Words and Music: Traditional English
(From MS. Sloan 2593, fol. 57, r⁰)

Source: Thomas Wright, Specimens of old Christmas Carols, Selected from Manuscripts and Printed Books (London: The Percy Society, 1841)

Compare: Mary Modr Meke & Mylde (Sandys, 1833)
Mary Mother, Meek And Mild (Rickert)

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Mary moder, meke and mylde,
Fro schame and synne that õe us schyllde,
For gret on grownd õe gon with childe,
                    Gabriel nuncio

Mary moder, be not a-dred,
Jhesu is in õour body bred,
And of õour bryst he wil be fed,
                    cum pudoris lilio

Mary, moder, the frewit of the
For us was naylid on a tre,
In hevene is now his magesté,
                    fulget resurrexcio

Mary moder, the thredde day
Up he ros, as I õow say,
To helle he tok the ryõte way,
                    motu fertur proprio.

Mary moder, after thin sone
Up thou steyist with hymn to wone,
The aungele wern glad quad thou were come,
                    in celi palacio.