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1. Matthew, Mark and Luke and John / Bless the bed that I lie on. / Four angels to my bed / Two to bottom, two to head, / Two to hear me when I pray, / Two to bear my soul away.
2. Monday morn the week begin, / Christ deliver our souls from sin. / Tuesday morn, nor curse nor swear, / Christes Body that will tear. / Wednesday, middle of the week, / Woe to the soul Christ does not seek.
3. Thursday morn, Saint Peter wrote / Joy to the soul that heaven hath bote, / Friday Christ died on the tree / To save other men as well as me. / Saturday, sure, the evening dead, / Sunday morn, the Book's outspread.
4. God is the branch and I the flower, / Pray God send me a blessed hour. / I go to bed, some sleep to take, / The Lord, he knows if I shall wake. / Sleep I ever, sleep I never, / God receive my soul for ever.