Song of the Innocents + 

Merry, merry we well may be, + 

For Jesus Christ is come down to see: + 

Long before, at the top of the stair, + 

He set our angels a waiting there, + 

Waiting hither and thither to fly, + 

Tending the children of the sky, + 

Lest they dash little feet against big stones, + 

And tumble down and break little bones; + 

For the path is rough, and we must not roam; + 

We have learned to walk, and must follow him home! + 