Children's Christmas Song (Yorkshire Wassail)
Language: English
We've been a-while a-wandering Amongst the leaves so green. But now we come a wassailing So plainly to be seen. For it's Christmas time, when we travel far and near; May God bless you and send you a happy New Year. We are not daily beggars That beg from door to door; We are your neighbors children, Whom you've seen before; For it's, etc. Good master and good mistress, While you're sitting by the fire, Pray think of us poor children That's wandered in the mire; For it's, etc. We've got a little purse; Made of leathern ratchin skin; We want a little of your money To line it well within; For it's, etc. Bring us out a table And spread it with a cloth, Bring us out a mouldy cheese And some of your Christmas loaf; For it's, etc.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Children's Christmas Song (Yorkshire Wassail)", 1950 [women's chorus], from the cantata Folk Songs of the Four Seasons, no. 5a, (Winter), Oxford University Press [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Lidy van Noordenburg
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-31
Line count: 28
Word count: 140