Down in yon forest there stands a hall:
The bells of Paradise I heard them ring:
It's covered all over with
purple and pall
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.
In that hall there stands a bed:
The bells of Paradise I heard them ring:
It's covered all over with scarlet
so red:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.
At the bed-side there lies a stone:
The bells of Paradise I heard them ring:
Which the sweet Virgin Mary
knelt upon:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything
Under that bed there runs a flood:
The bells of Paradise I heard them ring:
The one half runs water, the
other runs blood:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.
At the bed's foot there grows a thorn:
The bells of Paradise I heard them ring:
Which ever blows blossom
since he was born:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.
Over that bed the moon shines bright:
The bells of Paradise I heard them ring:
Denoting our Saviour was
born this night:
And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.
[traditional]
