Welcü õole In Good Array
Words: English
Traditional
Douce MS, 302, 15th Century
William Sandys, Christmas-tide, Its History, Festivities and Carols, With Their Music (London: John Russell Smith, 1852), pp. 218-9.
Versions:
Wolcu zol thu mery ma (William Sandys, 1833)
Welcü Yole In Good Array (William
Sandys, 1852)
Wolcum be thu,
hevene kyng (Thomas Wright, 1841)
Welcome Yule (Edith Rickert, 1910)
Welcome Yule
(Charles L. Hutchins,
1916)
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Welcü õole in
good array,
In worship of þe holiday,
Welcü be þu heue kyng,
Welcü þu born i on mornyng,
Welcü to þe now wil we syng,
Welcü õole for eur and ay,
Welcü be þu mare myld,
Welcü be þu and þi child,
Welcü fro þe fynd þu as schilde,
Welcü õole for eur and ay,
Welcü be õe steuë and ione,
Welcü childrn eüechone,
Welcü thomas, martyr, all on,
Welcü õole for eur and aye,
Welcü be þu good newyere,
Welcü þe xij days efere,
Welcü be ye all þt bene here,
Welcü õole for ewr and aye,
Welcü be õe lord and lady,
Welcü be õe all þis cüpane,
Ffore õolis love makis mere,
Welcü õole fore ewr and aye.