Chicago Wassail
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Chicago Wassail
Dance you maidens, dance you young men Be you full of joy and good cheer Hark the piper and the harper Merrily playing, greet the new year Join the dance and join the chorus See the Yule log burning high How the fire leaps with gladness Sparks like stars blaze in the sky Wassail, wassail, health unto you! May your days be merry! Wassail, wassail, health unto you All the years of your life! Hail the hall’s lord, hail the lady Hail their hospitality! Let us gather all together ‘Round the table joyfully Praise the bounty of the harvest Laid in feast before us here Gifts of earth and gifts of labor Hunger’s bite we shall not fear Wassail, wassail, health unto you! May your days be merry! Wassail, wassail, health unto you All the years of your life! Shortest days are now upon us, And the ground is covered with snow, And the nights are dark and bitter, And the frozen winds do blow But the sun shall rise tomorrow Oh! The dawn is golden and bright! See the sunbeams dancing, gleaming At the coming of the light! Wassail, wassail, health unto you! May your days be merry! Wassail, wassail, health unto you All the years of your life! |
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