We reveal the lyrics và history behind the carol that demands – and makes you feel rather hungry for – figgy pudding.
A joyous encore at Christmas choral concerts around the country, ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ is also heard on doorsteps, in pub corners & outside supermarkets throughout the month of December. It even makes an appearance at the end of best-Christmas-film-of-all-time (don’t
Bạn đang xem: We ứih you a merry christmas
And would you know it, the song is thought to lớn date all the way back khổng lồ the 16th or 17th century.
At that time, carollers wanted grub like figgy pudding (see the second verse, below) khổng lồ keep their tummies full and spirits high on cold winter evenings.
But for its present popularity we can thank the composer Arthur Warrell, who published a carol in 1939 called ‘A Merry Christmas’. He admitted that he had been inspired by a traditional English song, written some time before…
What are the lyrics lớn ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’?
We wish you a merry ChristmasWe wish you a merry ChristmasWe wish you a merry ChristmasAnd a happy New Year
Now bring us some figgy puddingNow bring us some figgy puddingNow bring us some figgy puddingNow bring some out here
For we all lượt thích our figgy puddingFor we all lượt thích our figgy puddingFor we all lượt thích our figgy puddingWith all this good cheer
And we won’t go until we get someAnd we won’t go until we get someAnd we won’t go until we get someSo bring some out here
We wish you a merry ChristmasWe wish you a merry ChristmasWe wish you a merry ChristmasAnd a happy New Year
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