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FOR THIS CHRISTMAS by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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First Line: YE OLD-TIME STAVE THAT PEALETH OUT
Last Line: AND GENTLEWOMEN, TOO!
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; FESTIVALS; NATIVITY, THE; FAIRS; PAGEANTS;
YE old-time stave that pealeth out
To 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:
@3"God bless you, merry gentlemen" --
And gentlewomen, too!@1



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