Life, 1894-12-27 · page 22 of 53
Life — December 27, 1894 — page 22: what you’re looking at
A restored page from Life, 1894-12-27. Page through the whole issue in the reader above.
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While over the wassail-bow! gallants a- jostle, All jesting and laughter, a rollicking throng, Crowd clinking their glasses to drink to the lasses And welcome old Christmas with snatches of song. Then hey for the evergreen, ho for the holly ! Keep holiday, sweethearts, nor ever ask how, When Love goes before us to lead off the chorus With “ Hey nonny no for the mistletoe bough!” MEOW. XMAS. LISTEN, good people! The bells in the steeple Are swinging and ringing and caroling now— ‘Tis ** Hey for the evergteen, ho for the holly, And hey nonny no for the mistletoe bough ! is gleaming, its radiance streaming, Upon the gay figures that flit to and fro, Or twirl down the middle to flute and to fiddle With ribbons a flutter and cheeks in a comicbooks.com