As I went this enders day
(Damage) our Lady and her ~onne
Source: Edward Bliss Reed, ed., Christmas Carols Printed in the 16th Century Including Kele's Christmas Carolles Newly Inprynted. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1932). Also available in Middle English: As I went this enders day
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Alone alone alone alone
Sore I ~ygh and all for one
As I went this enders day
Alone walkyng on my play
I harde a lady ~yng and ~ay
Woo is me and all alone
Alone alone. &c.
To that place I drew me nere
Of her ~onge ~omwhat to here
There ~at a lady with ~ory chere
That ~ore dyd ~ygh and grone
Alone alone. &c.
Beholde my ~onne crowned w thorne
And all his body rent and torne
Put to deth with ~hame and ~korne
For mannes ~ake alone.
Alone alone. &c.
For ~o the it was a wonderous ~yght
To ~e her chylde how it was dyght
A.ii.
For to brynge mankynde ~o (damaged)
To ~aue vs from our fone
Alone alone. &c.
Sythe it wyll no better be
Pray we to that chylde ~o free
That we may hym in heuyn ~e
What we ~hall hens gone
Alone alone alone alone
Sore I ~ygh and all for one
Finis.
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