Subject: Apple Wassail From: tomlumbb@xtra.co.nz Date: 08 Aug 97 - 07:13 AM Forwarded from Choraltalk discussion list: Does anyone have the lyrics for the two-part women's piece "Apple Wassail"? Here are some of the lyrics: "Oh lily, white lily...there was an old man who had an old cow...apple wassail, jolly wassail..."
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Subject: Lyr Add: APPLE-TREE WASSAIL (from Watersons) From: Moira Cameron, moirakc@internorth.com Date: 09 Aug 97 - 02:45 PM APPLE-TREE WASSAIL collected from The Watersons Lily white lily white lily white pin Please to come down and let us come in. Lily white lily white lily white smock Please to come down and pull back the lock. For it's our wassail, jolly wassail; joy come to our jolly wassail. How well they may bloom, how well they may bear, That we may have apples and cider next year. Master and mistress, oh are you within? Please to come down and let us come in. For it's our wassail, jolly wassail; joy come to our jolly wassail. How well they may bloom, how well they may bear, That we may have apples and cider next year. There was an old farmer that had but one cow And how to milk her, he didn't know how. He put his old cow all in his old barn And a little more liquor won't do us no harm. Harm, me boys, harm; Harm, me boys, harm; A little more liquor won't do us no harm. Lily white lily white lily white pin Please to come down and let us come in. Lily white lily white lily white smock Please to come down and pull back the lock. For it's our wassail, jolly wassail; joy come to our jolly wassail. How well they may bloom, how well they may bear, That we may have apples and cider next year. For it's our wassail, jolly wassail; joy come to our jolly wassail. |
Subject: For Watersons Apple Tree Wassail Abc ok! From: cbladey@mail.bcpl.net Date: 13 Dec 99 - 10:29 AM notation- abc ok for watersons apple tree wassail Many thanks in advance! Conrad cbladey@mail.bcpl.net |
Subject: Lyr Add: APPLE-TREE WASSAIL (Watersons?) From: cbladey@mail.bcpl.net Date: 13 Dec 99 - 10:55 AM It was written here that the Watersons did this one but I don't find it in their discography. I am looking for the tune for this one. Many thanks Conrad APPLE-TREE WASSAIL Lily-white, lily-white, lily-white pin, Please to come down and let us come in. Lily-white, lily-white, lily-white smock, Please to come down and pull back the lock. For it's our wassail, jolly wassail; Joy come to our jolly wassail. How well they may bloom, how well they may bear, That we may have apples and cider next year. Master and mistress, oh, are you within? Please to come down and let us come in. For it's our wassail, jolly wassail; Joy come to our jolly wassail. How well they may bloom, how well they may bear, That we may have apples and cider next year. There was an old farmer that had but one cow, And how to milk her, he didn't know how. He put his old cow all in his old barn, And a little more liquor won't do us no harm. Harm, me boys, harm; Harm, me boys, harm; A little more liquor won't do us no harm. Lily-white, lily-white, lily-white pin, Please to come down and let us come in. Lily-white, lily-white, lily-white smock, Please to come down and pull back the lock. For it's our wassail, jolly wassail; Joy come to our jolly wassail. How well they may bloom, how well they may bear, That we may have apples and cider next year. For it's our wassail, jolly wassail; Joy come to our jolly wassail. -The Watersons? |
Subject: RE: Tune Req: For Watersons Apple Tree Wassail Ab From: Stewie Date: 13 Dec 99 - 05:51 PM It's on their 'For Pence and Spicy Ale' album which is available on CD. |
Subject: RE: Tune Req: For Watersons Apple Tree Wassail Ab From: Barbara Date: 13 Dec 99 - 06:03 PM That's the Somerset Wassail on For Pence and Spicy Ale: click for Somerset Wassail and the tune is at the bottom in a clickable link. Or did you mean the one actually called the Apple Tree Wassail? These and many more can be found by putting "wassail" in the blue search box upper right, and clicking "Go". Blessings, Barbara |
Subject: RE: Tune Req: For Watersons Apple Tree Wassail Ab From: Stewie Date: 13 Dec 99 - 06:20 PM Babara, the lyrics posted by Conrad above are on 'For Pence and Spicy Ale' and the Watersons call it 'Apple Tree Wassail'. I have the CD here and I just played the track to check the lyrics. There is no song by the title of 'Somerset Wassail' on 'For Pence and Spicy Ale'. Cheers, Stewie. |
Subject: Tune Add: SOMERSET WASSAIL From: cbladey@mail.bcpl.net Date: 13 Dec 99 - 08:11 PM Yes it is the somerset tune that goes with it- its not the best abc but here is the Somerset in abc... (the new oxford carol book has several parts..) but the main part to listen for is the its our wassail its your wassail... T:Wassail, O Wassail all over the town! #158 T:(The Somerset Wassail) M:2/2 L:1/8 S:New Oxford Book of Carrols #158 K:C ||:F2|(F2d2)c2_B2|(A4G2) F2|(F2G2)A2_B2|c6:| c2(d2_B2)_e2d2|c4A2A2|(_B2A 2) G2|A2|_B4(A2_B2)| |(c2|f2)|d2_B2|c4(_B2A2)|(G2F2)A2G2|F6 CC|F4G4|C6CC|(F4G2)A2|_B4A2_B2| (c2f2)d2_B2|c4 (_B2A2) G2F2 A2G2F6 or is it? I have been bathing my ears in wassail song types for the last few hours- you should not do this while sober. I am sure that with a few wassails I shall be able to untangle the ears! Thanks for the help! Conrad |
Subject: Tune Add: APPLE TREE WASSAIL From: Jeri Date: 13 Dec 99 - 08:58 PM The Somerset Tune is definitely not the one for the Watersons' version. Try this:
T:APPLE TREE WASSAIL To play or display ABC tunes, try concertina.net
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Subject: RE: Tune Req: For Watersons Apple Tree Wassail Ab From: Barbara Date: 14 Dec 99 - 01:06 AM Sorry gang, I've learned and sung so many wassails over the years I get them mixed up. The verses are often interchangeable, as you can see if you look at @wassail in DT, and the tunes similar.
