Down in yon forest there stands a hall The bells of Paradise I heard them ring It's covered all over with purple so tall And I love my Lord Jesus above any thing In that hall there stands a bed It's covered all over with scarlet so red At the bedside there lies a stone Which the sweet Virgin Mary knelt upon Under that bed there runs a river The one hald runs water, the other runs blood At the foot of the bed there grows a thorn Which ever blows blossom sinc He was born Over that bed the moon shines bright Denoting our Saviour was born this night