Somerset Gloucestershire Wassail

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[Verse]

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Wassail, wassail, all over the town
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The cup, it is white and the ale, it is brown
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The cup, it is made of a good ashen tree
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And so is the malt of the finest barley

[Verse]

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Oh, master and missus, are you all within?
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Pray open the door and let us come in
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Oh, master and missus who sit by the fire
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Pray think of the travellers who walk through the mire

[Verse]

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Oh, where is the maid with the silver hairpin
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To open the door and let us come in?
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Oh, master and missus, it is our desire
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A good loaf and cheese and a toast by the fire

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There was an old man and he had an old cow
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And how for to keep her, he didn't know how
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He built up a barn for to keep his cow warm
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And a drop of good cider will do us no harm

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The good dog of Langport, he burnt his long tail
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And this is the night we go singing wassail
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Oh, master and missus, now we must be gone
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Bless all in this house 'til we come again
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Bless all in this house 'till we come again