We Wish You A Merry Christmas

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"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular English Christmas carol from the West Country of England. One of the most popular Christmas carols to be sung by holiday carolers, this song's main theme is to spread the joy of Christmas and a happy new year! Discover the lyrics and story of this carol below along with video performances.

We wish you a Merry Christmas; 
We wish you a Merry Christmas; 
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin; 
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding; 
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding; 
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer
We won't go until we get some; 
We won't go until we get some; 
We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here

We wish you a Merry Christmas; 
We wish you a Merry Christmas; 
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

 

Songwriters Origina Author Unknown Published by Public Domain

The Story Behind We Wish You A Merry Christmas

According to Wikipedia, The Bristol-based songwriter, conductor and musician Arthur Warrell is cited for the popularity of the carol. Warrell adopted the tune for his own University of Bristol Madrigal Singers and performed it with them in concert on December 6, 1935. That same year, his elaborate four-part arrangement was published by Oxford University Press, under the title "A Merry Christmas: West Country traditional song".

 


Collection of Popular Christmas Hymns and Carols:

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
The First Noel
Joy To The World
O Holy Night
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Silent Night
O Come All Ye Faithful
Go Tell It On The Mountain
What Child Is This
O Little Town of Bethlehem
We, Three Kings of Orient, Are
Ave Maria
Away in a Manger
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Do You Hear What I Hear?
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
The Little Drummer Boy
Deck the Halls

 


We wish you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

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