The Ballad of St. Barbara and other verses/A Christmas Carol
For works with similar titles, see Christmas Carol.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
(The Chief Constable has issued a statementdeclaring that carol singing in the streets bychildren is illegal, and morally and physicallyinjurious. He appeals to the public to discouragethe practice.—Daily Paper.)
God rest you merry gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay; The Herald Angels cannot sing, The cops arrest them on the wing,And warn them of the docketing Of anything they say.
God rest you merry gentlemen, May nothing you dismay: On your reposeful cities lie Deep silence, broken only by The motor horn's melodious cry, The hooter's happy bray.
So, when the song of children ceased And Herod was obeyed,In his high hall Corinthian With purple and with peacock fan, Rested that merry gentleman; And nothing him dismayed.