I Heard an Angel

I heard an Angel singing When the day was springing Mercy Pity Peace Is the World's release

Thus he sung all day Over the new mown hay Till the sun went down And haycocks looked brown

I heard a Devil curse Over the heath & the furze Mercy could be no more If there was nobody poor

And pit no more could be If all were as happy as we At his curse the sun went down And the heavens gave a frown

Down pourd the heavy rain Over the new reapd grain And Miseries increase Is Mercy Pity Peace