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Tune Req: Malpas Wasail - does it have a 'tune'

06 Jan 10 - 11:22 AM (#2804919)
Subject: Tune Req: Malpas Wasail - does it have a 'tune'
From: sleepyjon

I've heard several renderings of the Malpas Wassail - always with immense harmonies - but is there an actual "tune" that I should know if I would like to "lead" this in a session?


06 Jan 10 - 11:45 AM (#2804941)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Malpas Wasail - does it have a 'tune
From: RTim

There is a tune in the Revels songbook, where I think it is called "A Cornish Wassail".
It can also be found - of sorts, in Peter Kennedy's Book of English Folk Songs.

Tim Radford
PS. If this was the ONLY song I was ever be allowed to sing again, I would be happy!