A soul cake, a soul cake,
<br />Please, good missus, a soul cake,
<br />An apple, a pear, a plum or a cherry,
<br />Any good thing to make us all merry.
<br />A soul cake, a soul cake,
<br />Please, good missus, a soul cake,
<br />One for Peter, two for Paul,
<br />And three for Him that made us all.
<br />God bless the master of this house
<br />And the mistress also,
<br />And all the little children
<br />That round your table grow;
<br />The cattle in your stable,
<br />The dogs at your front door,
<br />And all that dwell within your gates
<br />We’ll wish you ten times more.
<br />A soul cake, a soul cake…
<br />Go down into the cellar
<br />And see what you can fi nd;
<br />If the barrels are not empty
<br />We’ll hope that you’ll be kind;
<br />We’ll hope that you’ll be kind
<br />With your apple and your pear,
<br />And we’ll come no more a-soulin’
<br />Till Christmas time next year.
<br />A soul cake, a soul cake…
<br />The streets are very dirty,
<br />Me shoes are very thin,
<br />I have a little pocket
<br />To put a penny in;
<br />If you haven’t got a penny
<br />A ha’penny will do;
<br />If you haven’t got a ha’penny
<br />God bless you.
<br />A soul cake, a soul cake…<br /><br />