Minstrels and maids, stand forth on the floor
"O ye shepherds, what have ye seen,
The snow in the street and the wind on the door
To slay your sorrow, and heal your teen?"
Minstrels and maids, stand forth on the floor
"In an ox-stall this night we saw,
The snow in the street and the wind on the door
A babe and a maid without a flaw.
Minstrels and maids, stand forth on the floor
"There was an old man there beside,