The Four Presents

I had four brothers over the sea,     Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine;     And they each sent a present unto me.     Petrum, Partrum, Paradisi, Tempore,     Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine.     The first sent a goose without a bone,     Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine;     The second sent a cherry without a stone,     Petrum, Partrum, Paradisi, Tempore,     Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine.     The third sent a blanket without a thread,     Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine;     The fourth sent a book that no man could read,     Petrum, Partrum, Paradisi, Tempore,     Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine.     When the cherry's in the blossom, there is no stone,     Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine;     When the goose is in the egg-shell, there is no bone.     Petrum, Partrum, Paradisi, Tempore,     Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine.     When the wool's on the sheep's back, there's no thread,     Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine:     When the book's in the press, no man can read     Petrum, Partrum, Paradisi, Tempore,     Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine.