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Traditional |
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Here we come a-wassailing |
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Among the leaves so green, |
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Here we come a-wand'ring |
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So fair to be seen. |
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Love and joy come to you, |
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And to you your wassail, too, |
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And God bless you, and send you |
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A Happy New Year, |
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And God send you a Happy New Year. |
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We are not daily beggers |
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That beg from door to door, |
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But we are neighbors' children |
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Whom you have seen before |
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Love and joy come to you, |
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And to you your wassail, too, |
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And God bless you, and send you |
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A Happy New Year, |
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And God send you a Happy New Year. |
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Good master and good mistress, |
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As you sit beside the fire, |
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Pray think of us poor children |
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Who wander in the mire. |
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Love and joy come to you, |
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And to you your wassail, too, |
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And God bless you, and send you |
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A Happy New Year, |
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And God send you a Happy New Year |
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We have a little purse |
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Made of ratching leather skin; |
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We want some of your small change |
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To line it well within. |
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Love and joy come to you, |
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And to you your wassail, too, |
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And God bless you, and send you |
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A Happy New Year, |
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And God send you a Happy New Year. |
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Bring us out a table |
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And spread it with a cloth; |
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Bring us out a cheese, |
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And of your Christmas loaf. |
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Love and joy come to you, |
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And to you your wassail, too, |
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And God bless you, and send you |
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A Happy New Year, |
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And God send you a Happy New Year. |
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God bless the master of this house, |
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Likewise the mistress too; |
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And all the little children |
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That round the table go. |
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Love and joy come to you, |
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And to you your wassail, too, |
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And God bless you, and send you |
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A Happy New Year, |
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And God send you a Happy New Year. |
