Mediæval Bæbes

Adam lay ibounden Bounden in a bond Foure thousand winter Thought he not too long And all was for an apple An apple that he tok As clerkes finden Wreten in here book Ne hadde the apple take ben The apple taken ben Ne hadde never our lady A ben hevene

sing all ye joyful now sing ye together the doubt of future foes will come now not ever the merry are dancing the children play in heather the river is flowing with love and joy forever we will not be parted never broken hearted this is the melody of

My care is like my shadow Laid bare beneath the sun It follows me at all times And flies when I pursue it I freeze and yet am always burned Since from myself again I turn I love and yet am forced to hate I seem stark mute; inside I prate Some gentler

Salva nos, stella maris Et regina celorum Salva nos, stella maris Et regina celorum Que pura deum paris Salva nos, stella maris Et per rubum signaris Nesciens viri thorum Salva nos, stella maris Et regina celorum O virgo specialis Salva nos, stella m

Of on that is so fair and bright, Velud maris stella, Brighter than the dayes light, Parens et puella: Ic crye to thee – thou se to me- Levedy, preye thy sone for me, Tam pia, That ic mote come to thee, Maria. Levedy, flowr of alle thing, Rosa sine s

o wert thou in the cauld blast on yonder lea on yonder lea o wert thou in the cauld blast way down on yonder lea or did misfortune's bitter storms around thee blaw around thee blaw or did misfortune's bitter storms around thee all would blaw or were

Behold a wonder here - Love hath receiv'd his sight, Which many hundred years Hath not beheld the light. Such beams infused be By Cynthia in his eyes, At first have made him see And then have made him wise. Love now no more will weep For them that la

The dubberment dere of down and dales Of wode and water and wlonk plaines Bilde in me bliss, abated my bales Forbidden my stress, destroyed my paines Down after a strem that drightly hales I bowed in bliss, bredful my branes The firre I folwed those

Gaudete, gaudete Christus est natus Ex Maria virgine gaudete Gaudete, gaudete Christus est natus Ex Maria virgine gaudete Tempus adest gratiae hoc quod optabamus Carmina laetitiae devote redamus Gaudete, gaudete Christus est natus Ex Maria virgine ga