"I Saw a Sweet and
Silly Sight"
I saw a sweet (and) silly sight,
A blissful bride, a blossom bright
That mourning made and mirth among.
A maiden mother, meek and mild,
In cradle kept a knavë child
That softly slept; she sat and sang.
A blissful bride, a blossom bright
That mourning made and mirth among.
A maiden mother, meek and mild,
In cradle kept a knavë child
That softly slept; she sat and sang.
"Lullay, lullow, lully, lullay, lully, lully, lully, lully,
lully,
Lullow, lully, lullay, baw, baw,
My bairn, sleep softly now."
Lullow, lully, lullay, baw, baw,
My bairn, sleep softly now."
Words: English
Traditional, Fifteenth Century. Source: Edith Rickert, Ancient English
Christmas Carols: 1400-1700 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1914), p.
59.
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