What about the tradition of wassailing the apple trees to get them to bear? Old apple tree, we'll wassail thee And hoping thou wilt bear. The Lord does know where we shall be To be merry another year. To blow well and to bear well And so merry let us be. Let every man drink up his cup And health to the old apple tree. Or this? Here we come a-wassailing among the leaves so green; Here we come a-wandering so fairly to be seen Chorus: Our jolly wassail, our jolly wassail, Love and joy come to you, And to our wassail bough; Pray God bless you and send you a happy New Year -------------- There is no Rose Lo, How Rose Green Gro'th the Holly The Holly and the Ivy Sans day carol (The Holly bears a Berry) -------- Good Luck to the Barley Mow The Barley Song "Oh the wheat is like a rich man that's sleek and well to do And the oats are like a pack of girls Laughing and dancing too While the rye is like and old man that's sulky mean and small And the ripe and bearded barley is monarch of them all" ----------- Scarborough Fair and variants Sweet Thyme, Let no man steal your thyme,Flowers & Weeds, Seeds of Love etc Another one I really like is the "Gairdener Child" Songs with Roses & Thorns Best- Julia
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