Unknown. Jolly Jankin

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    As I went on Yule day
    In our procession,
    Knew I jolly Jankin
    By his merry tone—
    Kyrie eleison.
    —Unknown. Jolly Jankin (l. Chorus.)

    Adam had learned the jolly deed of kind:
    He took her in his arms and there and then
    Like the clean beasts, embracing from behind,
    Began in joy to found the breed of men.
    Alec Derwent Hope (b. 1907)

    As I went on Yule day
    In our procession,
    Knew I jolly Jankin
    By his merry tone—
    Kyrie eleison.
    —Unknown. Jolly Jankin (l. Chorus.)