1.

The other night
I saw a sight
All in my sleep:
Mary, that may,
She sang: Lullay,
And sore did weep.

" Ah my dear! ah my dear Son! "
Said Lady Mary, " Ah my dear!
Kiss Thy mother, Jesu,
With a laughing cheer. "

2.

To keep she sought
Full fast about
Her Son from cold,
Joseph said: " Wife,
My joy, my life,
Say what ye would. "

" Ah my dear! ah my dear Son! "
Said Lady Mary, " Ah my dear!
Kiss Thy mother, Jesu,
With a laughing cheer. "

3.

" No thing, my spouse,
Is in this house.
Unto my pay:
My Son, a king,
That made all thing,
Lieth in hay. "

" Ah my dear! ah my dear Son! "
Said Lady Mary, " Ah my dear!
Kiss Thy mother, Jesu,
With a laughing cheer. "

4.

" My mother dear,
Amend your cheer,
And now be still;
Thus for to lie
It is soothly
My Father's Will. "

" Ah my dear! ah my dear Son! "
Said Lady Mary, " Ah my dear!
Kiss Thy mother, Jesu,
With a laughing cheer. "

5.

Derision,
Great passion,
Infinitely
As it is found;
Many a wound
Suffer shall I.

" Ah my dear! ah my dear Son! "
Said Lady Mary, " Ah my dear!
Kiss Thy mother, Jesu,
With a laughing cheer! "

6.

On Calvary,
That is so high,
There shall I be,
Man to restore,
Nailed full sore
On to a tree.

" Ah my dear! ah my dear Son! "
Said Lady Mary! " Ah my dear!
Kiss Thy mother, Jesu,
With a laughing cheer. "