Lullay, lullay: Als I lay on Yoolis night - Folk from the Boat - Episode 58

To celebrate Yule this week we make a nice fire and sing a 14th century carol 'Als I lay on Yoolis night' which has a lovely sing-a-long chorus.
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Lullay, Lullay, lay, lay, lullay: mi deerë moder, sing lullay.

Als I lay on ʒoolis niʒt
alone in my longing
me thoght I saw a well fair siʒt,
a may hiar child rokkíng.

The maiden wold withouten song
hir child o sleep to bring;
the child he thouʒt sche ded him wrong
and bad his moder sing.

’Sing nou, moder,’ said the child,
‘wat schal to me befall
heerafter wan I cum til eld,
for so doon modres all.'

’Sweetë sunë,’ saidë sche,
‘weroffë schuld I sing?
Ne wist I nere yet more of thee
but Gabriels greetíng.

He grett me goodli on his knee
and saidë, “Hail, Maríe!
Hail, full of grace, God is with thee;
thou beren schalt Messíe.’

‘I wundred michil in my thouʒt,
for man wold I riʒt none.
“Maríe,” he saidë, “dred thee nouʒt:
let God of heven alone.”

Ther, als he saidë, I thee bare
on midëwenter niʒt
in maidenhede withouten kare
be grace of God almiʒt.

Serteynly this siʒt I say,
this song I herdë sing,
als I me lay this ʒoolis day
alone in my longing.