We wish you a Merry Christmas

 We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular sixteenth-century English carol from the West Country of England. The origin of this Christmas carol lies in the English tradition where in wealthy people of the community gave Christmas treats to the carolers on Christmas Eve, such as figgy puddings and Christmas puddings. It is one of the few English traditional carols that makes mention of the New Year celebration and is often the last song carolers sing, wishing all good tidings and happy spirits at Christmastime.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas» es un villancico popular anónimo del siglo XVI proveniente del West Country de Inglaterra. El origen de los villancicos de navidad en la tradición inglesa se relaciona con la costumbre en que la gente rica de la comunidad regalaba dulces navideños a los cantores de villancicos en la víspera de Navidad, como figgy puddings y Christmas puddings. Es uno de los pocos villancicos tradicionales ingleses que menciona al año nuevo.
Lyrics
We wish you a Merry Christmas (x3)
and a Happy New Year.

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Good tidings we bring for you and your kin,
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

O bring us some figgy pudding (x3)
and bring it right here.

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And we won't go until we've got some (x3)
so bring some out here.

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It's a season for music (x3)
and a time of good Cheer.