Hishtory

Here we come a-caroling among the leaves so green, Here we come a-wandering so fair to be seen Love and Joy come to you, and a Merry Christmas too And God Bless You and send you a Happy New Year God send you a Happy New Year. Everyone is familiar with the Caroling Song. I had to learn it in music class when I was in elementary school, along with some additional verses, nearly forty years ago, and I still remember the song to this very day. The second verse goes; We are not your daily beggars who go from door to door, We are your neighbors children whom you have seen before. And the third verse; Good Master and Good Mistress while you’re sitting by the fire Pray think of us poor children who are wandering in the mire. But did you know that the song was originally an English song about children begging for an alcoholic beverage as they went from door to door singing Christmas carols? Yeah, of course our teachers left out the verses about drinking. And the verses we did learn had been changed dramaticall