It is unknown who wrote the popular Christmas nursery rhyme 'Christmas is coming',which is usually sung as a round to the folk melody Country Gardens, but other melodies exist.
The rhyme is perhaps most famous as the basis and inspiration for the song "Christmas Is a-Comin'", written by Frank Luther and performed by Bing Crosby.
'Christmas is coming' lyrics
Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat
Please put a penny in the old man's hat
If you haven't got a penny,
a ha'penny will do
If you haven't got a ha'penny, then God bless you!
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