Words: English Traditional, Fifteenth Century

Source: Edith Rickert, Ancient English Christmas Carols: 1400-1700 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1914), p. 219.

Good day, good day,
My Lord Sir Christëmas, good day!

1. Good day, Sir Christëmas our King,
For every man, both old and ying,
Is glad of your coming.
            Good day.

2. Godës Son so much of might
From heaven to earth down is light
And born is of a maid so bright.
            Good day.

3. Heaven and earth and also hell
And all that ever in them dwell,
Of your coming they be full snell.
            Good day.

4. All manner of mirthës we make,
And solace to our heartës take,
My seemly lordë for your sake.
            Good day.