The Gloucestershire wassail-The York Waits/Richard Wistreich/Robin Jeffrey

[ti:The Gloucestershire wassail] [ar:The York Waits] [al:Old Christmas Return'd - Christmas music and song from past ages] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.81]Wassail wassail all over the town [00:04.26]Our toast it is white and our ale it is brown [00:08.04]Our bowl it is made of the white maple tree [00:11.70]With the wassailing bowl we'll drink to thee [00:15.33] [00:15.97]So here is to cherry and to his right cheek [00:19.73]Pray god send our master a good piece of beef [00:23.18]And a good piece of beef that we may all see [00:26.65]With the wassailing bowl we'll drink to thee [00:30.54] [00:31.39]And here's to doll bell and to his right eye [00:35.07]Pray god send our mistress a good christmas pie [00:38.65]And a good christmas pie as we may all see [00:42.20]With the wassailing bowl we'll drink to thee [00:46.68]So here is to broad mary and to her broad horn [00:50.56]May god send our master a good crop of corn [00:54.33]And a good crop of corn that we may all see [00:57.90]With the wassailing bowl we'll drink to thee [01:01.60] [01:02.13]And here is to fillpail and to her left ear [01:05.95]Pray god send our master a happy new year [01:09.84]And a happy new year as ever he did see [01:13.53]With the wassailing bowl we'll drink to thee [01:17.28] [01:18.06]And here's to cow and to her long tail [01:21.91]Pray god send our master he never may fail [01:25.60]A bottle of strong beer i pray you draw near [01:29.63]And our jolly wassail it's then you shall hear [01:33.51] [01:34.27]Come butler come fill us a bowl of the best [01:38.03]Then we hope that your soul in heaven may rest [01:41.64]But if you do draw us a bowl of the small [01:45.44]Then down shall go butler bowl and all [01:49.67] [01:50.52]Then here's to the maid in the lily white smock [01:54.19]Who tripped to the door and slipped back the lock [01:57.79]Who tripped to the door and pulled back the pin [02:01.47] [02:02.12]For to let these jolly wassailers in [02:07.50]The Gloucestershire wassail - The York Waits [02:08.25]