Coventry Carol

Lullay, Thou little tiny child,
By, by, lully, lullay.
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 children young, to slay.

Then woe is me, poor child, for Thee,
And ever mourn and say;
For thy parting, nor say nor sing,
By, by, lully, lullay.