IV.-b Remember, O Thou Man. The Angels all did sing, The Angels all did sing The Shepherds amazed was, To Bethlehem did they go, To Bethlehem did they go To set us free. As the Angels before did say, 2* 17 As the Angels before did say, So In Bethlehem was He born, In Bethlehem was He born In a manger laid He was, Give thanks to God always, Let all men sing and say, Holy, Holy. Ravenscroft's Melismata, A.D. 1611. The Singers in the Snow. 19 THE SINGERS IN THE SNOW. God bless the master of this house And all that are therein, And to begin this Christmas tide Then let us all most merry be, Then put away contention all, For, etc. And fall no more at strife, For, etc. With plenteous food your houses store, Provide some wholesome cheer, And call your friends together For, etc. Then let us all most merry be, For, etc. Your beer, your beer, your Christmas beer, That seems to be so strong; And we do wish that Christmas-tide Was twenty times so long. For, etc. Then sing with voices cheerfully, Who did from death deliver us, For, etc. A Christmas Chorus. 21 A CHRISTMAS CHORUS. Here is joy for every age— Prince and peasant, chief and sage, Every tongue and nation, Every tongue and nation, Every rank and station, When the world drew near its close, Came our Lord and leader; From the lily came the rose, From the bush the cedar, God, that came on earth this morn, Hallow'd birth by being born, Vanquished death by dying, Vanquished death by dying, Rallied back the flying, Ended sin and sighing. Alleluia ! |