3.In hall, despite the weather,
Good will and warmth abound:
There hearts are knit together
With Carol, Glee and Round,
In worship of that morn,
When God was [in December,
As grateful folk remember]
Of Maiden Mary born.
XXV. PAST THREE A CLOCK, AND A COLD FROSTY MORNING
℟.Past three a clock,
And a cold frosty morning:
Past three a clock;
Good morrow, masters all!
1. ℣.Born is a Baby.
Gentle as may be,
Son of th' eternal
Father supernal. ℟.
℟.Past three a clock, etc,
2. ℣.Seraph quire singeth,
Angel bell ringeth:
Hark how they rime it,
Time it, and chime it. ℟.
3. ℣.Mid earth rejoices
Hearing such voices
Ne'ertofore só well
Carolling Nowell. ℟.
4. ℣.Hinds o'er the pearly
Dewy lawn early
Seek the high stranger
Laid in the manger. ℟.
