Old Waits Carol Lyrics

The moon shines bright and the stars give a light
A little before it is day
The Lord, our God, he called on us
And bids us awake and pray!

The life of man is but a span,
And cut down in its flower,
We're here today, tomorrow gone,
The creatures of a hour.

Today you may be alive and well
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Tomorrow dead and cold as clay,
Your corpse laid underground.

With one turf at thy head, O man,
And another at thy feet;
Thy good deeds and thy bad, O man,
Will all together meet.

My song is done, I must be gone,
I can stay no longer here;
God bless you all, both great and small,
And send you a joyful new year!