I SAW A FAIR MAIDEN lyrics

I SAW A FAIR MAIDEN
Lullay my liking
(Peter Warlock) (1894-1930)

I saw a fair maiden
Sitten and sing:
She lull'd a little child,
A sweet lording.

Lullay my liking,
My dear son, my sweeting;
Lullay my dear heart,
Mine own dear darling.

That eternal lord is he
That made all thing;
Of all lords he is Lord
Of all kinges King.

There was mickle melody
At that child's birth:
Though the songsters were heavenly
They made mickle mirth.

Angels bright they sang that night
And saiden to that child,
"Blessed be thou and so be she
That is both meek and mild."

Pray we now to that child,
And to his mother dear,
God grant them all his blessing
That now maken cheer.

Lullay my liking,
My dear son, my sweeting;
Lullay my dear heart,
Mine own dear darling.