I don't know if the versions are the same, but John Roberts and Tony Barrand sing the stanza supplied two messages back, plus the following: 'Tis ill for a mind to anger incline To think of small injuries now If wrath be deceit do not lend to thy cheek Nor let it inhabit thy brow Cross out of thy books malevolent looks Both beauty and youth decay And wholly consort with mirth and with sport To drive the cold winter away This time of the year is spent in good cheer When neighbors together do meet To sit by the fire in friendly desire Each other in love for to greet All grudges forgot, are put in the pot All sorrows aside as they lay The old and the young doth carol this song To drive the cold winter away -Linda Mattson
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