Thus was I knit to man’s nature,
To call my true love to my dance.
Sing, oh! &c.
In a manger laid and wrapp’d I was,
So very poor, this was my chance,
Betwixt an ox and a silly poor ass,
To call my true love to my dance.
Sing, oh! &c.
Then afterwards baptized I was,
The Holy Ghost on me did glance,