1. JESUS HE-lf IDEA~LIKE FLOWER, TREE BLOOM.
ROOT WHAT? HIS-lf GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER NAMED J-E-S-S-E.
THAT FLOWER ME CHERISH,
BETTER THAN ANY IN HEAVEN.

2. THAT FLOWER PRETTY, COLOR BRIGHT.
DISSOLVE NEVER, ALWAYS NEW.
FLOWER FROM WHICH BRANCH?
MARY HUMBLE, HERSELF-rt JESUS MOTHER.
HE-lf FLOWER KIND.
ANY SADNESS, HE-lf COMFORT US.

3. GOD HIMSELF-'rt, high' COMMAND
GO-AHEAD SOW@rt, JESUS GROW. WHERE?
BETHLEHEM, THAT-ctr HOLY COUNTRY THEREABOUTS@ctr.
SPECIAL PLACE WHAT? INSIDE-SELF MARY
(2h)SHE@rt. YES, INSIDE-SELF MARY.

4. HAPPEN ANGEL G-A-B-R-I-E-L DESCEND-from-Heaven MEET-rt MARY.
HE-ctr (2h)alt.GREET-rt, BLESS HER-rt.
PEOPLE KNOW-NOTHING.
UNDERSTAND VERY-FIRST CHRISTMAS,
KNOWLEDGE SPREADwg WORLD THEREABOUTS.

5. HAPPEN THAT FLOWER GROWwg, BLOOM SWEET,
MEAN (<) RICH, (>) POOR, EVERY LAND AMAZED"each".
STORY THAT FLOWER SPREADwg CRAZY-FOR.
KING THREE-OF-THEM@ctr
THREE-GO-TO-ctr WITNESS. HALLELUJAH.

6. ANGEL GROUP-DESCEND MANY-LOOK"over time"-AT-lf.
HALLELUJAH. LIKE FLOWER NEW.
(<) HIS-lf COLOR BEAUTIFUL,
(>) HIS-lf FRAGRANCE SWEET.
REALLY-WANT WITNESS
FLOWER GROW IN GOLD HOWwg?

7. (<) SPECIAL FLOWER EASTER,
(>) FLOWER CHRISTMAS HAVE.
WHERE FROM? JESUS,
BUT HE-lf BEAT (2h)#ALL.
ROOT WHERE? HIS-lf GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER NAMED J-E-S-S-E.
HE-lf CAUSE US HEAL. SADNESS GONE.

8. ME REQUEST EACH FLOWER HERE COUNTRY,
(<) ANY PLACE BLOOM, (>) ANY PLACE GROW,
LOOK-UP-lf THIS-lf FLOWER FROM GOOD J-E-S-S-E.
COPY ITS-lf FRESH, ITS-lf BEAUTY.
MOST BEAUTIFUL (2h)#ALL.
COMPARE ANY* UP-TO-NOW, ANY FUTURE TOO.

Notes: HE - Underlined prounouns (ME</>, YOU</>, HE) are honorific index (HON.-IX), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

IDEA~LIKE - A blending where IDEA has a [Y] instead of an [I] in anticipation of LIKE which is signed smoothly right afterwards.

BLOOM - (2h)[A] are held together but the hands are twisted like the beginning of CHANGE. Hands twist back while opening to (2h)[5:] with the hands still held together.

ROOT - [S], FO down, is held by NDH and then breaks through downward while opening to [5]. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - root.

BRANCH - (2h)[1], POs down, FOs away, are held along side one another and touching. The DH moves away and > DS, while the NDH does not move.

SOW@rt - [O^], PO down, changes to [A dot] in the direction that seeds are being sown.

GO-AHEAD - (2h)[B^ dot], POs ><, FOs away, move forward in a jerk.

BETHLEHEM - "B" CITY. For an animated gif of this sign, see Valley Bible Church - ASL dictionary: Bethlehem.

INSIDE-SELF - The FT of [C] are held against the chest and stuff the FT of [O^] into the [C] twice.

MARY - [M] touches NDS temple, is drawn across forehead, and descends. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Mary - 1.

DESCEND-from-Heaven - [1], PO > NDS, FO up; hand is held high and descend in a wavy pattern.

(2h)alt.GREET-rt - (2h)[Bb] alt salute towards right.

KNOW-NOTHING - [O], PO > NDS, FO up, is haken left and right at forehead.

VERY-FIRST - [1], PO down, FO away, supinates like the sign FIRST, but strikes the thumb of NDH [A dot], PO > DS, FO away. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: First.

GROUP-DESCEND - (2h)[C], FOs away, touch FTs and descend from high above.

MANY-LOOK"over time"-AT-lf - (2h)[4], POs down, FOs > lf, move in a vertical circle.

FRAGRANCE - [5], PO down, FO > NDS, starts with wrist touching nose and the hand is moved > DS while FT wg.

REALLY-WANT - WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.

WITNESS - [1] touches under eye while head moves down.

EASTER - (2h)[E], POs away, FOs up, separate in upward arcs. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Easter.

(2h)#ALL - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, are held at shoulder height and move away while opening to (2h)[L].

ROOT - NDH graps wrist of DH [S], which moves opens to a [5:]. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - root.

CAUSE - (2h)[S] are held at the chest as if holding a rope and move forward while opening to (2h)[5]. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - cause.

FRESH - {2h)[5], PO > face, hands move like FRIENDLY but fingers don't wg.

Lyrics:

1. There is a Flower sprung of a tree,
The root thee of is called Jesse;
A flower of price,
There is none such in Paradise!

2. This Flower is fair and fresh of hue:
It fadeth never, but ever is new;
The blissful branch this Flower on grew
Was Mary mild that bare Jesu.
A flower of grace,
Against all sorrow it is solace!

3. The seed hereof was God's command,
That God Himself sowed with His hand
In Bethlehem, in that holy land;
Amidst her harbour there he [the Angel] her found.
This blissful Flower
Sprang never but in Mary's bower.

4. When Gabriel this maiden met,
With "Ave Maria" he her gret [he greeted her];
Between them two this Flower was set,
And kept (it) was, no man shall wit;
But on a day
In Bethlehem It gan spread and spray.

5. When that Flower began to spread,
And His blossom forth He led,
Rich and poor in every stead,
They marvelled how this Flower might spread,
And kinges three
That blissful Flower came to see.

6. Angels there came out of their tower
To look upon this freshly Flower,
How fair He was in His colour,
And how sweet in His savour,
And to behold
How such a Flower might spring in gold!

7. Of lily, of rose of ryse [branch],
Of primrose, and of fleur-de-lys,
Of all the flowers at my device,
That Flower of Jesse yet bears the price
As most of heal,
To slake our sorrows every deal.

8. I pray thee, flowers of this countree,
Wherever ye go, wherever ye be,
Hold up the Flower of good Jesse,
For your freshness and your beauty,
As fairest of all,
And ever was and ever shall.