Queen of Galilee

I’m not entirely sure how to categorize today’s Advent offering. I mean, it’s Christmas music, no issue there. But it’s not praise, or a lullaby, or rejoicing…

Moreover, I can’t find anything out about it. Google has ceased to be my friend here.

"Mary Was the Queen of Galilee" is from the African American tradition, and it strikes me as...mournful. And that’s all I got.

Here’s a recording of it from Smithsonian Folkways, featuring Elizabeth Mitchell.