I sing of a maiden (Hadley)

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I sing of a maiden, by Patrick Hadley, sung by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge.  The words are 15th century.

1. I sing of a maiden
That is makeless;
King of all kings
To her son she ches.

2. He came all so still
Where his mother was,
As dew in April
That falleth on the grass.

3. He came all so still
To his mother’s bower,
As dew in April
That falleth on the flower.

4. He came all so still
Where his mother lay,
As dew in April
That falleth on the spray.

5. Mother and maiden
Was never none but she;
Well may such a lady
Godës mother be.