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