Lyrics Down in Yon Forest - Stick in the Wheel

Down in yon forest be a hall
Sing May, Queen May, sing Mary!
'Tis covered over with purple and pall
Sing all good men for the new-born Baby!

Oh in the hall's a pallet bed
Sing May, Queen May, sing Mary!
'Tis stained with blood like cardinal red
Sing all good men for the new-born Baby!

And at the pallet is a stone
Sing May, Queen May, sing Mary!
On which the Virgin did atone
Sing all good men for the new-born Baby!

Under that hall is a gushing flood
Sing May, Queen May, sing Mary!
From Christ's own side, 'is water and blood
Sing all good men for the new-born Baby!

Beside that bed a shrub tree grows
Sing May, Queen May, sing Mary!
Since he was born it blooms and blows
All good men for the new-born Baby!

And on that bed a young one sleeps
Sing May, Queen May, sing Mary!
His wounds are sick, and see, he weeps
Sing all good men for the new-born Baby!

Oh hail you hail where none can sin
Sing May, Queen May, sing Mary!