Here We Come A-Wassailing

Traditional Carol

chorus by Hilda Marshall

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

Peace and hope and friendship too

And we bless you and wish you a happy new year

And we wish you a happy new year!

Chorus

We are not daily beggars who

Beg from door to door

But we are neighbors' children

Whom you have seen before

Chorus

We have got a little purse

Of stretching leather skin

We want a little money

To line it well within

Chorus

Call up the butler of this house

Put on his golden ring

Let him bring us a glass of beer

And better we shall sing

Chorus

Bring us out a table

and spread it with a cloth

Bring us out a moldy cheese

And some of your Yuletide loaf

Chorus

God bless the master of the house

The mistress bless also

And all the little children

Around the table go

Chorus

Good master and good mistress

While you sit by the fire

Pray think of us poor children

A-wand'ring in the mire