Shepherds and lasses come leaping and dancing, leaping and dancing the eve of Noel
Make up a bed for the sweet virgin Mary, make up a bed for she lies now with child

Hush a bye baby He wakes and is weeping, hush a bye baby so little and mild
Shepherds and lasses come leaping and dancing, leaping and dancing the eve of noel

What shall we give Him the young child of Mary, what shall we give Him to play our small parts ?
Shepherds and lasses come leaping and dancing, leaping and dancing the eve of noel

Grapes we will give him, figs, walnuts and olives, olives and grapes and the love of our hearts
I’d like to give Him a dress to adorn Him, gloves for His warming and gifts for His mirth

From the first hour that His mother hath borne Him, weeps He and sobs His first moments on earth
Now his young mother most tenderly sooths Him, soothes Him and sings her best song for His birth

Shepherds and lasses come leaping and dancing, leaping and dancing the eve of noel
Weep no more darling nor grieve me so sorely, weep not my darling this eve of noel

Shepherds and lasses come leaping and dancing, leaping and dancing the eve of noel

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Words and Music		Wayne Morris
Written SSAATTBB and piano
SATB (at least 2 voices per part)

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