HOUSE-DECKING .

Noil!
Bar out the master from the school;
Mirth comes with peace. Bring in the yule.
Ye lads and lasses, go,
Fetch ivy, holly, mistletoe,
For hall and mews;
If Jock refuse,
Then steal his Sunday breeches, Kate,
And nail them to the gate.
Noil! Noil!
Sing, lads and lasses, sing Noil!
He brings us mirth, Immanuel!