A Christmas Carol

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

(The Chief Constable has issued a statementdeclaring that carol singing in the streets bychildren is illegal, and morally and physicallyinjurious. He appeals to the public to discouragethe practice.—Daily Paper.)

God rest you merry gentlemen,Let nothing you dismay;The Herald Angels cannot sing,The cops arrest them on the wing,And warn them of the docketingOf anything they say.

God rest you merry gentlemen,May nothing you dismay:On your reposeful cities lieDeep silence, broken only byThe motor horn's melodious cry,The hooter's happy bray.

So, when the song of children ceasedAnd Herod was obeyed,In his high hall CorinthianWith purple and with peacock fan,Rested that merry gentleman;And nothing him dismayed.