The Gloucester Wassail By Waverly

"The Gloucester Wassail" Music by Waverly Consort Christmas, 2003; Check for it on Amazon! Both CD and MP3 are available there.

I did not find any traditional "Wassail" song on YouTube to match this lovely piece, so I wanted to add it to share because it is one of my alltime favorite Christmas Carols! Here is a brief intro:

The Wassail carol seems to originate in Gloucestershire, England and it's been around at least since the 17th or 18th century. "Wassail!" is a toast, literally meaning "be in good health". The reply to this is traditionally "Drink-hail!"

Wassailers are carolers who go from door to door carrying a wassail-bowl and singing carols. The wassail-bowl is typically filled with wassail, a spiced ale. The bowl is usually silver and is decorated with ribbons and garlands. The wassailers expect the good people in the house to keep their wassail-bowls full!

http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/wassail-carol-also-known-as-gloucestershire-wass...

Lyrics to the song are also available at the above link!

"WASSAIL!" :-)

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[heystripper]

This song makes me proud to be of English ancestry! THUMBS UP IF YOU CONCUR!!

[Drakuul9]

A fantastic rendition of this traditional polyphonic folk song

[superred5]

"But if you do bring us a bowl of the 'small,' then down shall come butler, bowl and all." I love how rowdy the early carolers were! Thanks so much for uploading this :)

[Prancer1231]

I love this song, this is great.

[Janicedean]

A lovely rendition



[prosperitycraft]

Love the Gloucester Wassail, love Waverly Consort's version of it. :-)

[reefbismuth]

Beautiful! I also like the Travelers Dream version on YouTube.

[iffysam]

Listening to this music makes me so happy!