Coventry Carol by Mannheim Steamroller Song Info
This carol originated in a Christmas pageant in the city of Coventry, England, where the 16th Century Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors depicted Herod's slaughter of the innocents. It is depicts the sadness of the families at Herod's slaughter of the innocents when he failed to find the Christ child. Matthew 2:16-18.