Oh, brother Juniper, come out and play:
Men should be gay on this Holy-Day.
Lo, brother Sun laughing there in the sky,
All so merrily, clear and high.
Blithe and merry are men and beasts all
In field and stall, in church and in hall.
Oh, little brother, let the fat men sneer,
We have good cheer this day o’ the year.
Oh, brother Juniper, leave ’em their scorn:
Christ is born to us this bright morn.
J. D. C. PELLOW