Ane Sang Of The Birth Of Christ (Balulalow)
Scottish 16th Century written by James, John and Robert Wedderburn
I come fra hevin here
to tell
The best nowells that
e'er befell
To you their tythings
trew I bring
And I will of them say
and sing.
To you this day is born
ane child
Of Marie meik and
Virgin mild.
That blissit bairn
bening and kind (bening and kind)
Shall you rejoyce baith
hart and mind.
Lat us rejoyis and be
blyth
And with the Hydris go
full swyth
And see what God of his
grace has done
Throu Christ to bring
us to his throne
My saull and life,
stand up and see
What lyis in ane cribbe
of tree.
What Babe is that, sa
gude and fair? (sa gue and fair?)
It is Christ, God's Son
and Air.
The silk and sandell
thee to eis
Ar hay and sempill
sweilling clais,
Whar thou greit
glorious God and King
As thou in hev'n war in
thy ring.
And war the warld ten
times sa wide,
Cled ouer with gold and
stanes of pride
Unworthie yit it were
to thee
Under thy feet ane
stule to be.
O my deir hart, yung
Jesus sweit,
Prepare thy creddil in
my spreit!
And I shall rock thee in
my hart
And never mair fra thee
depart.
Bot I sall praise thee
evermoir
With sangis sweit unto
thy gloir.
The kneis of my hart
sall I bow,
And sing that rycht
Balulalow.
This is again from Carols and capers by Maddy Prtor and the Carnival Band
This is again from Carols and capers by Maddy Prtor and the Carnival Band
