6/8 time
[Introduction]
G G Am Am Em Bm Em
[verse 1]
Em G
All hail to the days that merit more praise
Am Em
than all the rest of the year,
Em G
And welcome the nights that double delights
Am B
as well for the poor as the peer!
G Am
Sweet blessings attend each merry man's friend
Em Bm C
that doth but the best that he may,
G Am
Forgetting old wrongs, with poems and songs,
Em Bm Em
to drive the cold winter away.
[verse 2]
Em G
'Tis ill for the mind to anger incline
Am Em
to think of small injuries now;
Em G
If wroth be to seek, don't lend her thy cheek,
Am B
don't let her inhabit thy brow.
G Am
Cross out of thy books malevolent looks,
Em Bm C
both beauty and youth decay,
G Am
And spend the long nights in honest delights
Em Bm Em
to drive the cold winter away.
[verse 3]
Em G
This time of the year is spent in good cheer
Am Em
with neighbors together to meet,
Em G
To sit by the fire, with friendly desire,
Am B
with others in love to greet;
G Am
Old grudges forgot are put in the pot,
Em Bm C
all sorrows aside they lay,
G Am
The old and the young doth carol this song,
Em Bm Em
to drive the cold winter away.