Listen, Lordings, Unto Me Lyrics

1. Listen, lordings, unto me!
A tale I shall you tell;
The which upon this night of glee
In David's town befell.

2. Joseph came from Nazareth
With Mary, that sweet Maid:
Aweary were they nigh to death,
And for a lodging pray'd.

3. In the inn they found no room;
A scanty bed was made:
Ere dawn the Fruit of Mary's womb
Was in the manger laid.

4. Forth He came as light through glass;
He came to save us all:
Within the stable ox and ass
Before their Maker fall.

5. Shepherds lay afield that night,
To keep the silly sheep;
An host of Angels in their flight
Came down from heav'n's high steep.

6. "Nowel! Nowel! Unto you
A little Child is born,
More purer than the drops of dew,
And brighter than the morn."