Coventry Carol - Laudate Mennonite Ensemble

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

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

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

3 That woe is me, poor child, for thee,
And ever mourn and say,
For thy parting neither say nor sing,
By by, lully, lullay.