"Here We Come A'Wassailing" - 19th Century England

1- Here we come a-wassailing among the leaves so green.
Here we come a-wandering so fair to be seen.

(Chorus)
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.

2- Our wassail cup is made of the rose-mary tree,
and so is your beer of the best barley.
(repeat chorus)

3- We're not the daily beggars who beg from door-to-door,
but we are the neighbors' children you have seen before.
(repeat chorus)

4- Good Master and the Mistress as you sit by the fire,
pray for us poor children who're wandering in the mire.
(repeat chorus)

5- We have got a little purse of ratching leather skin, (we)
want some of your money to line it well within.
(repeat chorus)

6- Call up the butler of this house, put on his golden ring.
Let him bring a glass of beer, the better we shall sing.
(repeat chorus)

7- Bring us out a table and spread it with a cloth.
Bring us out some mouldy cheese, some of your Christmas loaf.
(repeat chorus)

8- God bless the Master of this house, like-wise the Mistress too,
and all the little chldren that 'round the table go.
(repeat chorus)

9- And all your kin and kin-folk that dwell both far and near.
We wish Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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(short intro)

1- Here we come a'wassailing among the leaves so green.
Here we come a'wandering so fai~air to be seen.

(Chorus) Love and joy come to you, and to you your wassail too,
and God bless you and se~end you a Happy Ne~ew Year,
and God send you a Happy Ne~ew Year.

2- (Our) wassail cup is ma~ade of the ro~osemary tree,
(and) so is your bee~e~eer of the be~est bar~arley.
(repeat chorus)

3- (We're) not the daily be~eggars who beg from door-to-door,
but we are the neighbors' children you have seen before.
(repeat chorus)

4- (Good) Master and the Mi~istress as you sit by the fire,
pray for us poor chi~ildren who're wandering in the mire.
(repeat chorus)

5- We have got a little purse of ratching leather skin,
(we) want some of your mo~oney to line it well within.
(repeat chorus)

6- (Call) up the butler of this house, put on his golden ring.
Let him bring a glass of beer, the better we shall sing.
(repeat chorus)

7- Bring us out a ta~able and spread it with a cloth.
Bring us out some mouldy cheese, some of your Christmas loaf.
(repeat chorus)

8- (God) bless the Master of this house, like-wise the Mistress too,
and all the little chi~il-dren that 'round the table go.
(repeat chorus)

9- (And) all your kin and ki~infolk that dwell both far and near.
We wish Merry Christmas and a Happy Ne~ew Year.
(repeat chorus)

(short soft bg interlude over verse)

(repeat chorus)

and God bless you and se~end you a Happy Ne~ew Year,
and God send you a Happy Ne~ew Year.
and God send you a Happy... Ne~ew.... Year.....

(bg beatle-esque ending)

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