X:0
T:Apple Tree Wassail
M:3/4
L:1/4
B:Roy Palmer, Everyman's Book of English Country Songs, p. 217
N:Sung by C. Ash (b. 1845), Crowcombe, Somerset; collected Cecil Sharp, 15.9.1908 (Karpeles, no. 373 M, pp. 529-30).
K:G D|(F E) F|(G A) G|F D F|E2 E|
w:Down in_ the lane_ there sits an old fox, A- F G A|B A G| F A A |D2|]
w:mouch-ing and lick-ing his dir-ty old chops.
w:[munch-ing?] 2 Shall we go catch him, my boys if we can? Ten thousand to one if we catch him or none. 3 Catch him or none, catch him or none, Ten thousand to one if we catch him or none. 4 Wassail, wassail all over the town, Our cup it is white and our ale it is brown. 5 The great dog of Langport has burnt off his tail, And this is the night we go singing wassail. 6 I will go home to old mother Joan And tell her to put on a big marrow bone. 7 Boil it and boil it and skim off the scum, And we will have porridge when we do go home.</blockquote>See also The Watersons' <a href="http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/watersons/songs/appletreewassail.html">Apple-Tree Wassail</a> (notes & lyrics). </em><hr></blockquote>Preview: User name:  (must be completed)Enter password:  or check to post as guest: Link makerPlease read our notes on posting html.Contact us