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Thread #125833 Message #2793432
Posted By: doc.tom
21-Dec-09 - 06:06 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Gower Wassail
Subject: RE: Origins: The Gower Wassail
Spot on, Mick. "Sung by Mr. Edwin Ace @ Llangeneth, Glamorgan. April 18 1928." BHasically Dorian, but with a 6th that is variable. "Also sung by Mr. Williams, of Llanmaddock" - without the variable 6th. "These words wityh slight variation are printed in 'Historical Notices of the Parishes of Llanmadoc and Cheriton in the rural deanery of West Gower, Glamorganshire', by J.D.Davies M.A., rector of Cheriton and Llanmadoc, Part 2 (Swansea, 1879). The song is still sung in the Gower Peninsula during the Christmas Season." M.K. TomB