This Endris Night

This endris night I saw a sight,

A star bright as day;

And ever amoung, a maiden sung:

"Lullay, by by lullay".

This lovely lady sat and sung,

And to her child did say:

"My son, my brother, father dear,

Why liest thou thus in hay?"

The child then spake in his talking,

And to his mother said,

"Yea, I am known as Heaven's king

In crib though I be laid

"For angels bright down to me alight:

Thou knowest 'tis [true to say];

And for that sight thou may'st delight

And sing 'By by lullay'."

"Yet, sweet son, since thou art a king,

Why are thou laid in stall?

Why dost not order thy bedding

In some great kinges hall?

"Methinks 'tis right that king or knight

Should lie in good array;

And them amoung it be not wrong

To sing 'By by lullay'."

"Mary Mother, I am child

Though I be laid in stall;

For lords and dukes shall worship me

And so shall kinges all.

"So in they arm thou hold me warm,

And keep me night and day;

And if I weep and may no sleep

Then sing 'By by lullay'."