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Choir: Adam lay ybounden (Peter Warlock 1894 - 1930. Words 15th Century)Adam lay ybounden,Bounden in a bond:Four thousand winterThought he not too long. .And all was for an appleAn apple that he took,As clerkes findenWritten in their book.Blessed be the timeThe apple taken been,Ne had never our ladyAbeen heavene queenBlessed be the timeThat apple taken was.Therefore we moun singen:Deo gracias!Choir: I saw three ships Trad. Arr. David WillcocksI saw three ships come sailing inOn a Christmas Day, On a Christmas DayI saw three ships come sailing inOn a Christmas Day in the morning.And what was in those ships all three?On a Christmas Day, On a Christmas DayAnd what was in those ships all three?On a Christmas Day in the morning.Our Saviour Christ and his ladyOn a Christmas Day, On a Christmas DayOur Saviour Christ and his ladyOn a Christmas Day in the morning.Pray whither sailed those ships all three?On a Christmas Day, On a Christmas DayPray whither sailed those ships all three?On a Christmas Day in the morning.O they sailed to BethlehemOn a Christmas Day, On a Christmas DayO they sailed to BethlehemOn a Christmas Day in the morning.And all the bells on earth shall ringOn a Christmas Day, On a Christmas DayAnd all the bells on earth shall ringOn a Christmas Day in the morning.