| 1* |
A jolly wassel-bowl,
A wassel of good ale,
Well fare the butler's soul,
That setteth this to sale;
Our Jolly wassel
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7 |
And after his good
wife
Our spiced bowl will try;
The Lord prolong your life,
Good fortune we spy
For our wassel. |
| 2* |
Good dame, here at your door
Our wassel we begin,
We are all maidens poor,
We pray now let us in,
With our wassel.
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8 |
Some bounty from
your hands,
Our wassel to maintain:
We'll buy no house nor lands
With that which we do gain
With our wassel. |
| 3* |
Our wassel we do fill
With apples and with spice,
Then grant us your good will
To taste here once or twice
Of our good wassel
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9 |
This is our merry
night
Of choosing king and queen,
Then be it your delight
That something may be seen
In our wassel. |
| 4 |
If any maidens be
Here dwelling in this house,
They kindly will agree
To take a full carouse
Of our wassel.
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10 |
It is a noble part
To bear a liberal mind:
God bless our master's heart,
For here we comfort find,
With our wassel. |
| 5 |
But here they let us
stand
All freezing in the cold:
Good master give command
To enter and be bold,
With our wassel.
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11 |
And now we must be
gone
To seek out more good cheer,
Where bounty will be shown,
As we have found it here,
With our wassel. |
| 6 |
Much joy into this
hall
With us is entered in;
Our master, first of all,
We hope will now begin
Of our wassel.
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12 |
Much joy betide them
all,
Our prayers shall be still,
We hope and ever shall,
For this your great good will
To our wassel |
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* Performance Notes:
Verse 1 - Men Only
Verse 2 - Women Only
Remaining Verses - Company
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