Re: Gaudi te

Andrew Smith wrote:
>
> In my capacity as church-orientated medievalist for my Medieval
> Re-enactment Society I have been asked if I can help find the words of a
> latin folksong found on a Steel-Eye Span album.  A venture among the latin
> texts of my local theological library has proved unsuccessful, so I throw
> it over to the Wise Ones.  Can anyone advise me on this folksong.
>
> Chorus:
> Gaudi te,
> Christus est natus
> ex Maria Virgine.
>
> - andrew.
It's from _Below the Salt_ by Steele-Eye Span.  It is sung in
a comically "Cockney" accent.  The words are as follow:

Gaudete, gaudete Christus est natus   CHORUS
Ex Maria virginae, gaudete.

Tempus ad est gratiae hoc quod optabamus,
Carmina laetitiae devote redamus.
Gaudete, etc.

Deus homo factus est naturam erante
Mundus renovatus est a Christo regnante.
Gaudete, etc.

Ezecheelis porta clausa per transitor
Unde lux est orta sallus invenitor.
Gaudete, etc.

Ergo nostra contio psallat jam in lustro,
Benedicat domino sallus regi nostro.
Gaudete, gaudete Christus est natus,
Ex Maria virginae, gaudete.

Sally Caves