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Somerset Gloucestershire Wassail by The Kingston Trio
Somerset Gloucestershire Wassail
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
G
[Verse]
C G
Wassail, wassail, all over the town
D7 G D
The cup, it is white and the ale, it is brown
G D G D
The cup, it is made of a good ashen tree
G C D G
And so is the malt of the finest barley
[Verse]
C G
Oh, master and missus, are you all within?
D7 G D
Pray open the door and let us come in
G D G D
Oh, master and missus who sit by the fire
G C D G
Pray think of the travellers who walk through the mire
[Verse]
C G
Oh, where is the maid with the silver hairpin
D7 G D
To open the door and let us come in?
G D G D
Oh, master and missus, it is our desire
G C D G
A good loaf and cheese and a toast by the fire
[Verse]
C G
There was an old man and he had an old cow
D7 G D
And how for to keep her, he didn't know how
G D G D
He built up a barn for to keep his cow warm
G C D G
And a drop of good cider will do us no harm
[Verse]
C G
The good dog of Langport, he burnt his long tail
D7 G D
And this is the night we go singing wassail
G D G D
Oh, master and missus, now we must be gone
G C D G
Bless all in this house 'til we come again
C D G
Bless all in this house 'till we come again
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