Moon shines bright, The

The Moon Shines Bright

Roud 702

Version from Albert Beale

Recorded by Maud Karpeles and Peter Kennedy, Kenardington, Kent, 14th Jan 1954.

1. The moon shines bright, the stars give light
   A little before it was day
   The Lord our God he calls on us
   And bids us to wake and to pray
   
   
2. Awake, awake good people all
   Awake and you shall hear
   The Lord our God died on the cross
   For us he loved so dear
   
   
3. Today you may be alive, dear man
   And worth some thousand pound
   But tomorrow you may be dead, dear man
   And your corpse laid under the ground
   
   
4. A tablet at your head, dear man
   And another at your feet
   Then your good deeds and your bad deeds
   Before the Lord shall meet
   
   
5. So now my carol is almost sung
   No longer can I stay here
   May the Lord bless you all, both great and small
   and send you a happy new year