The Wassail Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDDEE FGEG HIJI CKJL MNON PAEA QRST PDJA| Here we come a wassailing | A |
| Among the leaves so green | B |
| Here we come a wandering | A |
| So fair to be seen | B |
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| CHORUS | C |
| Love and joy come to you | D |
| And to you your wassail too | D |
| And God bless you and send you a happy New Year | E |
| And God send you a happy New Year | E |
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| Our wassail cup is made | F |
| Of the rosemary tree | G |
| And so is your beer | E |
| Of the best barley | G |
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| We are not daily beggars | H |
| That beg from door to door | I |
| But we are neighbours' children | J |
| Whom you have seen before | I |
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| Good Master and good Mistress | C |
| As you sit by the fire | K |
| Pray think of us poor children | J |
| Are wandering in the mire | L |
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| We have a little purse | M |
| Made of ratching leather skin | N |
| We want some of your small change | O |
| To line it well within | N |
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| Call up the Butler of this house | P |
| Put on his golden ring | A |
| Let him bring us a glass of beer | E |
| And the better we shall sing | A |
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| Bring us out a table | Q |
| And spread it with a cloth | R |
| Bring us out a mouldy cheese | S |
| And some of your Christmas loaf | T |
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| God bless the Master of this house | P |
| Likewise the Mistress too | D |
| And all the little children | J |
| That round the table go | A |
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