckless people in- Anglia agree
There will be Northumbrian supremacy
For though they’re tax avoiding, useless godless ingrates
St Paul has the answer, let it bede
Let it bede, let it bede, let it bede, let it bede
There will be an answer, let it bede
Let it bede, let it bede, let it bede, let it bede
Whisper words of wisdom, let it bede
Let it bede, let it bede, let it bede, let it bede
Whisper words of wisdom, let it bede
terra autem umbris tacta, sunt gesta bedarum. sunt semper
De temporibus vel, in ezram
historia ecclesiastica, aut vita cuthberti
Verba eius legenda, sit beda
sit beda, sit beda, sit beda
Verba eius legenda, sit beda
Terr’ aut’ umbris tacta, sunt gesta bedarum. Sunt semper
De temporibus vel, in ezram
Histori’ ecclesiastic’ aut vita cuthberti
Verb’ eius legenda, sit beda
Sit beda, sit beda, sit beda
Verb’ eius legenda, sit beda
Text and voice: Rhiannon Warren
Background: studying the history of England before 1066 (a paper otherwise known as Anglo-Saxon history), it is difficult to escape Bede, whose Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, written around AD 731, was a bestseller in its time.

This video is part of the ASNaC Yule Play 2021, a compilation of silly and very niche sketches the ASNC Society puts out each year before Christmas.
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