Part 2 (1/2)
Chill December brings the sleet, Blazing fire and Christmas treat.
The moon and the weather May change together; But change of the moon Does not change the weather; If we'd no moon at all, And that may seem strange, We still should have weather That's subject to change.
Autumn wheezy, sneezy, freezy; Winter slippy, drippy, nippy; Spring showery, flowery, bowery; Summer hoppy, croppy, poppy.
As I sat under a sycamore tree, sycamore tree, sycamore tree, I looked me out upon the sea, A Christmas day in the morning.
I saw three s.h.i.+ps a sailing there, sailing there, sailing there, The Virgin Mary and Christ they bare, A Christmas day in the morning.
He did whistle and she did sing, she did sing, she did sing, And all the bells on earth did ring, A Christmas day in the morning.
And now we hope to taste your cheer, taste your cheer, taste your cheer, And wish you all a happy New Year, A Christmas day in the morning.
The rose is red, the violet blue, The gillyflower sweet, and so are you; These are the words you bade me say, For a pair of new gloves on Easter-day.
WORCESTERs.h.i.+RE CAROL
Here we come a whistling, through the fields so green; Here we come a singing, so far to be seen.
G.o.d send you happy, G.o.d send you happy, Pray G.o.d send you a Happy New Year!
The roads are very dirty, my boots are very thin, I have a little pocket, to put a penny in.
G.o.d send you happy, G.o.d send you happy, Pray G.o.d send you a Happy New Year!
Bring out your little table, and spread it with a cloth, Bring out some of your old ale, likewise your Christmas loaf.
G.o.d send you happy, G.o.d send you happy, Pray G.o.d send you a Happy New Year!
G.o.d bless the master of this house, likewise the mistress too; And all the little children that round the table strew.
G.o.d send you happy, G.o.d send you happy, Pray G.o.d send you a Happy New Year!
If Christmas Day on Thursday be, A windy winter you shall see; Windy weather in each week, And hard tempests strong and thick; The summer shall be good and dry, Corn and beasts shall multiply; That year is good for lands to till, Kings and princes shall die by skill; If a child that day born should be It shall happen right well for thee, Of deeds he shall be good and stable, Wise of speech and reasonable; Whoso that day goes thieving about, He shall be punished with doubt; And if sickness that day betide, It shall quickly from thee glide.
April, June, and September Thirty days have as November; Each month else doth never vary From thirty-one, save February, Which twenty-eight doth still confine, Save on leap year, then twenty-nine.
If Sat.u.r.day's moon Come once in seven years, It comes too soon.
HOLLANTIDE, 1st NOVEMBER
If ducks do slide at Hollantide, At Christmas they will swim; If ducks do swim at Hollantide, At Christmas they will slide.
If New Year's Eve night wind blows south, It betokeneth warmth and growth; If west, much milk, and fish in the sea; If north, much cold and storms there will be; If east, the trees will bear much fruit; If north-east, flee it man and brute.
ST VINCENT'S DAY
January 22nd, Old Style.