Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Gower Wassail , by - Steeleye Span. Release date: 31.07.2003
Song language: English
The Gower Wassail |
| A-wassail, a-wassail throughout all the town |
| Our cup it is white and our ale it is brown |
| Our wassail is made of the good ale and cake |
| Some nutmeg and ginger, the best we could bake |
| Fol dedol dol dedol Dol dedol dol de dol |
| Fol de de ro Fol de da ri |
| Sing too ra li o |
| Our wassail is made of the elderberry bough |
| And so my good neighbors we’ll drink unto thou |
| Besides all on earth, you have apples in store |
| Pray let us come in for it’s cold by the door |
| We hope that your apple trees prosper and bear |
| So that we may have cider when we call next year |
| And where you have one barrel we hope you’ll have ten |
| So that we may have cider when we call again |
| There’s a master and a mistress sitting down by the fire |
| While we poor wassail boys stand here in the mire |
| Come you pretty maid with your silver headed pin |
| Pray open the door and let us come in |
| It’s we poor wassail boys so weary and cold |
| Please drop some small silver into our bowl |
| And if we survive for another new year |
| Perhaps we may call and see who does live here |
| We know by the moon that we are not too soon |
| And we know by the sky that we are not too high |
| And we know by the star that we are not too far |
| And we know by the ground that we are within sound |