Adam lay i-bowndyn,
bowndyn in a bond,
Fowre thowsand wynter
thowt he was not to long
Adam lay i-bowndyn,
bowndyn in a bond,
Fowre thowsand wynter
thowt he was not to long
Blyssid be the tyme
that appil take was!
Therefore we mown syngyn
Deo gratias!
And al was for an appil,
an appil that he tok.
As clerkes fyndyn
wretyn in here book.
And al was for an appil,
an appil that he tok.
As clerkes fyndyn
wretyn in here book.
Adam lay i-bowndyn,
bowndyn in a bond,
Fowre thowsand wynter
thowt he was not to long
Adam lay i-bowndyn,
bowndyn in a bond,
Fowre thowsand wynter
thowt he was not to long
Adam lay i-bowndyn,
bowndyn in a bond,
Fowre thowsand wynter
thowt he not to long
Blyssid be the tyme
that appil take was!
Therefore we mown syngyn
Deo gratias!
Never hadde the appil take-ben,
the appil taken ben,
Ne hadde never our lady
a ben hevene quen.
Never hadde the appil take-ben,
the appil taken ben,
Ne hadde never our lady
a ben hevene quen.
Adam lay i-bowndyn,
bowndyn in a bond,
Fowre thowsand wynter
thowt he was not to long
Adam lay i-bowndyn,
bowndyn in a bond,
Fowre thowsand wynter
thowt he was not to long
Adam lay i-bowndyn,
bowndyn in a bond,
Fowre thowsand wynter
thowt he was not to long
Adam lay i-bowndyn,
bowndyn in a bond,
Fowre thowsand wynter
thowt he not to long
Never hadde the appil take-ben,
the appil taken ben,
Ne hadde never our lady
a ben hevene quen.
Never hadde the appil take-ben,
the appil taken ben,
Ne hadde never our lady
a ben hevene quen.