For His Love That Bought Us All Dear Lyrics

Sing we all, for time it is:
Mary hath borne the Fleur-de-lys.

1. For His love that bought us all dear,
Listen, lordings, that be here,
And I well tell you in-fere,
Whereof came the Fleur-de-lys.
Sing we all, for time it is:
Mary hath borne the Fleur-de-lys.

2. On Christmas night, when it was cold,
Our Lady lay among beastes bold,
And there she bare Jesu, Joseph told,
And thereof came the Fleur-de-lys.
Sing we all, for time it is:
Mary hath borne the Fleur-de-lys.

3. Of that beareth witness Saint John,
That it was of much renown;
Baptized he was in stream Jordan,
And thereof came the Fleur-de-lys.
Sing we all, for time it is:
Mary hath borne the Fleur-de-lys.

4. On Good Friday that Child was slain,
Beaten with scourges and all to-flayn;
That day he suffered mickle pain;
And thereof came the Fleur-de-lys.
Sing we all, for time it is:
Mary hath borne the Fleur-de-lys.