VocalEssence Chorus and Ensemble Singers, chamber orchestra

Here we come a-wassailing among the leaves so green;
Here we come a-wandering so fair to be seen.

Refrain: Love and joy come to you, and to you your wassail too,
And God bless you, and send you a Happy New Year.

Our wassail cup is made of the rosemary tree,
And so is your beer of the best barley. Refrain:

We are not daily beggars that beg from door to door,
But we are neighbors’ children whom you have seen before. Refrain:

Call up the butler of this house; put on his golden ring;
Let him bring us up a glass of beer, and better we shall sing. Refrain:

We have got a little purse of stretching leather skin;
We want a little of your money to line it well within. Refrain:

Bring us out a table, and spread it with a cloth;
Bring us out a moldy cheese, and some Christmas loaf. Refrain:

God bless the master of this house, likewise the mistress too;
And all the little children that round the table go. Refrain:

Good master and good mistress, while you’re sitting by the fire,
Pray think of us poor children are wandering in the mire. Refrain:
—Traditional English carol