“Hark! now the wags abroad do call

Each other forth to rambling;

Anon you’ll see them in the hall,

For nuts and apples scrambling.

Hark! how the roofs with laughter sound;

Anon they’ll think the house goes round,

For they the cellar’s depths have found.

And there they will be merry.

“The wenches with the wassail-bowls

About the streets are singing;