Deo gracias! Deo gracias!
 Adam lay ibounden, bounden in a bond;
 Four thousand winter thought he not to long.
 Deo gracias! Deo gracias!
 And all was for an appil, an appil that he tok,
 As clerkes finden written in their book.
 Deo gracias! Deo gracias!
 Ne had the appil take ben, the appil take ben,
 Ne hadde never our lady a ben hevene quene.
 Blessed be the time that appil take was.
 Therefore we moun singen.
 Deo gracias! Deo gracias! Deo gracias! Deo gracias!