Up! good christen folk and listen lyrics
by Choir of king’s college, cambridge
Ding-dong, ding:
Ding-a-dong-a-ding:
Ding-dong, ding-dong:
Ding-a-dong-ding
Up! good Christen folk, and listen
How the merry church bells ring
And from steeple
Bid good people
Come adore the new-born King:
Tell the story how from glory
God came down at Christmastide
Bringing gladness
Chasing sadness
Show'ring blessings far and wide
Born of mother, blest o'er other
Ex Maria Virgine
In a stable
('tis no fable)
Christus natus hodie
Words, G R. Woodward
Melody, Piae Cantiones, 1582
Harmonized, G R Woodward
Oxford University Press