Traditional English song
Appears on the album "John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together"

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat
Please to 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!

*****NOTE: This version is from the John Denver and the Muppets album. I actually know a second version of this song that I was taught in childhood, lyrics included below. I imagine that there are actually many many versions of this song. *****

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat!
Please to put a penny in an old man's hat
Please to put a penny in an old man's hat

If you have no penny, a ha'penny will do
If you have no ha'penny then God bless you!
If you have no ha'penny then God bless you!

transcribed by merrystar