X:1
T:Wassail Song
T:Appletree Wassail
S:William Crockford at Bratten, Somerset, 12 September 1906
Z:Noted by Cecil Sharp
B:Maud Karpeles, Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs, II, 528
N:Roud 209
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
M:6/8
K:G D|G2 G (FE)D|c2 c (AB)c|
w:Old ap-ple tree,_ we'll was-sail thee_ And B2 G A2 F|G3-G2 D|G2 G F2 D|
w:ho-ping thou wilt bear._ The Lord does know where c2 c ABc|BBG A2 F|
w:we shall be To be mer-ry an-o-ther G3-G2 (B/c/)|d3 dcB|
w:year._ To_ blow well and to c3 cBA|B2 c d2 B|
w:bear well And so mer-ry let us A3-A2 D|GGG (FE)D|
w:be._ Let e-ve-ry man_ drink c2 c (AB)c|BGG AAF|G3-G2|]
w:up his cup_ And health to the old ap-ple tree._ The text appears on a number of websites, but none that I've seen has had the courtesy to acknowledge either Mr Crockford, who sang it, or Cecil Sharp, who collected and published it. </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