Song lyrics to The Wassail Song, a traditional English carol that, curiously, has nothing to do with the Nativity.
Here we come a-wassailing
Among the leaves so green,
Here we come a-wand’ring
So fair to be seen.
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Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.
We are not daily beggars
That beg from door to door,
But we are neighbors’ children
Whom you have seen before
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Good master and good mistress,
As you sit beside the fire,
Pray think of us poor children
Who wander in the mire.
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We have a little purse
Made of ratching leather skin;
We want some of your small change
To line it well within.
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Bring us out a table
And spread it with a cloth;
Bring us out a cheese,
And of your Christmas loaf.
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God bless the master of this house,
Likewise the mistress too;
And all the little children
That round the table go.
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