"To Thee Now"
To Thee Now,
Christ's Dear Darling
Pray for us to the Prince of peace,
Amice Christi, Johannes (John, friend of Christ)
1. To thee now, Christ's dear darling,
Christ's Dear Darling
Pray for us to the Prince of peace,
Amice Christi, Johannes (John, friend of Christ)
1. To thee now, Christ's dear darling,
That wert maiden both
old and
ying,
My heart is set a song
to
sing,
Amice Christi,
Johannes.
2. For thou wert so clean a maid,
2. For thou wert so clean a maid,
The secrets of heaven
were to thee
said
When on Christ's
breast thou wert
laid,
Amice Christi,
Johannes.
3. When Christ before Pilate was brought,
3. When Christ before Pilate was brought,
Thou, clean of heart,
forsook Him nought,
To die with Him was
all thy
thought,
Amice Christi,
Johannes.
4. Christ's mother thou tookest home with thee
4. Christ's mother thou tookest home with thee
Maiden, a maiden's
friend to be,
Thou be our help, we
pray to
thee,
Amice Christi,
Johannes.
Words: English Traditional, Before 1529 . Source: Edith Rickert, Ancient English Christmas Carols: 1400-1700 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1914), p. 126.
Words: English Traditional, Before 1529 . Source: Edith Rickert, Ancient English Christmas Carols: 1400-1700 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1914), p. 126.
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