We Wish You A Merry Christmas

"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular secular 16th century English carol from West Country of England. It is one of the few traditional holiday carols that makes mention of the New Year's celebration. In the days of Olde England, groups of travelling singers would entertain for food or pay. These groups were called "waits" and were extremely popular at Christmastime. We Wish You a Merry Christmas is one of these old tunes.
We wish you a Merry Christmas History has its roots in England. However the author and the composer of the song still remains unknown to the whole world. Therefore the date of the publication of the song is not known. This song We wish you a Merry Christmas actually reflects the Christmas tradition of showering gifts on the people who wandered from house to house, singing these Christmas songs to please the wealthy people of the community.







We wish you a merry Christmas (x3)
And a happy New Year.

We wish you a merry Christmas (x3)
And a happy New Year.

Good tidings to you
wherever you are
Good tiding for Christmas
And a happy New Year

Now bring us a figgy pudding
Now bring us a figgy pudding
Now bring us a figgy pudding
And bring some right here.

We wish you a merry Christmas (x3)
And a happy New Year.

Good tidings to you
wherever you are
Good tidings for Christmas
And a happy New Year

Now bring us a figgy pudding
Now bring us a figgy pudding
Now bring us a figgy pudding
And bring some right here.

We won't go until we get some
We wont' go until we get some
We won't go until we get some
Some bring some right here.

We wish you a merry Christmas (x3)
And a happy New Year

We wish you a merry Christmas(x3)
And a happy New Year!!