Old Christmas

Words and Music: Virginia Woodward Cloud
Illustration by Louis Rhead
From St. Nicholas Magazine, c. 1893.
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1. It's a long way round the year, my dears,
    A long way round the year!
I found the frost and the flame, my dears,
    I found the smile and tear!

Chorus:
I bring the Christmas joy, my dears,
    To your eyes so bonnie and true
And a mistletoe bough for you, my dears,
    A mistletoe bough for you.

2. The wind blew high on the pine-topp'd hill,
    And cut me keen on the moor;
The heart of the stream was frozen still,
    As I tapped at the miller's door. Chorus

3. I tossed them holly in hall and cot,
    And bade them right good cheer,
But stayed me not in any spot,
    For I'd traveled around the year. Chorus

4. To bring the Christmas joy, my dears,
    To your eyes so bonnie and true;
And a mistletoe bough for you, my dears,
    A mistletoe bough for you! Chorus

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