Now is Christëmas y-come,
Father and Son together in one,
Holy Ghost us be on
In fere-a[626];
God send us a good New Year-a!
II
I would you sing, for and I might,
Of a Child is fair in sight;
His mother him bare this endris[627] night
So still-a,
And as it was his will-a.
III
There came three Kings from Galilee
Into Bethlehem, that fair citie,
To seek to Him that e’er should be
By right-a
Lord and king and knight-a.
IV
As they came forth with their off’ring,
They met with Herod that moody king;
He askèd them of their coming
This tide-a,
And this to them he said-a.
V
‘Of whence be ye, you Kingès three?’—
‘Of the East, as you may see,
To seek to Him that should ever be
By right-a
Lord and king and knight-a.’—