Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # The Song Of The Women 1st Voice WHEN ye've got a child 'ats whist for want of food, And a grate as grey's y'r 'air for want of wood, And y'r man and you ain't nowise not much good; Together Oh- It's hard work a-Christmassing, Carolling, Singin' songs about the "Babe what's born." 2nd Voice When ye've 'eered the bailiff's 'and upon the latch, And ye've feeled the rain a-trickling through the thatch, An' y'r man can't git no stones to break ner yit no sheep to watch- Together Oh- We've got to come a-Christmassing, Carolling, Singin' of the "Shepherds on that morn." 3rd Voice, more cheerfully 'E was a man's poor as us, very near, An" E'ad' is trials and danger, An' I think 'E'll think of us when 'E sees us singin' 'ere; For 'is mother was poor, like us, poor dear, An' she bore Him in a manger. Together Oh- It's warm in the heavens, but it's cold upon the earth; An' we ain't no food at table nor no fire upon the hearth; And it's bitter hard a-Christmassing, Carolling, Singin' songs about our Saviour's birth; Singin' songs about the Babe what's born; Singin' of the shepherds on that morn. Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #