Merry Christmas he would keep;
Decent Passon he—and cheap,
Well-spoke—and not a cross 'un.
Us had gotten nort to eat,
So us stole the Passon's sheep—
Merry Christmas us would keep;
We ate 'n for our dinner.
Us enjoyed our Christmas day;
Passon preached, and said, 'Let's pray,
But I'm a fasting saint; aye, aye!