Da die Engel singen
Nova cantica,
Und die Schellen klingen
In regis curia.
Eya, wär'n wir da,
Eya, wär'n wir da!”
This hymn continued to enjoy a wonderful popularity in the German Protestant churches and families until quite recently, and during the times of the Reformation it spread far beyond Germany.[76] In the fifteenth-century version it contained one verse in praise of the Virgin:
“Mater et filia
Du bist, Jungfraw Maria.
Wir weren all verloren