Sweet was the song the Virgin sang, When she, when she to Bethlem Judah came, And was deliver'd of a son, That blessed Jesus hath to name. Lula, lula, lula, lullaby, sweet Babe, sang she. "My Son, and eke a saviour born, Who hast vouch safed from on high To visit us that were forlorn; Lalu, lalu, lullaby, lula, lula, And rock'd him sweetly on her knee.