O my deare hert, young Jesu sweit,

Prepare thy creddil in my spreit,

And I sall rock thee to my hert,

And never mair from thee depart.

But I sall praise thee evermoir

With sanges sweit unto thy gloir;

The knees of my heart sall I bow,

And sing that richt Balulalow!

Lyrics: James, John and Robert Wedderbum /  Music: Benjamin Britten, from A Ceremony of Carols, Opus 28, 1942