Welcum, Yole, In Glod Aray
For Christmas Day
Words: Attributed to John Audelay, XV Century.
Bodleian Library. MS. Douce 302.
Source: Richard Greene, ed., A Selection of English Carols (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1962), Hymn #2, pp. 55-56.
In die natalis Domini.
Welcum, Yole, in glod aray,
In worchip of the holeday!
Welcum be thou, Heven Kyng,
Welcum, ibore in hon mornyng,
Welcum, to thee now wil we syng;
Welcum, Yole, forever and ay!
Welcum be thou, Mare myld,
Welcum be thou and thi child,
Welcum, fro the fynd thou us schilde;
Welcum, Yole, forever and ay!
Welcum be ye, Steven and Jone,
Welcum, childern everechone,
Wellcum, Thomas marter, alle on;
Welcum, Yole, forever and ay!
Welcum be thou, good New Yere,
Welcum, the xii days efere,
Welcum be ye all that bene here;
Welcum, Yole, forever and ay!
Welcum be ye, lord and lady,
Welcum be ye, al this cumpane,
Fore Yolis love, now makis mere !
Welcum, Yole, forever and ay!
Editor's Note:
Copies of this carol on this web site:
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Wolcum Be Thu, Hevene Kyng (Ritson, Ancient Songs, 1790)
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Wolcu zol thu mery ma (Wolcü be şu heuene kyng; William Sandys, 1833)
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Wolcum be thu, hevene kyng; Thomas Wright, 1841)
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Welcü Yole In Good Array (Welcü be şu heue kyng; William Sandys, 1852)
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Wolcum, Yole, Thou Mery Man (Wolcum be thou, hevene king; Chambers & Sidgwick, 1907)
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Welcome Yule (Welcome be thou, Heaven-King; Edith Rickert, 1910)
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Welcome Yule (Welcome be thou, heaven-king; Charles L. Hutchins, 1916)
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Welcum, Yole, In Glod Aray (Welcum be thou, Heven Kyng; Richard Greene, 1962) (this page)
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