A Christmas fable

What crew the cockerel

On Christmas morn?

It crew

Christus natus est!

Loudly

Christus natus est!

Gladly

Christus natus est!

Christ, the Christ is born!

Quando, quando?

quacked the duck.

When, O when? cried she.

In hac nocte

, croacked the raven,

Humped upon a tree,

In hac nocte, in hac nocte,

This very night, quoth he.

Ubi, ubi?

lowed the cow,

Where? she asked of them.

Ubi, ubi?

None could tell,

Till a little lamb

Baa'ed out bravely, high and clear,

Bleated,

Bethlehem.

Joyfully the donkey's voice

Answered lambkin so:

Eamus!

said the ass's bray,

As all Christian men now say

Eamus!

Let us go.