THE MOON SHINES BRIGHT 44 A CAROL FOR TWELFTH DAY 47 THE LORD AT FIRST DID ADAM MAKE 48 THE SEVEN JOYS OF MARY 50 THE SUSSEX MUMMERS’ CAROL 52 AS I SAT ON A SUNNY BANK 53 PACE-EGGING SONG 54 I’VE BEEN RAMBLING ALL THE NIGHT 57 GOOD CHRISTIAN MEN, REJOICE 58 [Illustration] ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY J.H. HARTLEY PAGE AND MONARCH FORTH THEY WENT _Frontispiece_ PAGE IN FIELDS WHERE THEY LAY KEEPING THEIR SHEEP 21 MARY SAID TO CHERRY TREE, “BOW DOWN TO MY KNEE” 22 THE BOAR’S HEAD IN HAND BEAR I 31 LET ALL YOUR SONGS AND PRAISES BE UNTO HIS HEAVENLY MAJESTY 32 “SAY, WHERE DID YOU COME FROM, GOOD MAN?” 35 “COME, HUSBANDMAN,” CRIED JESUS, “CAST ALL YOUR SEED AWAY” 36 O MAID, FAIR MAID, IN HOLLAND SMOCK 41 GLAD TIDINGS TO ALL MEN 42 AWAKE, AWAKE, GOOD PEOPLE ALL! 45 FOR I PERFORCE MUST TAKE MY LEAVE OF ALL MY DAINTY CHEER 46 OH, HERE COME WE JOLLY BOYS, ALL OF ONE MIND 55 A BRANCH OF MAY, MY DEAR, I SAY, BEFORE YOUR DOOR I STAND 56 NOW TO THE LORD SING PRAISES, ALL YOU WITHIN THIS PLACE _On the Cover_ [Illustration] Good King Wenceslas [Illustration] 1. Good King Wenceslas looked out On the Feast of Stephen, When the snow lay round about, Deep and crisp and even. Brightly shone the moon that night, Though the frost was cruel, When a poor man came in sight, Gathering winter fuel. 2. “Hither, page, and stand by me If thou know’st it, telling, Yonder peasant, who is he? Where and what his dwelling?” “Sire, he lives a good league hence Underneath the mountain; Right against the forest fence, By St. Agnes’ fountain.” 3. “Bring me flesh, and bring me wine, Bring me pine-logs hither; Thou and I will see him dine, When we bear them thither.” Page and monarch forth they went, Forth they went together Through the rude wind’s wild lament And the bitter weather.