An English hymn from the point of view of Christ speaking.  Merry Christmas!

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day;
I would my true love did so chance
To see the legend of my play,
To call my true love to my dance;

Sing, oh! my love, oh! my love,

my love, my love,
This have I done for my true love.

Then was I born of a virgin pure,
Of her I took fleshly substance
Thus was I knit to man’s nature
To call my true love to my dance.

In a manger laid, and wrapped I was
So very poor, this was my chance
Betwixt an ox and a silly poor ass
To call my true love to my dance.

Sing, oh! my love, oh! my love,

my love, my love,
This have I done for my true love.

Traditional English Carol
Go here to hear it sung by a choir at

King’s College, Cambridge.

The picture is by Arthur Rackham

(via: “I Take Joy“)