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ENGLISH MINSTRELSY.
CHRISTMAS CAROL.
The Burden or Chorus.
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Bring us in good ale, good ale,
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And bring us in good ale :
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IS the sa - lu - ta - tion of the an-gel Ga - bi-i - el.
For oiu-bless-ed La-dy'ssake, bring us in good ale.
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Bring us in no
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be come new, sent from the Trin - i - ty, By Ga - bri - el to Na - za - reth,
brown bread, for that is made of bran, Nor bring us in no white bread, For
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A clean maiden and pure virgin. Through her hu-mi-li
But bring us in good ale, good ale. And bring us in good
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^ The two bars marked off by a line are added, because
there would not otherwise be music enough for the Was-
sail Song. They are a mere repetition of the preced-
ing, and can be omitted at pleasure. The only way in
which the latter could have been sung to the music as
written in the manuscript, would be by omitting the line
" And bring us in good ale ; " but, as it is merely a repe-
tition, it could be omitted.