Lullay, mine liking
MIDDLE ENGLISH CRADLE SONG OF THE VIRGIN MARY
Lullay, my liking; Myn Lyking; I Saw a Maiden; Lullay My Liking; I Saw A Maiden; I saw a fair maiden
"Lullay, mine liking" is a Middle English lyric poem or carol of the 15th century which frames a narrative describing an encounter of the Nativity with a song sung by the Virgin Mary to the infant Christ.Mary Gertrude Segar, A mediæval anthology: being lyrics and other short poems, chiefly religious (London: Longmans, Green and co.