We Wish You a Merry Christmas
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Sample of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" performed by the youth chamber choir of the Chorakademie Dortmund.
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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][3] It is one of the few English traditional carols that makes mention of the New Year celebration. It is often the last song carolers sing to people.
[edit] Lyrics
Version 1: We wish you a Merry Christmas (x3)
and a Happy New Year.
REFRAIN Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Now! bring us some figgy pudding (x3)
and bring some out here. (or, and bring it us 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 It's a season for music (x3)
and a time of good Cheer.
REFRAIN
(Some versions print the refrain as "Glad tidings" instead of "Good tidings')
Version 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas (x3)
and a Happy New Year.
REFRAIN Good tidings to you, where ever you are
Good Tidings for Christmas and a 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 a Happy New Year
REFRAIN
Modern variations of the refrain include:
We want some lucky cookies
We want some lucky cookies
We want some lucky cookies
Please bring it right here [4]
Be near or be far, Where ever you are, We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
For family, for friends, For peace among men (without end), We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The joy of his birth, brings peace upon earth, We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The young and the old, their stories are told, We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ We Wish You A Merry Christmas Lyrics Song Christmas-lyrics.org
- ^ Lester, Meera (2007). Why Does Santa Wear Red?: And 100 Other Christmas Curiousities Unwrapped p.146. Adams Media, 2007
- ^ We Wish You a Merry Christmas! - Christmas Songs of England Retrieved December 11, 2010
- ^ http://www.metrolyrics.com/we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas-lyrics-ashanti.html
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