词条 | Gower Wassail | ||||||||
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The Gower Wassail is a wassail song from Gower in Wales, UK. Wassailing is an ancient English Christmastime drinking ritual. The song is printed in A.L. Lloyd's book Folk Song in England (1967), having been heard from Phil Tanner. The song is English but in structure bears similarities to the Irish traditional song Here's A Health, which is in the same vein as The Liberty Song.{{cn|date=February 2014}} LyricsThe majority of versions of the song begin with the same two stanzas, although pronouns (i.e. you, we, your, our, etc.) vary. Following the second verse and chorus, the number of stanzas and their order vary from version to version. The primary difference between the lyrics that appear here is that one version is a dialogue between the wassailers and the master and mistress they are appealing to for hospitality. The other version is sung from the wassailers’ perspective alone. All the known stanzas are included below.
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 (too) Some nutmeg and ginger, the best you can bake (do) 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
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4 : Gower Peninsula|Welsh folk songs|Christmas songs|Year of song missing |
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