A n Online Christmas Songbook
Wassail Song

1.	Here we come a-wassailing  
	A-mong the leaves so green,  
	Here we come a-wandering, 
	So fair to be seen: 

	REFRAIN 
	Love and joy come to you, 
	And to your wassail too 
	And God bless you, and send you 
	A Happy New Year:

2.	Our wassail cup is made  
	Of the rosemary tree, 
	And so is your beer 
	Of the best barley: 

3. 	We are not daily beggars  
	Who beg from door to door,  
	But we are neighbors' children,  
	Whom you have seen before: 

4.	Good Master and Mistress, 
	As you sit by the fire, 
	Pray think of us poor children, 
	Who are wandering in the mire: 

5.	We have a little purse 
	Made of ratching leather skin: 
	We want some of your small change 
	To line it well within: 

6.	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: 

7.	Bring us out a table, 
	And spread it with a cloth; 
	Bring us out some mouldy cheese, 
	And some of your Christmas loaf: 

8.	God bless the Master of this house,  
	Like-wise the Mistress too  
	And all the little children,  
	That round the table go.  

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

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Words:     Husk, Song's of the Nativity, 1868 [1-8] & Ritson, Ancient Songs and Ballads, 1829 [8-9]
Music:     WASSAIL SONG [S7256] - Traditional Yorkshire melody
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