The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #125833   Message #2792626
Posted By: doc.tom
20-Dec-09 - 05:06 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Gower Wassail
Subject: RE: Origins: The Gower Wassail
Can't find the above ref. to Maud's collected version in the FSJ / JEFDSS index for up to 1950! Charlie Bate (Cornish traditional singer) was always proud that he had been given the song by Phil Tanner - and it was Charlie singing it on the Caedmon 'Fok Sound of Britain' series (Songs of Ceremony), which was the source for several revival groups that recorded it.

Happy Wassail season.

TomB