We Wish You a Merry Christmas

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"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular secular sixteenth-century English carol from the West Country of England [1]. The origin of this Christmas carol lies in the English tradition where wealthy people of the community gave Christmas treats to the carolers on Christmas eve such as 'figgy puddings' that were very much like modern day Christmas Puddings.[2]. It is one of the few traditional holiday carols that makes mention of the New Year celebration. The song is often parodied.

[edit] Lyrics

Version 1:

We wish you the Merry Christmas (x3)
and the Happy New Year.

REFRAIN

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
We wish you the Merry Christmas and the Happy New Year.
Now! bring us some figgy pudding (x3)
and bring some out here.

REFRAIN

For we all like figgy pudding (x3)
so bring some out here.

REFRAIN

And we won't go until we've got some (x3)
so bring some out here.

REFRAIN

(Some versions print the refrain as "Glad tidings" instead of "Good tidings')

Version 2:

We wish you the Merry Christmas (x3)
and the Happy New Year.

REFRAIN

Good tidings to you, wherever you are
Good Tidings for Christmas and the Happy New Year

(The first line of the refrain can also be rendered as "Good tidings we bring, to you and to yours")

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding (x3)
and a cup of good cheer

REFRAIN

We won't go until we get some, (x3)
so bring it right here

REFRAIN

We wish you a Merry Christmas (x3)
and the Happy New Year

REFRAIN

The End Goodbye! See You Later! Bye!

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.christmas-lyrics.org/we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas-lyrics.html
  2. ^ http://www.worldofchristmas.net/christmas-carols/we-wish-you.html

[edit] See also

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