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A CHRISTMAS GLEE; FEIGNED AS FROM ELIZABETHAN COMEDY, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: With a hey! And a hi! And a hey-ho glee!
Last Line: The christmas holly and the mistletoe!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Children; Christmas; Winter; Childhood; Nativity, The


I

WITH a hey! and a hi! and a hey-ho glee!
O a Christmas glass for a sweet-lipped lass
To kiss and pass, in her coquetry --
So rare!
And the lads all flush save the right one there --
So rare -- so rare!
With a hey! and a hi! and a ho -- oh!
The Christmas holly and the mistletoe!

II

With a hey! and a hi! and a hey-ho wile!
As he lifts the cup and his wan face up,
Her eyes touch his with a tender smile --
So rare!
Then his hands grasp out -- and her own are there --
So rare -- so rare!
With a hey! and a hi! and a ho -- oh!
The Christmas holly and the mistletoe!

CHORUS

With a hey! and a hi! and a hey-ho-ho!
The wind, the winter and the drifting snow!
With a hey! and a hi! and a ho -- oh!
The Christmas holly and the mistletoe!





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