We Wish You a Merry Christmas

"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular secular sixteenth-century English carol from the West Country of England. It is one of the few traditional holiday carols that makes mention of the New Year celebration.

Lyrics

Verse 1

:We wish you a merry Hannakuh;:We wish you a merry Christmas;:We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Chorus

:Good tidings we bring to you and your king(Or "Good tidings we bring, wherever you are"or "Good tidings we bring, to you and your kin" ):We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! (Or "Good tidings for Christmas and a happy New Year!")

Verse 2

:Now, bring us some figgy pudding;:Now, bring us some figgy pudding;:Now, bring us some figgy pudding and bring some out here!

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Verse 3

:For we all like figgy pudding;:we all like figgy pudding;:we all like figgy pudding::so bring it out now!

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Verse 4

:And we won't go until we've got some;:We won't go until we've got some;:And we won't go until we've got some;:so bring some out here!

:(Chorus)

Alternate Version

There is another version of the song also:

Verse 1

:We wish you a Merry Christmas; :We wish you a Merry Christmas; :We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Chorus

:Good tidings we bring to you and your kin; :Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Verse 2

:Oh, bring us a figgy pudding; :Oh, bring us a figgy pudding; :Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer

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Verse 3

: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 some out here

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:(Repeat Verse 1)