Past Three O'clock
Composer(s): George Ratcliff Woodward
Performer(s): Choir of King's College, Cambridge



Past three o'clock
On a cold frosty morning
Past three o'clock
Good morrow masters all

Born is a baby
Gentle as may be
Son of the Eternal
Father supernal

Seraph choir singeth
Angel bell ringeth
Hark how they rhyme it
Time it and chime it!

Mid earth rejoices
Hearing such voices
Ne'ertofore so well
Carolling nowell!

Hinds o'er the pearly
Dewy lawn early
Seek the high stranger
Laid in the manager

Cheese from the dairy
Bring they for Mary
And, not for money
Butter and honey

Light out of star-land
Leadeth from far land
Princes, to meet him
Worship and greet him

Myrrh from full coffer
Incense they offer
Nor is the golden
Nugget withholden

Thus they: I pray you
Up sirs, nor stay you
Till ye confess him
Likewise and bless him