The Coventry Carol

Anglická vánoční píseň z 15. století


Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child,
By, by, lully, lullay, thou little tiny child,
By, by, lully, lullay.

O sisters too, how may we do
For to preserve this day
This poor youngling for whom we sing
By, by, 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
By, by, lully, lullay.