A new õer! a new õer! a chyld was i-born
Words and Music:
Traditional English
(From MS. Sloan
2593, fol. 70, r0)
Compare: A New Year, A New Year (Edith Rickert, 1914)
Source: Thomas Wright, Specimens of old Christmas Carols, Selected from Manuscripts and Printed Books (London: The Percy Society, 1841)
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A new õer! a new õer! a chyld was i-born,
Us for to savyn that all was for-lorn,
So blyssid be the tyme!
The fader of hevene his owyne sone he sent,
His kyngdam for to cleymyn,
So blyssid be the tyme!
Al in a clene maydyn our Lord was i-lyõt
Us for to savyn with all his myõt,
So blyssid be the tyme!
All of a clene maydyn our Lord was i-born,
Us for to savyn that al was for-lorn,
So blyssid be the tyme!
Lullay! lullay! lytle chyld, myn owyn dere fode,
How xalt thou sufferin be naylid on the rode?
So blyssid be the tyme!
Lullay! lullay! lytle child, I synge al for thi sake,
Many on is the scharpe schour to thi body is schape;
So blyssid be the tyme!
Lyllay! lullay! lytle chyle, I syng al be-forn,
How xalt thou sufferin the scharp garlong of thorn?
So blyssid be the tyme!
Lullay! lullay! lytle chyle, qwy wepy thou so sore?
And art thou bothin God and man ? quat woldyst thou be more?
So blyssid be the tyme!
Blyssid be the a5rmys the chyld bar abowte!
And also the tetes the chyld on sowkyd!
So blyssid be the tyme!
Blyssid be the moder! the chyld also!
With benedicamus Domino!
So blyssid be the tyme!
