Gower Wassail 9/8 (124), AAB, A minor duple-minor longways
Sol Weber, 2006.
Sol Weber, CDSS News, November/December 2006.
Music:
traditional south Wales

A1 1-2 Take hands in a ring. Balance in and out.
   3-4 Circle left halfway.
   5-8 Men lead through the women and cast back to place.

A2 1-2 Balance in and out.
   3-4 Circle left halfway.
   5-8 Women lead through the men and cast back to place.

B 1-4 Neighbors pass right for a circular hey, four quick changes.
   5-8 Neighbors arm right once and a half. First corners flip right
(optional flip for second corners) to form a ring with new neighbors.

1. A-wassail, a-wassail, throughout all this town.
Our cup it is white and our ale it is brown.
Our wassail is made of the good ale and true,
Some nutmeg and ginger, it's the best we can brew.
Chorus: Fol the dol, fol the dol de dol, fol the dol de dol, fol the dol de dee.
Fol the dar-o, fol the dad-dy, Sing tu-re-lye-o!

2. Our wassail is made of the elderberry bough,
And so, my good neighbors, we'll drink unto thou.
Besides all on earth, you'll have apples in store;
Pray let us come in, for it's cold by the door. (Chorus)

3. There's a master and a mistress sitting down by the fire
While we poor wassail boys wait out in the mire.
Come you pretty maid with your silver-headed pin,
Pray open the door and let us come in. (Chorus)

4. It's we poor wassail boys so weary and cold.
Please drop some small silver into our bowl.
And if we survive for another new year,
Perhaps we may call and see who does live here. (Chorus)

5. We know by the moon that we are not too soon.
And we know by the sky that we are not too high.
And we know by the stars that we are not too far.
And we know by the ground that we are within sound. (Chorus)

6. We hope that your apple trees prosper and bear,
So that we may have cider when we call next year.
And where you have one barrel, we hope you'll have ten,
So that we may have cider when we call again. (Chorus)

Dances from Barnes Three
Assembled by Robert Messer, April 25, 2015

difficulty: 1
energy level: 4