Candle, candle, are the children safe now?
Unlike they were long ago
Candle, candle, are the children safe now?
Sing the song of long agoCandle, candle, are the children safe now?
Unlike we were long ago
Candle, candle, guide us and protect us
From those in darkness, from those in darknessLully, lullay, Thou little tiny child
By, by, lully, lullay
Thou little tiny child
By, by, lully, lullayOh sisters too, how may we do
For to preserve this day?
This poor youngling for whom we do sing
By, by, lully, lullayHerod the king in his raging
Charged he hath this day
His men of might in his own sight
All young children to slayThat woe is me, poor child for Thee
And ever morn and day
For Thy parting neither say nor sing
By, by, lully, lullayLully, lullay, Thou little tiny child
By, by, lully, lullay
Thou little tiny child
By, by, lully, lullay