Coventry Carol

Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child,
Bye bye, lully, lullay.
Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child,
Bye bye, lully, lullay.

O sisters too, how may we do,
For to preserve this day,
This poor youngling for whom we sing,
“Bye bye, lully, lullay.”

Herod the king, in his raging,
Charged he hath this day
His men of might, in his own sight,
All young children to slay.

That woe is me, poor child, for thee!
And ever morn and day,
For thy parting neither say nor sing,
“Bye bye, lully, lullay.”