This Endris Night

This endris night I saw a sight

A star as bright as day

And ever among a maiden sung

Lullay bye bye lullay

This lovely lady sat and sang

And to her child did say

"My son, my brother, father, dear

Why liest thou thus in hay"

The child then spake in his talking

And to his mother said

"Yea, I am known as Heaven's King

In crib though I be laid

For angels bright down to me alight;

Thou knowest it true to say

And for that sight thou mayest delight

And sing, 'bye bye lullay'"

"Yet, sweet son, since thou art a king,

Why art thou laid in stall?

Why dost not order thy bedding

In some great kinges hall?

Methinks tis right that king or knight

Should lie in good array

And then among, it be not wrong

To sing 'bye bye lullay'"

"Mary, mother, I am thy child

Though I be laid in stall

For lords and dukes shall worship me

And so shall kinges all

So in thy arm, thou hold me warm

And keep me night and day

And if I weep and may not sleep

Then sing 'bye bye lullay'"