Advent follies, day 10.5

[lumineaux]

Cheating again and sneaking in the day's carol early -

Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace; this holy tide of Christmas
Doth bring redeeming grace.


And today's obscure carol:
Give ye heed to what we say
Jesus Christ is born to-day
Ox and ass before him bow,
And he is in the manger now.
Christ is born to-day!
Christ is born to-day!

Comments

[ferriludant.livejournal.com]

The "ox and ass before him bow" struck some odd chord in my memory. I've sung that carol. I believe it's "Good Christian Men, Rejoice", no?

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Yes it is!

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Yes, both of you are correct! Odd that the obscure one is guessed before the more traditional one. Or, maybe not so odd, given my audience. :-)

[chez-mathilde.livejournal.com]

"Now to the Lord sing praises"

The meter sounds like "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."

oh tidings of comfort and joy

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Ding!