It Was Christmas Day In the Workhouse

Margaret Milad of Geneva, Switzerland


It was Christmas Day in the workhouse
The rain was snowing fast,
A barefooted man with clogs on
Stood sitting in the grass


Alternative version:

It Was Cristmas Day In the Workhouse (II)

(Jennifer.Bergstrom of a Canadian Library service)


It was Christmas Day in the workhouse
One September last July
The snow fell thick upon the ground
The sun shone from the sky

And a barefoot boy with clogs on
Stood sitting on the grass
He spied a house just out of sight
Its walls were whitewashed black.


I also found some with the "barefoot boy/girl/man with clogs/shoes on stood sitting on the grass."