The Wassail Song

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  "summary": "This traditional wassailing carol depicts a group of children or village singers going door-to-door at Christmas, offering blessings of love, joy and a happy New Year while insisting they are neighbours, not beggars, and gently asking for modest gifts like cheese and a slice of Christmas loaf; the repeated refrain and appeals to God’s blessing underscore a communal, seasonal ritual of reciprocal hospitality, social bonding and good wishes that sustains rural traditions of caroling and charity.",
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    "Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green, Here we come a-wandering So fair to be seen.",
    "Love and joy come to you And to your wassail too, And God bless you, and send you A happy New Year.",
    "We are not daily beggars That beg from door to door, But we are neighbours’ children That you have seen before.",
    "Love and joy come to you And to your wassail too, And God bless you, and send you A happy New Year.",
    "Good Master and good Mistress, As you sit by the fire, Pray think of us poor children Who are wandering in the mire.",
    "Love and joy come to you And to your wassail too, And God bless you, and send you A happy New Year.",
    "Bring us out a table And spread it with a cloth; Bring us out a mouldy cheese And some of your Christmas loaf.",
    "Love and joy come to you And to your wassail too, And God bless you, and send you A happy New Year.",
    "God bless the master of this house, Likewise the mistress too; And all the little children That round the table go.",
    "Love and joy come to you And to your wassail too, And God bless you, and send you A happy New Year."
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    "We are not daily beggars That beg from door to door, But we are neighbours' children That you have seen before.",
    "Love and joy come to you And to your wassail too, And God bless you, and send you A happy New Year.",
    "Good Master and good Mistress, As you sit by the fire, Pray think of us poor children Who are wandering in the mire.",
    "Love and joy come to you And to your wassail too, And God bless you, and send you A happy New Year.",
    "Bring us out a table And spread it with a cloth; Bring us out a mouldy cheese And some of your Christmas loaf.",
    "Love and joy come to you And to your wassail too, And God bless you, and send you A happy New Year.",
    "God bless the master of this house, Likewise the mistress too; And all the little children That round the table go.",
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    "We are not daily beggars That beg from door to door, But we are neighbours' children That you have seen before.",
    "Love and joy come to you And to your wassail too, And God bless you, and send you A happy New Year.",
    "Good Master and good Mistress, As you sit by the fire, Pray think of us poor children Who are wandering in the mire.",
    "Love and joy come to you And to your wassail too, And God bless you, and send you A happy New Year.",
    "Bring us out a table And spread it with a cloth; Bring us out a mouldy cheese And some of your Christmas loaf.",
    "Love and joy come to you And to your wassail too, And God bless you, and send you A happy New Year.",
    "God bless the master of this house, Likewise the mistress too; And all the little children That round the table go.",
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