Gloucestershire Wassail
(Traditional)



Wassail, wassail all over the town!
Our bread it is white and our ale it is brown
Our bowl, it is made of the good maple tree
From the wassailing bowl we'll drink unto thee

Come, butler, and fill us a bowl of your best
And we hope your soul in Heaven may rest
But if you do bring us a bowl of the small
Then down shall go butler and bowl and all

Come here, sweet maid, in the frilly white smock
Come trip to the door and trip back the lock!
Come trip to the door and pull back the pin
And let us jolly wassailers in