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From The History of the Westminster Election. 1784.
Come, Cheer up, My Lads, Merry Christmas is Near.
Come, cheer up, my lads, merry Christmas is near,
And I hope we shall all have a Happy New Year!
Then eat your plum-pudding and drink your strong ale,
And may plenty and peace, in old England ne’er fail;
O, still may our flag be with lustre unfurl’d!
Let’s ever be ready, steady boys, steady,