Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # Can I Not Sing But Hoy Can I not sing but hoy, When the jolly shepherd made so much joy. 1. The shepherd upon a hill he sat, He had on him his tabard and his hat, His tar-box, his pipe, and his flagat; For name was jolly, jolly Wat; For he was a good herd's boy, Ut hoy! For in his pipe he made so much joy. Can I not sing but hoy, When the jolly shepherd made so much joy. 2. The shepherd upon a hill was laid, His dog to his girdle was tied; He had not slept but a little braid, But "Gloria in excelsis" was to him said. For he was a good herd's boy, Ut hoy! For in his pipe he made so much joy. Can I not sing but hoy, When the jolly shepherd made so much joy. 3. The shepherd on a hill he stood, Round about him his sheep they yode; He put his hand under his good, He saw a star as red as blood. For he was a good herd's boy, Ut hoy! For in his pipe he made so much joy. Can I not sing but hoy, When the jolly shepherd made so much joy. 4. "Now farewell Mall and also Will, For my love go ye all still Unto5 I come again you till,5 And evermore, Will, ring well thy bell." For he was a good herd's boy, Ut hoy! For in his pipe he made so much joy. Can I not sing but hoy, When the jolly shepherd made so much joy. 5. "Now must I go where Christ was born; Farewell! I come again to-morn. Dog, keep well my sheep from the corn, And warn well Warrock when I blow my horn." For he was a good herd's boy, Ut hoy! For in his pipe he made so much joy. Can I not sing but hoy, When the jolly shepherd made so much joy. 6. When Wat to Bethlehem come was, He sweat; he had gone faster than a pace; He found Jesus in a simple place, Between an ox and an ass. For he was a good herd's boy, Ut hoy! For in his pipe he made so much joy. Can I not sing but hoy, When the jolly shepherd made so much joy. 7. The shepherd said anon right: "I will go see yon ferly sight, Whereas the angel singeth on height, And the star that shineth so bright." For he was a good herd's boy, Ut hoy! For in his pipe he made so much joy. Can I not sing but hoy, When the jolly shepherd made so much joy. 8. "Jesu! I offer to Thee here my pipe, My script, my tar-box, and my skirt; Home to my fellows now will I skip, And also look unto my sheep." For he was a good herd's boy, Ut hoy! For in his pipe he made so much joy. Can I not sing but hoy, When the jolly shepherd made so much joy. 9. "Now, farewell, my own herdsman Wat!" "Yea, for God, Lady, even so I hight; Lull well Jesu in thy lap, And farewell, Joseph, with thy round cape!" For he was a good herd's boy, Ut hoy! For in his pipe he made so much joy. Can I not sing but hoy, When the jolly shepherd made so much joy. 10. "Now may I well both hope and sing, For I have been at Christ's bearing; Home to my fellows now will I fling; Christ of heaven to His bliss us bring!" For he was a good herd's boy, Ut hoy! For in his pipe he made so much joy. Can I not sing but hoy, When the jolly shepherd made so much joy. Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #