WHADDON WHITSON SONG

Now Whitsuntide is come you very well do know;
Come, serve the Lord we must before we do go;
Come, serve him truly with all your mind and heart,
And then from heaven your soul shall never depart.

How do you know how long we have to live?
For when we die, O then what would we give
For to being sure of having our resting place,
Since we have run our sinful wretched race?



Now we may bring you the royal branch of oak;
God bless our king and queen and all the royal folk;
God bless our king and queen and all this world beside,
Then the Lord he will send us all a merry Whitsuntide.

http://www.whaddon.org/whitsun-files/Whitsun_article.html

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The above article says" the Whaddon Whitsun Song was recorded by the folk group the Young Tradition on their album So Cheerfully Round in 1967. It was called "The Whitsuntide Carol" and is somewhat different from the version noted by Wortley, although clearly arranged from the same song by the members of the group."
Whitsuntide Carol: The Young Tradition (1967)    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSK50_di5lo