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 # My Hert Is Set To Syng Psallemus cantantes Domino noua cantica dantes Cum canore iubilo Et tibi discipulo Oui ex priuilegio Preceteris a domino Dilectus es Amice christi Johannes My hert is set to syng That all this worlde shall ryng Reioyfull be and glad withall Of the hygh memoryall Whome it pleased Chryst to call Of his grace especyall To his hyghnes Amice. etc. Syttyng at his berde He shewed the a preuy touche A touche of famylyaryte On his brest he suffred the In thy slepe secretes to se Of his gloryous deite For heuynes Amice. etc. In his tender aege He chose the to his pay His paramour of loue entyer Not for ye yu was of his blode so nere But that next his moder dere In chastyte thou had no pere And stedfastnes Amice christi Johannes. Whan he sholde departe He bade the kepe the care The carefullest creature His mother, ye she myght be sure Whyle that her lyfe sholde endure One mayde to haue another in cure For thy clennes Amice christi. etc. So at his desyre Thou kept her fro the myschefe The myscheuous retenu Of them that slewe thy lorde Jesu That no fyers nor cruell iewe In one wyse sholde her persewe Or her oppres Amice. etc. But at his dyscesse She fell into the gre The greatest heuynes and we That ony creature myght do In ly we wyse thy self also I knowe not the deadlyer of them two In that dystres Amice christi Johannes. I meruayle not y wys Though thou hast cause to cry Pyteously to mourne and playne To se thy naturall cosyn slayne His mother hygh destraught for payn That made thy hert to ryue in twayn For neuynes Amice christi Johannes. Who could be so harde herted To se how she fared. How she sobbed whan she dyde wepe With sorowfull lokes and syghes depe Thou coude thy self no longer kepe But sodeynly fell in a deadly slepe All confortles Amice christi Johannes. Now Chrystes cosyn dere Helpe that I be fre Be fre and true inherytour To his celesty all tour Where thou beholdest in euery hour The glory of thy fauyour That neuer shall ceas Amice. etc. Fynally I the beseche To teache me to make a brefe A brefe and a redy way to amend In that ye I dyde my lorde offend That to his grace he wyll me lende After this present lyfe he me send Euerlastyng peas Amice. etc. 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 #