Originally composed in December 1999, during early student days in York, this was a setting of a mediaeval carol ('Balulalow') which had already attracted plenty of other composers. Revisiting the manuscript 25 years later prompted a change of text, to a more obscure 16th century hymn in honour of the Virgin Mary, with some subtle revisions to the music as well.

It is essentially a brief harmonic exploration, within the tightly-knit sonority of upper voices, which can be any combination of women's or children's voices in four parts.