We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Words & Music:

Traditional English Carol

 

This is most likely a 16th century English West Country wassailing song.  Like American Halloween, but at Christmas; and the "beggars" would earn their pudding or punch with a song.

 

   G                C              A                D

We wish you a merry Christmas.  We wish you a merry Christmas.

   B7               Em              C     D   G

We wish you a merry Christmas And a Happy New Year!

 

CHORUS:

     C          D       A        D

Good tidings to you wherever you are.

[alt:  "Good tidings we bring for you and your kin."]

     G                           Am    D   G

Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year!

[alt:  "We wish you a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year]

 

Oh, bring us some figgy pudding.  Oh, bring us some figgy pudding

Oh, bring us some figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer.

[alt:  "Oh, bring us some figgy pudding & bring it right here."]

 

CHORUS:

 

For we all like figgy pudding.  We all like figgy pudding

We all like figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer.

[alt:  "We all like figgy pudding, so bring it right here."]

 

CHORUS:

 

We won't go until we get some.  We won't go until we get some.

We won't go until we get some, so bring it right here!

 

CHORUS:

 




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