Down in yon forest (CCS)

Down in yon forest there stands a hall

The bells of Paradise I heard them ring

It's covered all over with purple and pall

And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.

In that hall there stands a bed

The bells of Paradise I heard them ring

It's covered all over with scarlet so red

And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.

At the bed-side there lies a stone

The bells of Paradise I heard them ring

Which the sweet Virgin Mary knelt upon

And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.

Under that bed there runs a flood

The bells of Paradise I heard them ring

The one half runs water, the other runs blood

And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.

At the bed's foot there grows a thorn

The bells of Paradise I heard them ring

Which ever blows blossom since he was born

And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.

Over that bed the moon shines bright

The bells of Paradise I heard them ring

Denoting our Saviour was born this night

And I love my Lord Jesus above anything.