Masters in this Hall,
Hear ye news to-day
Brought from over sea,
And ever I you pray:
Chorus
Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!
Nowell, sing we clearl
Holpen are all folk on earth,
Born is God's son so dear:
Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!
Nowell, sing we loudl
God to-day hath poor folk raised
And cast a-down the proud.
Going o'er the hills,
Through the milk-white snow,
Heard I ewes bleat
While the wind did blow
Then to Bethlem town
We went two and two,
And in a sorry place
Heard the oxen low
Therein did we see
A sweet and goodly may
And a fair old man,
Upon the straw she lay
And a little child
On her arm had she,
"Wot ye who this is?"
Said the hinds to me
This is Christ the Lord,
Masters be ye glad!
Christmas is come in,
And no folk should be sad