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 # The Dialogue Between The Husbandman And Servingman Be thou poore or be thou ryche I redelyfte vp thyn eye And se in this we be all lyche For so the all we shall dye. Dethe began bycause of syn We syn bothe poore and ryche Therfore deth wyll neuer blyn To take vs all in lyche For our syn I rede we seche To heuen that we may hye For be we neuer so fresh nor ryche For so the we all shall dye Be thou poore. etc Christ that was bothe god and man He dyed for our gylt Nedes must we dye than With syn yf we be spylt We shall rote bothe hert and mylt Mercy lorde we crye It shal be lorde, ryght us thou wylt For so the all we shall dye. Be thou poore. etc Now Chryst dyed for all our mys I red haue in thy thought To set thy mynde on wordly blys For so the I holde it nought For worldes blys Chryst hene rought I rede the it defy Unto thy graue thou shalt be brought For so the we shall all dye Be thou poore. etc If thou be pore kepe the clene And thank god of his sonde If thou be ryche, gyue and lende Bothe to poore and bonde Loke thou do thus with thy honde Through Chryst to heuen yu shalt hye Thou can not long lyue in this londe For so the all we shall dye Be thou poore. etc Though yu be ryche, I tell ye before Death wyll with the mete Of all thy goodes thou getest no more But a wyndyng shete Therfore thy bales here thou bete To god for mercy crye Wepe for synnes with teares wete For so the all we shall dye. Be thou poore. etc Thou shalt by thou wote not whan Nor thou wotest where To repent the tyme is now This lesson I red the lere How soone yu shalt be brought on bere It is not for the to try Lete this lesson sound in thyn eare For so the all we shall dye Be thou poore. etc All we shall dye, and ryse agayne In one affynyte If we euyll dye, we go to payne This is the veryte If that we ryse in charyte To blys than shall we stye This is gods equyte For so the all we shall dye. Be thou poore. 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 #