Adam lay ybounden
(Edward) Benjamin Britten
Adam lay ybounden,
Bounden in a bond,
Four thousand winter
Thought he not too long;
And all was for an apple,
An apple that he took,
As clerkës finden
Written in their book.
Né had one apple taken been,
The apple taken been,
Né had never Our Lady
A been Heaven's Queen.
Blessèd be the time
That apple takèn was.
Therefore we moun singen:
Deo gratias!