We Happy Herdsmen Here

DESCRIPTION: "We happy herdsmen here May sing and eke rejoice, For angels bright and clear We saw and heard rejoice." The herdsmen have heard of "the King of all mankind." He is in Bethlehem with his mother. They will go visit the baby
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1624 (Shanne MS., according to Friedman)
KEYWORDS: carol religious travel shepherd
FOUND IN: Britain(England(North))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Albert B. Friedman, "A Carol in Tradition," essay in Beryl Rowland, editor, _Chaucer and Middle English Studies in Honour of Rossell Hope Robbins_, Kent State University Press, 1974, pp. 300-301, "(We happie hirdes men heere)," "(We happy hardmen here)" (2 texts)
Roud #3331
File: MSWHHHe

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