Old Father Christmas

DESCRIPTION: "(Here I come/In come I), old Father Christmas, Perhaps welcome, perhaps not; I hope old Father Christmas Will never be forgot." A verse found in many mummers' plays.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973 (Simpson)
KEYWORDS: recitation nonballad Christmas
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Jacqueline Simpson, _The Folklore of Sussex_, B. T. Batsford, 1973, p. 147, "(In come I, old Father Christmas)" (1 short text)
File: Simp157

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