Cornish Wassailing

from The Frost Is All Over by Kate Rusby

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about

words trad/Tune K Rusby

I have family down in Cornwall so think of it as
a second home, because of this I became aware
that they have a similar tradition of singing carols
in pubs. After a bit of research concentrating on a
collector called Ralph Dunstan, I came across this
fantastic Cornish Wassailing song

lyrics

Oh Mistress at your door,
Our wassail now begins,
Come open your door,
And let us come in.

Chorus
For the wassail, wassail, wassail,
Great joy to our jolly wassail,
For the wassail, wassail, wassail,
Great joy to our jolly wassail.

To Mistress and to Sir,
Sitting by the fire,
While we poor wassailers,
Travel through mires.

Chorus

To Mistress and to Sir,
Sitting at your ease,
With hands in your pockets,
To give what you please.

Chorus

Come men and maidens all,
I pray you now draw near,
Come fill up our bowls,
With cider and beer.

Chorus

Watch our faces now,
As we smile at our flowing bowls,
We started with nought,
But soon we’ll be full.

Chorus

To you we wish you peace,
And a long, long time to live,
Because you’re so free,
And willing to give.

Chorus

We wish you Christmas cheer,
And to you a happy new year,
With plenty of money,
And barrels of beer.

Chorus x 2

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from The Frost Is All Over, released October 4, 2022

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Kate Rusby England, UK

Forever proud to call herself a folk singer, Kate celebrates her own 50 yrs with her 'Established 1973' tours.

2022 marked 30 yrs as a professional musician with the album 30:Happy Returns

Hand Me Down (2020) was her highest-charting album.

Named in the Top 10 Folk Voices of the Century and a Mercury Prize in 1999

Yorkshire roots the carols in her Christmas tour. ... more

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