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Thread #54659   Message #847351
Posted By: hesperis
14-Dec-02 - 12:15 PM
Thread Name: Wassail Songs
Subject: Lyr Add: GLOUCESTERSHIRE WASSAIL + HERE WE COME
Wow!

I've had a snippet of lyric stuck in my head all week, and was able to find the song in the DT! Thank you mudcat!

Would people post their favorite wassail song in this thread?

My favorite is the Gloucestershire Wassail:
http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=2296

GLOUCESTERSHIRE WASSAIL

Wassail, wassail all over the town
Our toast it is white and our ale it is brown
Our bowl it is made of the white maple tree
With the wassailing bowl, we'll drink to thee

So here is to Cherry and to his right cheek
Pray God send our master a good piece of beef
And a good piece of beef that may we all see
With the wassailing bowl, we'll drink to thee

And here is to Dobbin and to his right eye
Pray God send our master a good Christmas pie
A good Christmas pie that may we all see
With the wassailing bowl, we'll drink to thee

So here is to Broad Mary and to her broad horn
May God send our master a good crop of corn
And a good crop of corn that may we all see
With the wassailing bowl, we'll drink to thee

And here is to Fillpail and to her left ear
Pray God send our master a happy New Year
And a happy New Year as e'er he did see
With the wassailing bowl, we'll drink to thee

And here is to Colly and to her long tail
Pray God send our master he never may fail
A bowl of strong beer! I pray you draw near
And our jolly wassail it's then you shall hear

Come butler, come fill us a bowl of the best
Then we hope that your soul in heaven may rest
But if you do draw us a bowl of the small
Then down shall go butler, bowl and all

Then here's to the maid in the lily white smock
Who tripped to the door and slipped back the lock
Who tripped to the door and pulled back the pin
For to let these jolly wassailers in.

The song that was stuck in my head was

HERE WE COME A WASSAILING (2)

Here we come a-wassailing among the leaves so green
Here we come a-wandering so fair to be seen

Love and joy come to you and to your wassail too
And God bless you and send you a happy New Year
And God send you a happy New Year

We are not daily beggars that beg from door to door
We are your neighbor's children whom you have seen before

God bless the master of this house, likewise the mistress, too
And all the little children that round the table go