PLEASE TO SEE THE KING



Joy, health, love, and peace be all here in this place

By your leave, we will sing concerning our King



Our King is well dressed, in silks of the best

In ribbons so rare, no king can compare



We have traveled many miles, over hedges and stiles

In search of our King, unto you we bring



Old Christmas is past, Twelfth Night is the last

And we bid you adieu, great joy to the new

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The king was the wren. The wren was the king of the birds. In

ancient religions the king was sacrificed every seven years for

the fertility and good of the tribe. In some places (Ireland)

the queen was royal and married new consorts to be sacrificed.

The consort was treated well for seven years (or one year) and

then sacrificed by the new consort. A wren was killed and

dressed up in ribbons, etc. and carried around the village. This

is from Pembrokeshire in South Wales, commemorating the wren-

killing on St. Steven's Day, Dec 26. Old Christmas, still

celebrated rather than December 25, is Twelfth Night.



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