{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/child/ch056.htm","path":"neu/eng/child/ch056.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch056.htm","text":"a. Sylvester, A Garland of Christmas Carols, p. 50, from an old Birmingham broadside. b. Husk, Songs of the Nativity, p. 94, from a Worcestershire broadside of the last century.\n56A.1 AS it fell out upon a day,\nRich Dives he made a feast,\nAnd he invited all his friends,\nAnd gentry of the best.\n56A.2 Then Lazarus laid him down and down,\nAnd down at Dives\u2019 door:\n\u2018Some meat, some drink, brother Dives,\nBestow upon the poor.\u2019\n56A.3 \u2018Thou art none of my brother, Lazarus,\nThat lies begging at my door;\nNo meat nor drink will I give thee,\nNor bestow upon the poor.\u2019\n56A.4 Then Lazarus laid him down and down,\nAnd down at Dive\u2019s wall:\n\u2018Some meat, some drink, brother Dives,\nOr with hunger starve I shall.\u2019\n56A.5 \u2018Thou art none of my brother, Lazarus,\nThat lies begging at my wall;\nNo meat nor drink will I give thee,\nBut with hunger starve you shall.\u2019\n56A.6 Then Lazarus laid him down and down,\nAnd down at Dive\u2019s gate:\n\u2018Some meat, some drink, brother Dives,\nFor Jesus Christ sake.\u2019\n56A.7 \u2018Thou art none of my brother, Lazarus,\nThat lies begging at my gate;\nNo meat nor drink will I give thee,\nFor Jesus Christ his sake.\u2019\n56A.8 Then Dives sent out his merry men,\nTo whip poor Lazarus away;\nThey had no power to strike a stroke,\nBut flung their whips away.\n56A.9 Then Dives sent out his hungry dogs,\nTo bite him as he lay;\nThey had no power to bite at all,\nBut licked his sores away.\n56A.10 As it fell out upon a day,\nPoor Lazarus sickened and died;\nThen came two angels out of heaven\nHis soul therein to guide.\n56A.11 \u2018Rise up, rise up, brother Lazarus,\nAnd go along with me;\nFor you\u2019ve a place prepared in heaven,\nTo sit on an angel\u2019s knee.\u2019\n56A.12 As it fell out upon a day,\nRich Dives sickened and died;\nThen came two serpents out of hell,\nHis soul therein to guide.\n56A.13 \u2018Rise up, rise up, brother Dives,\nAnd go with us to see\nA dismal place, prepared in hell,\nFrom which thou canst not flee.\u2019\n56A.14 Then Dives looked up with his eyes,\nAnd saw poor Lazarus blest:\n\u2018Give me one drop of water, brother Lazarus,\nTo quench my flaming thirst.\n56A.15 \u2018Oh had I as many years to abide\nAs there are blades of grass,\nThen there would be an end, but now\nHell\u2019s pains will ne\u2019er be past.\n56A.16 \u2018Oh was I now but alive again,\nThe space of one half hour!\nOh that I had my peace secure!\nThen the devil should have no power.\u2019\n56B: Dives and Lazarus\nFrom memory, as sung by carol-singers at Christmas, in Worcestershire, at Hagley and Hartlebury, 1829-39: F. S. L., in Notes and Queries, Fourth Series, III, 76.\n56B.1 AS it fell out upon one day,\nRich Diverus he made a feast,\nAnd he invited all his friends,\nAnd gentry of the best.\n56B.2 And it fell out upon one day,\nPoor Lazarus he was so poor,\nHe came and laid him down and down.\nEvn down at Diverus\u2019 door.\n56B.3 So Lazarus laid him down and down\nEven down at Diverus\u2019 door:\n\u2018Some meat, some drink, brother Diverus,\nDo bestow upon the poor.\u2019\n56B.4 \u2018Thou art none of mine, brother Lazarus,\nLying begging at my door:\nNo meat, no drink will I give thee,\nNor bestow upon the poor.\u2019\n56B.5 Then Lazarus laid him down and down,\nEven down at Diverus\u2019 wall:\n\u2018Some meat, some drink, brother Diverus,\nOr surely starve I shall.\n56B.6 \u2018Thou art none of mine, brother Lazarus,\nLying begging at my wall;\nNo meat, no drink will I give thee,\nAnd therefore starve thou shall.\u2019\n56B.7 Then Lazarus laid him down and down,\nEven down at Diverus\u2019 gate:\n\u2018Some meat, some drink, brother Diverus,\nFor Jesus Christ his sake.\u2019\n56B.8 \u2018Thou art none of mine, brother Lazarus,\nLying begging at my gate;\nNo meat, no drink will I give thee,\nFor Jesus Christ his sake.\n56B.9 Then Diverus sent out his merry men all,\nTo whip poor Lazarus away;\nThey had not power to whip one whip,\nBut threw their whips away.\n56B.10 Then Diverus sent out his hungry dogs,\nTo bite poor Lazarus away;\nThey had not power to bite one bite,\nBut licked his sores away.\n56B.11 And it fell out upon one day,\nPoor Lazarus he sickened and died;\nThere came two angels out of heaven,\nHis soul thereto to guide.\n56B.12 \u2018Rise up, rise up, brother Lazarus,\nAnd come along with me;\nThere is a place prepared in heaven,\nFor to sit upon an angel\u2019s knee.\u2019\n56B.13 And it fell out upon one day\nRich Diverus he sickened and died;\nThere came two serpents out of hell,\nHis soul thereto to guide.\n56B.14 \u2018Rise up, rise up, brother Diverus,\nAnd come along with me;\nThere is a place prepared in hell,\nFor to sit upon a serpent\u2019s knee.\u2019","title":"The Child Ballads: 56. Dives and Lazarus","type":"page"}