Does that tune match any of the DT wassails, Jeri? |
Subject: RE: Tune Req: For Watersons Apple Tree Wassail Ab From: Jeri Date: 14 Dec 99 - 01:13 AM The tune for the song Conrad is looking for - the version of Apple Tree Wassail that the Watersons do - isn't in the DT. I went through the tunes to the other ones, and none of them match. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Apple-Tree Wassail (from Watersons) From: Joe Offer Date: 04 Jan 11 - 09:04 PM I think it's worth posting a copy of this post here. "Apple Tree Wassail Song" is the song for January 5 in Jon Boden's A Folk Song a Day project.
Posted By: *#1 PEASANT* 09-Jan-01 - 03:05 PM Thread Name: The beauty of apple trees... Subject: RE: The beauty of apple trees... 'Tis the season to wassail the apples to make sure they produce well. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Apple-Tree Wassail (from Watersons) From: *#1 PEASANT* Date: 05 Jan 11 - 12:27 AM The new Wassail epicenter address is: http://mysite.verizon.net/cbladey/wassail.html wassail epicenter am working on the largest wassail reference known to man....maybe a month or so... Till then our do the wassail guide is ever popular and just recently gone second edition! Conrad |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Apple-Tree Wassail (from Watersons) From: open mike Date: 05 Jan 11 - 02:56 AM hooray for the Wassail epicenter! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Apple-Tree Wassail (from Watersons) From: MGM·Lion Date: 05 Jan 11 - 05:10 AM A fine version of this appeared on Topic's Folk Songs Of Britain, Volume 9, Songs of Ceremony ~~ originally issued 1961, 12T197; no doubt reissued as CD &c. Under title Somerset Wassail, side 2 track 5; recorded by Peter Kennedy from Harry & Walter Sealy, Ash Priors, Taunton, Somerset. Excellent note and full text in the insert booklet; too long to reproduce here, & probably © ~ but well worth looking up. As well as "Old cow kept warm in barn" first stanza, there is a second "Old fox in green copse" one, before the "Lily-white-lily ~~ please to come down" verses kick in. ~Michael~ |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Apple-Tree Wassail (from Watersons) From: MGM·Lion Date: 05 Jan 11 - 05:40 AM ... and the Sealy's version also has a spoken coda ~~ "Hatfuls, capfuls, three-bushel bagfuls, little heap in under the stairs. Hip-hip Hurray". ~M~ |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Apple-Tree Wassail (from Watersons) From: *#1 PEASANT* Date: 05 Jan 11 - 08:43 AM The Herrick rhyme..... After a while of wassailing there can be lots more parts and body cavities where the apples can be noted.....much fun. Just put out a new edition of "Do the Wassail" is on amazon but too expensive there due to their fees....best is mail order direct. I take pay pal Dont make hardly anything on it but what little I do manage to make supports the wassail epicenter a free service to the world. Conrad |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Apple-Tree Wassail (from Watersons) From: GUEST,slag310 Date: 09 Jan 11 - 08:02 PM I have a new page open, in time for Apple Wassailing. It gives the customs, and songs with the lyrics and links to where you can hear the music. It is at pierce.yolasite.com/applewassail or http://pierce.yolasite.com/applewassail if either one of those works. I'm going to try to make a blue clicky, but it usually doesn't work for me. Apple Tree Wassails Some of this I got off DT, so it won't be new, but I as surprised at how much good stuff was on YouTube. I also want to thank a number of people on this site, or related to this site. Thanks to the people who posted those abc letter things for the music. They aren't mentioned on my page, because I was sure how to refer to them that, but I was able to see them by posting them on Jon Freeman's site folkinfo.org, which he is trying to get back up. I saw that he had the abc converter up so I used it. I'm all excited about that, frankly. Also thanks to Conrad Bladey, I used his site. and thanks to everybody on mudcat and DT. So I hope you may find some new old songs on the pyc/applewassail page, which I hope you will like. slag310 |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Apple-Tree Wassail (from Watersons) From: GUEST Date: 05 Dec 16 - 01:48 PM Updated apple wassail page http://piereligion.org/applewassail.html |
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