Coventry Carol Lyrics

Lully, lulla, thow littell tine child,
By by, lully, lullay,
Thow littell tyne child,
By by, lully, lullay!

O sisters too, how may we do
For to preserve this day
This pore yongling for whom we do singe
By by, lully, lullay?

Lully, lulla, thow littell tine child,
By by, lully, lullay,
Thow littell tyne child,
By by, lully, lullay!

Herod, the king, in his raging,
Chargid he hath this day
His men of might in his owne sight
All children yonge to slay,—

That wo is me, pore child, for thee,
And ever morne and may
For thi parting nether say nor singe,
By by, lully, lullay.

Lully, lulla, thow littell tine child,
By by, lully, lullay,
Thow littell tyne child,
By by, lully, lullay!