Context:
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England |
| Year: |
1653 |
| Time of Occurrence: |
Christmas |
| Collective Name: |
[Not given] |
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Source:
[Anon.]
Vindication of Christmas
1653, pp.7-8
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Cast:
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Text:
Father Christmas
Let's dance and sing, and make good chear,
For Christmas comes but once a year :
Draw hogsheads dry, let flagons fly,
For now the bells shall ring ;
Whilst we endeavor to make good
The title 'gainst a King.
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Notes:
Verse of what is described as a "carol". Variations of the initial couplet are found in folk plays, although it is in any case a commonplace saying.
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File History:
1995-02-20 - Entered by Peter Millington
1997-03-25 - File named by Peter Millington
2002-05-28 - Note added by PTMs
2021-01-15 - TEI-encoded by Peter Millington
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