Their ovens they with bak’d meats choke,

And all their spits are turning.

Without the door let sorrow lie;

And if for cold it hap to die,

We’ll bury’t in a Christmas pye.

And evermore be merry.

“Now every lad is wondrous trim,

And no man minds his labor;

Our lasses have provided them

A bagpipe and a tabor.