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| OUR Lord Who did the Ox command | |
| To kneel to Judah’s King, | |
| He binds His frost upon the land | |
| To ripen it for Spring— | |
| To ripen it for Spring, good sirs, | 5 |
| According to His Word. | |
| Which well must be as ye can see— | |
| And who shall judge the Lord? | |
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| When we poor fenmen skate the ice | |
| Or shiver on the wold, | 10 |
| We hear the cry of a single tree | |
| That breaks her heart in the cold— | |
| That breaks her heart in the cold, good sirs, | |
| And rendeth by the board. | |
| Which well must be as ye can see— | 15 |
| And who shall judge the Lord? | |
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| Her wood is crazed and little worth | |
| Excepting as to burn, | |
| That we may warm and make our mirth | |
| Until the Spring return— | 20 |
| Until the Spring return, good sirs, | |
| When Christians walk abroad; | |
| Which well must be as ye can see— | |
| And who shall judge the Lord? | |
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| God bless the master of this house, | 25 |
| And all who sleep therein! | |
| And guard the fens from pirate folk, | |
| And keep us all from sin, | |
| To walk in honesty, good sirs, | |
| Of thought and deed and word! | 30 |
| Which shall befriend our latter end…. | |
| And who shall judge the Lord? | |
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