We Wish You a Merry Christmas

We Wish You a Merry Christmas ("Ve auguremo un fełiçe Nadałe") el xe un tradisionałe canto natałisio, che ga vudo orìxene inte el Ovest de l’Inghilterra inte el XVI secoło.cfr. Bowler, Gerry, Dizionario universale del Natale [The World Encyclopedia of Christmas], ed. it. a cura di C. Corvino & E. Petoia, Newton Compton, Roma, 2003, p. 358

Testo
El ritorneło del brano el xe costituìo da łe formułe de augurio de bon Nadałe e de bon ano novo. Inte ‘l  testo vien anca fato riferimento a ła tradision del Christmas pudding.

We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas 
and a happy New Year!

Glad tidings we bring
to you and your kin 
We wish you a merry Christmas
and a happy New Year!Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding
and bring some out here! (o, anche: and bring it us here)

We'd all like some figgy pudding
We'd all like some figgy pudding
We'd all like some figgy pudding
so and bring some out here!

Glad tidings we bring
to you and your kin 
We wish you a merry Christmas
and a happy New Year!

We won't go until we get some,
We won't go until we get some,
We won't go until we get some,
so and bring some out here!

We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
and a happy New Year!

Version
Tra i numeroxi cantanti o grupi che ga incixo el brano, ricordemocfr. http://www.discogs.com/search/?q=we+wish+you+a+merry+christmas&type=all:  Harry Belafonte, The Carlton Showband, Ray Conniff, The Drifters, Olivia Newton-John, André Rieu, ecc.

Note

Categoria:Canson natałisie