Here We Come A-Wassailing

Song: Traditional.

midi, midi

Here we come a-wassailing among the leaves so green;
Here we come a wand’ring, so fair to be seen.

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 beggers that beg from door to door,
But we are neighbor children whom you have seen before.

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We have got a little purse of stretching leather skin;
We want a little money to line it well within.

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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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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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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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Call up the Butler of this house, put on his golden ring;
Let him bring us a glass of beer and the better we shall sing.

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