Christmas davies fen
christmas christmas has come let's eat and drink this is no time to sit and think farewell to study books and pen and welcome too all kinds of men let all men now get rid of care and what one has let others share then tis the same no matter which of us is poor or which is rich let each man have enough this day since those that can are glad to pay there's nothing now too rich or good for poor men not the king's own food now like a singing bird my feet touch earth and i must drink and eat welcome to all men i'll not care what any of my fellows wear we'll not let cloth divide our souls they'll swim stark naked in the bowls
welcome poor beggar i'll not see that hand of yours dislodge a flea while you sit at my side and beg or right foot scratching your left leg farewell restraint we will not now measure the ale our brains allow but drink as much as we can hold we'll count no change when we spend gold this is no time to save but spend to give for nothing not to lend let foes make friends let them forget the mischief-making dead that fret the living with complaint like this he wrong'd us once hate him and his christmas has come let every man eat drink be merry all he can
ale's my best mark but if port wine or whisky's yours let it be mine no matter what lies in the bowls we'll make it rich with our own souls farewell to study books and pen and welcome to all kinds of men this recording is in the public domain
