Christmas Carols "Als I Lay on Yoolis Night" lyrics

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Als I Lay on Yoolis Night

Lullay, lullay, lay lay, lullay: mi deere moder, sing lullay.Lullay, lullay, lay lay, lullay: mi deere moder, sing lullay.

Als I lay on Yoolis Night alone in my longingme thought I saw a well fair sight, a may hiar child rokking.

Lullay, lullay, lay lay, lullay: mi deere moder, sing lullay.

The maiden wold withouten song hir child o sleep to bring;the child him thought sche ded him wrong and bad his moder sing.

'Sing nou moder,' said the child, 'wat schal tome befallheerafter wan I cum til eld, for so doon modres all.'

'Ich a moder, trewely, that kan hir credel keep,is wun to lullen luvely and sing hir child o sleep.'

'Sweete moder, fair and free, because that it is so,I pray thee that thou lulle me and sing sumwat therto.'

Lullay, lullay, lay lay, lullay: mi deere moder, sing lullay.

'Sweete sune,' saide sche, 'weroffe schuld I sing?Ne wist I nere yet more of thee but Gabriels greeting.'

'He grett me goodli on his knee and saide, "Hail, Marie!Hail, full of grace, God is with thee; thou beren schald Messie."'

'I wundred michil in my thought, for man would I richt none.'"Marie", he saide, "dred thee hought: let God of heven alone."

"the Holi Gost schal doon al this," he said withouten wun,that I schuld beren mannis blis and Godis owne sun.

Lullay, lullay, lay lay, lullay: mi deere moder, sing lullay.

He saide, "thou schalt bere a king in king Davitis see;"in all Jacobes wuniing ther loverd schuld he be

'I answered blethely for that his word we paid,lo Godis servant heer am I be et as thou me said'

'The schepperds waked in the wold thei herd a wundermirthof angels ther, as theim thei told the tiding of thi birth'

Lullay, lullay, lay lay, lullay: mi deere moder, sing lullay.

'Sweete sune, sikerly, no more kan I say,and if I koulde, fawn wold I, to doon al at thi pay'

Lullay, lullay, lay lay, lullay: mi deere moder, sing lullay.

'Serteynly this sicht I say, this song I herde sing,als I me lay this Yoolis day alone in my longing.'

As I Lay on Yule Night

Lullaby, lullaby, lay, lay, lullaby: my dear mother, sing (a) lullaby.Lullaby, lullaby, lay, lay, lullaby: my dear mother, sing (a) lullaby.

As I lay on Yule Night alone in my longingI thought I saw a well fair sight, a maiden rocking a child.

Lullaby, lullaby, lay, lay, lullaby: my dear mother, sing (a) lullaby.

The maiden would without song bring her child to sleepthe child thought she did him wrong and bade his mother sing.

"Sing now mother," said the child, "what shall befall me hereafter when I come to age, for mothers all do this".

All mothers, truly, that keeps an eye on her cradleis filled with want to lull lovingly and sing her child to sleep.

"Sweet mother, fair and free, because it is soI pray that you shall lull me and sing somewhat thereto."

Lullaby, lullaby, lay, lay, lullaby: my dear mother, sing (a) lullaby.

"Sweet son," she said, "whatever should I sing?I knew no more of you but Gabriel's greeting."

He greeted me, kindly on his knee and said, "Hail, Mary!Hail, full of grace, God is with you, you share bare the Messiah."

"I wondered for a time in thought, for I had no husband.""Mary," he said, "do not dread: leave God in Heaven alone."

"the Holy Ghost shall do all this," he said without delaythat I should bare man's bliss and God's (own) son.

Lullaby, lullaby, lay, lay, lullaby: my dear mother, sing (a) lullaby.

He said, "you shall bare a king in king David's seat"in all of Jacob and their lord he shall be.

"I answered blithely that I was pleased by his words,behold God's servant, I am here as he has said I would"

"The shepherds watched in the uplands where theyheard a wonderful song of angels, as they told them the tidings of your birth"

Lullaby, lullaby, lay, lay, lullaby: my dear mother, sing (a) lullaby.

"Sweet son, surely, I can say no moreand if I could, delighted I would, to do all that you ask"

Lullaby, lullaby, lay, lay, lullaby: my dear mother, sing (a) lullaby.

"Certainly this song I've seen, this song I've heard sung,as I lay this Yule day alone in my longing."

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