Waverly Consort - This Endris Night
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This endris night I saw a sight,
A stare as bright as day ;
And ever among a maiden song,
' Lullay, by by, lullay.'
This lovely lady sat and song,
And to her child con say,
' My sone, my broder, my fader dere,
Why liest thou thus in hay? '

The child than spak in his talking,
And to his moder said,
' I bekid am for heven king,
In cribbe thogh I be laid ;
For aungeiles bright done to me light.
Thou knowest it is no nay.
And of that sight thou mayst be light
To sing, By by, lullay.'

' Now swete sone, sin thou art king,
Why art thou laid in stall ?
Why ne thou ordende thy bedding
In sum gret kinges hall ?
Me thinketh it is right, that king or knight
Shuld lie in good aray ;
And than among it were no wrong
To sing, By by, lullay.'

' Mary moder, I am thy child,
Thogh I be laid in stall ;
Lordes and dukes shall worsship me
And so shall kinges all.
Ye shall well see that kinges three
Shall come the twelfthe day.
For this behest yeve me thy brest,
And sing, By by, lullay.'

Now tell me, swete son, I thee pray,
Thou art me leve and dere,
How shuld I kepe thee to thy pay
And make thee glad of chere ?
For all thy will I wold fullfill,
Thou weteste full well in fay ;
And for all this I will thee kiss,
And sing, By by, lullay.'