the 8th Day of Christmas † The Solemnity of the Mother of God

 

 

Down in yon forest there stands a hall:
The bells of Paradise I hear them ring:
Things covered all over with purple and pall
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.

 And In that hall there is a bed:
The bells of Paradise I hear them ring:
 All scarlet the coverlet over it spread:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.

  (At the bed-side there lies a stone:
The bells of Paradise I hear them ring:
Which the sweet Virgin Mary knelt upon:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.)

 And on that bed there lies a Knight:
The bells of Paradise I hear them ring:
 And He doth bleed by day & by night:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.

  

And Under that bed there runs a flood:
The bells of Paradise I hear them ring:
The one half runs water, the other runs blood:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.

And from that bed there springs a thorn:
The bells of Paradise I hear them ring:
It bloomed its white blossom the day He was born:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.

 And Over that place the moon shines bright:
The bells of Paradise I hear them ring:
To show that our Saviour was born on that night:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.