我们祝你圣诞快乐

《我们祝你圣诞快乐》（英语：We Wish You a Merry Christmas）是英国的西南部在十六世纪流行的英文颂歌（或称圣诗）^[1]。这首圣诞颂歌起源于英国传统，传统社会富人在平安夜那天给颂歌者圣诞食物，如无花果布丁（figgy pudding），很像现在的圣诞布丁（Christmas pudding）^[2][3]。这是为数不多的提及庆祝新年的英国传统颂歌，并往往是颂歌者唱的最后一首歌，以祈盼圣诞佳节一片喜气欢欣。

香港街头的We Wish You A Merry Christmas

歌词

版本一

1

I wish you a merry Christmas,

I wish you a merry Christmas,

I wish you a merry Christmas

And a happy New Year.

Good tidings I bring

To you and your kin;

I wish you a merry Christmas

And a happy New Year.

2

Now bring us some figgy pudding,

Now bring us some figgy pudding,

Now bring us some figgy pudding,

And bring some out here.

Good tidings I bring

To you and your kin;

I wish you a merry Christmas

And a happy New Year.

3

For we all like figgy pudding,

We all like figgy pudding,

For we all like figgy pudding,

So bring some out here.

Good tidings I bring

To you and your kin;

I wish you a merry Christmas

And a happy New Year.

4

And we won't go till we've got some,

We won't go till we've got some,

And we won't go till we've got some,

So bring some out here.

Good tidings I bring

To you and your kin;

I wish you a merry Christmas

And a happy New Year.

版本二

We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas,
And a happy New Year

副歌
Good tidings we bring
To you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year.

（有些版本用"glad tidings"，而不是"good tidings"^[4]）

Now bring us some figgy pudding,
Now bring us some figgy pudding,
Now bring us some figgy pudding,
And bring some out here

副歌

For we all like figgy pudding,
We all like figgy pudding,
For we all like figgy pudding,
So bring some out here

副歌

And we won't go until we've got some
We won't go until we've got some
We won't go until we've got some
So bring some out here

副歌

版本三

We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.

副歌
Good tidings we bring for you and your kin,
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

O bring us some figgy pudding（x3）
and bring it right here.

副歌

And we won't go until we've got some（x3）
so bring some out here.

副歌
It's a season for music（x3）
and a time of good Cheer.

副歌

版本四

We wish you a Merry Christmas（x3）
and a Happy New Year.

副歌
Good tidings to you, where ever you are
Good Tidings at Christmas and a Happy New Year

（副歌的第一行，也可以唱成"Good tidings we bring, to you of good cheer"）

Now bring us some figgy pudding（x3）
and bring it right here

副歌

now bring some tea and breakfast（x3）
and bring it right here

副歌

Christmas time is coming,（x3）
It soon will be here

副歌

参考文献

• YouTube上的《我们祝你圣诞快乐/We Wish you a Merry Christmas》(二胡版)

1. We Wish You A Merry Christmas Lyrics Song 互联网档案馆的存档，存档日期2010-07-22. Christmas-lyrics.org
2. Lester, Meera (2007). Why Does Santa Wear Red?: And 100 Other Christmas Curiousities Unwrapped （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） p.146. Adams Media, 2007
3. We Wish You a Merry Christmas! - Christmas Songs of England （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） Retrieved December 11, 2010
4. e.g., http://michaelkravchuk.com/free-lead-sheet-merry-christmas/ （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）; accessed 2015-12-09