[lit-ideas] Re: Thoughts upon Dickens

  • From: Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:09:51 +0000 (GMT)

--- Richard Henninge <RichardHenninge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

 I
> would wish all those from Mainz to California,
> either way round, the "be in
> good health" toast discovered, during the
> composition of my last post, in
> the English word "wassail."

thank you, Richard.

"Here we come a-wassailing
Among the leaves so green,
Here we come a-wand'ring
So fair to be seen.
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year."

http://www.history.uk.com/churches/index.php?archive=19

Saxon Waes Hael.


Judy Evans, Cardiff


> 
> May all your beings be hale and hearty, on their
> directions home.
> 



        
        
                
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