Now may we singen - Cecilia McDowall

Now may we singen - Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
St. Alban's Chamber Choir
Eugene Lavery, Organist & Director of Music
Recorded on November 11, 2020
This Babe to us that now is born,
Wonderful works He hath y-wrought
He would not loss what was forlorn,
But boldly again it bought;
And thus it is
For sooth ywis,
He asketh nought but that is His.
Now may we singen as it is.
Quod puer natus est nobis (because a boy is born to us).
This bargain lovëd He right well,
The price was high and bought full dear.
Who would suffer and for us feel
As did that Prince withouten peer?
His ransom for us hath ypaid;
Good reason have we to be His.
Be mercy asked and He be prayed,
Who may deserve the heavenly bliss.
To some purpose God made man;
I trust well to salvation.
What was His blood that from Him ran
But fence against damnation?
Almighty God in Trinity,
Thy mercy we pray with whole heart,
Thy mercy may all woe make fell
And dangerous deread from us to start.