我们祝你圣诞快乐 We Wish You a Merry Christmas

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

简介 Introduction

《我们祝你圣诞快乐》（英语：We Wish You a Merry Christmas）是英国的西部乡村在十六世纪流行的英文颂歌(或称圣诗）。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）。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。

《我们祝你圣诞快乐》是一首起源自英格兰西部的圣诞颂歌，诞生于16世纪，但是我们现在已经看不到这个版本了。目前最早的歌词是由英国政治家、作家戴维斯·吉尔伯特（Davies Gilbert）在1832年左右收集的。

1833年威廉·桑迪（William Sandys）也曾经出版过这首歌曲。1928年《牛津圣诞颂歌》和1992年的《新牛津圣诞颂歌》两本书中都收录了这首经典歌曲。

这首歌有些版本题目为《I Wish You a Merry Christmas》，但是只是把主语的“我们”替换成“我”，其他内容完全一致。

从这首歌的歌词我们可以得知这首歌是起源自19世纪英国西部上流社会的习俗，歌词中的“figgy pudding”（无花果布丁）是当时上流社会的人在圣诞节盛宴上最经常享用的食物之一。当然，在英国西部方言中“figgy pudding”更多指葡萄干布丁，所以不一定非要含有无花果。

歌词 Lyrics

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"）

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