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FOR THIS CHRISTMAS
Ye old-time stave that pealeth outTo Christmas revelers all,
At tavern-tap and wassail bout,
And in ye banquet hall,—
Whiles ye old burden rings again,
Add yet ye verse, as due:
“God bless you, merry gentlemen”—
And gentlewomen, too!
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