The Cambridge Carol Book/Jewry, why with bulrush mock Him?

by George Ratcliffe Woodward

XLI. JEWRY, WHY WITH BULRUSH MOCK HIM?

1.Jewry, why with bulrush mock Him?
Of His own robe why unfrock Him?
Thorn-crown'd, why in purple smock Him?
Jewry, why with bulrush mock Him?
Jewry, why with bulrush mock Him?

2.Though ye clamour, 'Crucify Him,'
Though ye gainsay, though ye try Him
In your law-court, and deny Him,
Though ye clamour, 'Crucify Him,' (ij.)

3.God can be o'ercome by nó man,
Be it Hebrew, Greek, or Roman.
Therefore cease to be His foe-man,
God can be o'ercome by nó man. (ij.)

4.Such as hate Him shall be scatter'd,
Satan's bolts and bars be batter'd,
Death and hell-gate throughly shatter'd;
Such as hate Him shall be scatter'd. (ij.)