4.
Go day, go day, [ 8a.]
my lord syre Criste-masse, go day.
Go day, Syre Criste-masse, our kyng,
for euery man boþ olde & ȝynge
ys glad & blithe of ȝour commynge. [ 5]
Go day. Chorus.
English songs in manuscript Selden B. 26 / [ed. Frederick Morgan Padelford].
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- English songs in manuscript Selden B. 26 / [ed. Frederick Morgan Padelford].
- Author
- Padelford, Frederick Morgan, 1875-1942.
- Publication
- Halle a. S.: Max Niemeyer
- 1912
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"English songs in manuscript Selden B. 26 / [ed. Frederick Morgan Padelford]." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/CME00104. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2025.
Pages
Page 90
God-ys sone, so moche of myȝt,
fram heuen to erthe dovn is lyȝt,
and borne ys of a mayde so bryȝt.
Good day. [ 10]
Heuen & erthe & also helle,
and alle þat euer in hem dwelle,
of ȝour comynge þey beth full snelle.
Good day.
Of ȝour comynge this clerkys fynde: [ 15]
ȝe come to saue al man-kynde,
and of here balys hem vnbynde.
Good day.
Alle maner of merthes we wole make
and solas to oure hertys take, [ 20]
my semely lorde, for ȝoure sake.
Good day.
Published in Early English Lyrics CXXXV. Compare the song Fare wele aduent, Ms. Ee. 1. 2, f. 58b (Herrig's Archiv 89. 238).