CHRISTMAS CAROLS,

ANCIENT AND MODERN;

INCLUDING

THE MOST POPULAR IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND,

AND THE AIRS TO WHICH THEY ARE SUNG.

ALSO SPECIMENS OF

French Provincial Carols.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.

BY

WILLIAM SANDYS, F.S.A.

LONDON:

RICHARD BECKLEY, 42, PICCADILLY.

1833.

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS.

PART THE FIRST:

Nay iuy, nay, hyt shall not be, I wys

When cryst was born of mary fre

Wolcu zol þu mery mā

Seŷt steuene was a clerk

Blyssid be yt mayde mary

Mary mod', meke & mylde

God sent his Aungell Gabriell

This endnes nyght I sawe a syght

Meruele nozt, iosep, on Mary mylde

Proface, welcom, well come

Jhesu of a mayde yu woldest be born

The borys hede that we bryng here

I am here, syre cristsmasse

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