The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #125833   Message #2792654
Posted By: Crane Driver
20-Dec-09 - 07:11 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Gower Wassail
Subject: RE: Origins: The Gower Wassail
Hi Tom,

As I recall, MK's version was published in an article titled something like 'Folk Songs from Gloucestershire' for reasons that must have made sense at the time. Sorry but my 'office' has been refitted recently and I can't find anything at the moment - I know I've got a photocopy of it somewhere.

There's no doubt that Phil Tanner's singing of the song is the one that brought it to the wider audience, but it's interesting to see the song as Tanner must have heard it.

Wassail!

Andrew