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| The Peasants' Dance, 1568 by Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
December 29th – Fifth Day of Christmas
Make We Mery, Bothe More and Lasse
Make
we mery, bothe more and lasse
For now ys the tyme of Crystymas
For now ys the tyme of Crystymas
1. Let
no man come into this hall,
Groom, page nor yet marshall,
But that some sport he bring withall,
For now is the time of Christëmas.
Then for my love ask him no mo,
But to the stocks then let him go,
For now is the time of Christëmas.
Words: English Traditional, Before 1536. Source: Edith Rickert, Ancient English Christmas
Carols: 1400-1700 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1914), p. 102-3
Groom, page nor yet marshall,
But that some sport he bring withall,
For now is the time of Christëmas.
2. If
that he say he cannot sing,
Some other sport then let him bring,
That it may please at this feasting,
For now is the time of Christëmas.
3. If
he say he can naught do,Some other sport then let him bring,
That it may please at this feasting,
For now is the time of Christëmas.
Then for my love ask him no mo,
But to the stocks then let him go,
For now is the time of Christëmas.
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