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Christmas Comes
Christmas comes, he comes, he somes,
Ushered in with a rain of plums,
Hollies in the windows greet him,
Schools come driving post to meet him,
Gifts precede him bells proclaim him.
English Traditional
At Christmas Time
At Christmas time, we deck the hall
With holly branches brave and tall,
With sturdy pine and hemlock bright
And in the Yule log's dancing light
We tell old tales of field and fight
At Christmas time.
At Christmas time we pile the board
With flesh and fruit and vintage stored,
And mid the laughter and the glow
We tread a measure soft and slow,
And kiss beneath the mistletoe
At Christmas time.
English Traditional
Dame, get up and bake your pies,
Bake your pies, bake your pies,
Dame, get up and bake your pies,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
English Traditional
The Christmas Pudding
Into the basin put the plums,
Stir-about, stir-about, stir-about!
Next the good white flour comes,
Stir-about, stir-about, stir about!
Sugar and peel and eggs and spice,
Stir-about, stir-about, stir-about!
Mix them and fix them and cook them twice,
Stir-about, stir-about, stir-about!
English Traditional
Christmas Pies
Without the door let sorrow lies,
And if for cold it hap to die,
We'll bury it in Christmas pie,
And evermore be merry!
English Traditional
Now Have Good Day
Now have good day, now have good day.
I am Christmas, and now I go my way.
Here have I dwelt with more or less,
From Hallow-tide till Candlemas,
And now must I from you hence pass,
Now have good day.
English Traditional c. 1540
Little Donkey
Little donkey, little donkey,
On the dusty road.
Got to keep on plodding onwards,
With your precious load.
Been a long time, little donkey,
Through the winter’s night.
Don’t give up now, little donkey,
Bethlehem’s in sight
Ring out those bells tonight
Bethlehem, Bethlehem.
Follow that star tonight,
Bethlehem, Bethlehem.
Little donkey, little donkey,
Had a heavy day.
Little donkey, carry Mary safely on her way.
Little donkey, little donkey,
On the dusty road.
There are wise men waiting for a
Sign to bring them here.
Do not falter, little donkey,
There’s a star ahead.
It will guide you, little donkey,
To a cattle shed.
English Traditional
Sing hey! Sing Hey!
For Christmas Day;
Twine mistletoe and holly,
For friendship flows
In winter snows,
And so let's all be jolly.
English Traditional
Bounce buckram, velvets dear,
Christmas comes but once a year,
When it comes it brings good cheer,
And when it's gone it's never near.
English Traditional
I wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy New Year;
A pocket full of money
And a cellar full of beer,
And a great fat pig
To last you all the year.
English Traditional
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