Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Gower Wassail, artist - Steeleye Span.
Date of issue: 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 |