Here We Come A-Wassailing (The American Edition) -Sam Stokes

This is a parody of "Here We Come A-Wassailing" that plays on the idea that Americans don't understand many of the British idioms found in English Christmas carols. By Sam Stokes - Visit my website at http://stokesmusic.tripod.com and please check out my other Christmas songs on YouTube - "O Little Town of Boggy Creek," "O Christmas Tree (This Song Has Many Versions," and "Jolly Old St. Nicholas - Change Your Ways!" which was featured on the Dr. Demento Show in 2007.

Lyrics:

Here we come a-wassailing
Among the leaves so green.
Here we come a-wandering
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.

If you're not sure what a wassail is
you're not alone
You wonder why it's been so long
and you have never known.
It's because it's from England
it's not American.
Just like cricket, the Rolling Stones,
and figgy pudding, too.
It's just something that
British people do.

If you visit England,
I have this to say to you.
If you need a restroom,
then you'll have to find a loo.
Yes, it seems quite absurd,
they have many different words,
and they spell things like
favo(u)rite and colo(u)r with a "u"
what a funny European thing to do.

If you're in an English restaurant
and you're feeling kind of sick
because the person next to you
has ordered spotted dick.
There's no need to feel faint
No, it isn't what you think.
It's a pudding with raisins in it
nothing quite so foul.
Well, in England they say "willy" anyhow.

I hope you've learned enough
about English carols from this song.
That "don we now our gay apparel"
doesn't just sound wrong.
It does not insinuate
that the singers are not straight.
It's just more silly British talk
and I mean no offense
but leave speaking English to Americans.
Just leave speaking English to Americans.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Christmas
• Carols
• British
• English
• American
• Stokes
• parody

[Dustyb088]

OMG! In our english class our teach acidently played this cos we r learning about Wassailing, we were in HYSTERICS!!

Go you Sam, this rocks.

I'm from England and it is kinda true that Spotted Dick sounds well wrong.

NO OFFENCE TAKEN.

Do you have anymore songs? ...

I told all my friends about this, hehehe, they found it funny too.

P.S. We don't speak funny, only the chavs do, hah.

[samstokes80]

That's one of the funniest stories I've ever heard! I can only imagine the scene this must have caused!

I have three other Christmas parodies and a St. Patrick's Day song on my YouTube channel. Enjoy and feel free to share with your friends.

[sushi374]

I totally enjoyed that and passed it on to my friends. Thank you.

[samstokes80]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Please feel free to share it with anyone and everyone!  Merry Christmas!

[avatarprimus]

that was so funny!!! im still laughing :D

[k97513]

@jcm1116

probaly what its supposed to be in the english version.

[k97513]

awesome! this is the best version!

[CountVictorVonScary]

like

[TheYuri265]

Today's 'The First Day Of Christmas' Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year!

[DrummerBoy922]

I'm going to go ahead and say that no one is spelling the words wrong, we all spell them in our own way. Depends on what brand of English you speak.

[TomekHujek631]

Just Great moved to England from America a year ago...my husband is always saying how American

[NYCBlonde]

My British friend and I joke about English idioms all the time.It just isn't Christmas without Spotted Dick! Yum yum!

[magistertempli666]

I expected something more - well... traditional. Having said that, I laughed lots! I'm British and please don't change it. By the way, Merry Christmas!

[faeryquene]

Lol!! This is great!! Love it!! :D

[jcm1116]

took me till the 3rd verse to realize they weren't the right lyrics... hahaha.