 I out rode this enderes' night, Of three jolly shepherds I saw a sight, And all about their fold a star shone bright; They sang, Terli, terlow ; So merrily the shepherds their pipes can blow.  Catholic World - Page 3451866Full view - About this book
 | 1842 - 528 pages
...Christmas festivals. ' The first the shepherds sing:' — "As I rode out tins coders* night, Of tlirec jolly shepherds I saw a sight, And all about their fold a star shone bright ; They sang terly, terlow : So merrily the shepherds their pipes can blow." There is then a song ' the women sing... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...them at their Christmas festivals. " The first the shepherds sing :" — " As I rode out this enders * night, Of three jolly shepherds I saw a sight, And...: So merrily the shepherds their pipes can blow.'' There is then a song "the women sing :" — " Lully, lulla, you little tiny child ; By, by, lully,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pages
...them at their Christmas festivals. "The first the shepherds sing :" — " As I rode out this enderat night, Of three jolly shepherds I saw a sight, And all about their fold a star shone bright; t Entere night— lastnight. PAGEANTS AND MYSTERIES. Theу sang tcrli terlow : So merrily the shepherds... | |
 | 1849 - 588 pages
...unquestionably a Carol : — SONG BY THE SHEPHERDS. As I rode ont last night, last night, Of three joyous shepherds I saw a sight, And all about their fold a star shone bright — So merrily the shepherds their pipes can blow. SONG BY THE WOMEN. Lul-lec, lul-lay, thou little... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 pages
...them at their Christmas festivals. " The first the shepherds sing :" — " A§ I rode ont this endersf night, Of three jolly shepherds I saw a sight, And...fold a star shone bright ; They sang terli terlow : 80 merrily the shepherds their pipes can blow." * Sharp's " Dissertation," page ICO. t Enders night... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1864 - 750 pages
...following song of the Shepherds occurs in one of the Coventry pageants : — As I rode out this enJenes* night, Of three jolly shepherds I saw a sight, And...their fold a star shone bright ; They sang terli, ttrlow, So merrily the shepherds their pipes can blow. The last lines actually form the chorus of one... | |
 | John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton - 1868 - 810 pages
...entered soon after the Yule fire was lighted. First the men sung : — " As I rode out this enders night, Of three jolly shepherds I saw a sight, And...: So merrily the shepherds their pipes can blow." Then the women sung : — " Lully, lulla, you little tiny child : By, by, lully, lullay, you little... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 pages
...them at their Christmas festivals. "The first the shepherds sing :" — " As I rode out this endersf night, Of three jolly shepherds I saw a sight, And all about their fold a star shone bright; t Enders Hiiiht— last nipht. PAGEANTS AND MYSTERIES. They sang terli terlow : So merrily the shepherds... | |
 | Arthur Henry Bullen - 1885 - 358 pages
...tyrlt, te merriljr," &c. — Compare a song in the Coventry Mysteries : — "As I rode oat this endnes night Of three jolly shepherds I saw a sight, And...fold a star shone bright : They sang terli terlow, Sj menily the shepherds their pipes can blow." Page 21 : " This endnes nigU."— The MS. from which... | |
 | 1888 - 608 pages
...so charming, that it seems crying aloud to be set anew to music — ' As I rode out this end-year's night Of three jolly shepherds I saw a sight, 'And...sang, terli, terlow ; So merrily the shepherds their piles can blow. Down from heaven, from heaven so high, Of angels there came a great company, With mirth... | |
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