All hail to the days that merit more praise Than all the rest of the year And welcome the nights that double delights As well for the poor as the peer Sweet blessings attend each merry man's friend Each does but the best that he may Forgetting all wrongs with poems and songs To drive the cold winter away
Tis ill for the mind to anger incline To think of small injuries now If wrath be Jusee, don't lend her thy cheek Don't let her inhabit thy brow Cross out of thy books malevolent looks Both beauty and youth decay And spend the long night in honest delight To drive the cold winter away
When the Yule tide comes in like a bride And holly and ivy clad Twelve days in the year must mirth and good cheer In every household is had The popular guise is then to devise All manner of holiday play Both women and men do best that they can To drive the cold winter away
This time of the year is spent in good cheer With neighbors who gather to meet Just sit by the fire with friendly desire With others in love to greet All grudges forgot are put in the pot All sorrows aside they lay The old and the young do carol this song To drive the cold winter away
--------------------------------------- when old jack frost has threatened his worst and fallen from branch to briar then welcome the nights that double delights in the light of a good going fire good fortune attend each merry man's friend that does but as best as he may to banish old wrong with a cup and a song and drive the cold winter away
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