====== We'll Dress The House ======

===== Lyrics =====

1. We'll dress the house with holly bright\\
and sprigs of mistletoe.\\
We'll trim the Christmas tree tonight\\
and set the lights aglow.\\
We'll wrap our gifts with ribbons gay\\
and give them out on Christmas day.\\
By everything we do and say,\\
our gladness we will show.

2. We'll dress the table daintily,\\
Our finest treasures use,\\
That all a-sparkle it may be\\
And bright with lovely hues.\\
Then for the feasting we'll prepare\\
a kitchen full of wondrous fare,\\
That each from all the dishes rare,\\
his fav'rite one may choose.

3. And ye who would the Christ child greet,\\
your heart also adorn,\\
That it may be a dwelling meet\\
for Him who now is born.\\
Let all unlovely things give place\\
to souls bedecked with heavenly grace,\\
That ye may view His holy face\\
with joy on Christmas morn.

4. We'll dress the house with holly bright\\
and sprigs of mistletoe.\\
We'll trim the Christmas tree tonight\\
and set the lights aglow.\\
We'll wrap our gifts with ribbons gay\\
and give them out on Christmas day.\\
By everything we do and say,\\
our gladness we will show.

**By:** Wihla Hutson & Alfred S. Burt
==== Music & Performance ====

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===== Background =====

**Origin:** United States of America\\
**First Published:** 1954
===== More Information =====

[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Burt|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Burt]]

[[https://hymnary.org/text/well_dress_this_house_with_holly_bright|https://hymnary.org/text/well_dress_this_house_with_holly_bright]]

[[http://www.alfredburtcarols.com/burt/Web%20Pages/54b.htm|http://www.alfredburtcarols.com/burt/Web%20Pages/54b.htm]]