GOWER WASSAIL



A-wassail, a-wassail throughout of this town

Our cup it is white and our ale it is brown

Our wassail is made of good ale and cake

Of nutmeg and ginger, the best we can bake



Al dal di dal di dal

Dal di dal di dal

Dal di dal di dee

Sing deero, sing daddy

Sing too ral di do



Our wassail is made of the el'berry bough

Although my good neighbors I'll drink unto thou

Besides all on earth, we have apples to store

Pray let us come in for its cold by the door



We know by the moon that we are not too soon

And we know by the sky that we are not too high

We know by the star that we are not too far

And we know by the ground that we are within sound



Now master and mistress let your company forbear

To fill up are wassail with you cider and beer

We want none of your pale beer, nor none of your small

But a drop of your kilderkin, that's next to the wall



Now master and mistress if you are within

Pray send out your maid with her lily-white skin

For to open the door without more delay

For our time it is precious and we cannot stay



You've brought your wassail, which is very well known

But I can assure you we've as good of our own

As for your jolly wassail, we care not one pin

But its for your good company we'll let you come in



Here's a health to our Cooley and her croo'ed horn

May God send her Master a good crop of corn

Of barley and wheat and all sorts of grain

May God send her Mistress a long life to reign



Now Master and Mistress, know you will give

Unto our jolly wassail as long as you live

And if we do life to another new year

We'll call in again just to see who lives here



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various wassails sung by Watersons, Jean Ritchie, John and Tony

Langstaff Revels

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