Down in Yon Forest

Down in yon forest there stands a hall
 The bells of paradise I heard them ring
 It's covered all over with purple and pall
 And I love my lord Jesus above anything
 A knight there lies upon a bed
 The bells of paradise I heard them ring
 All scarlet's the coverlet over him spread
 And I love my lord Jesus above anything
 At the end of that bed there grows a thorn
 The bells of paradise I heard them ring
 It blooms ere it blossoms the day he was born
 And I love my lord Jesus above anything
 Under that bed there runs a flood
 The bells of paradise I heard them ring
 A half it runs water, the other runs blood
 And I love my lord Jesus above anything
 And over that place the moon shines bright
 The bells of paradise I heard them ring
 To tell that our saviour was born this night
 And I love my lord Jesus above anything