A new addition to the repertoire of "wassailing" songs!
Lyrics: traditional - adapted by Lael Whitehead
Music: Lael Whitehead
Cover art: "Winter Snow Fairy Lake" - Yana Vergasova
lyrics
Lyrics:
A jolly wassail bowl, a wassail of good ale
Well fare the butler's soul that setteth this to sale!
That setteth this to sale, oh this wassail good and true
Oh, jolly, jolly, jolly wassail!
Good Dame, here at your door our wassail we begin
We are all maidens poor, pray let us now come in
Pray let us now come in, for to share your good wassail
Oh, jolly, jolly, jolly wassail!
Our wassail we do fill with apples and with spice
Pray grant us your good will to taste here, once or twice
To taste here once or twice your jolly wassail
Oh, jolly, jolly, jolly wassail!
Wassail, wassail! Come fill the jolly wassail bowl
And make we merry here!
Wassail, wassail! Love and joy be with you all
God send you a happy new year!
If any maidens be here dwelling in this house
They kindly will agree to take a full carouse
To take a full carouse of this wassail good and true
Oh, jolly, jolly, jolly wassail!
But here they let us stand, all freezing in the cold
Good master give command to enter and be bold
To enter and be bold with your wassail good and true
Oh, jolly, jolly, jolly wassail!
And now we must be gone to seek out more good cheer
Where bounty will be shown as we have found it here
As we have found it here with your jolly wassail
Oh, jolly, jolly, jolly wassail!
Wassail, wassail! Come fill the jolly wassail bowl
And make we merry here!
Wassail, wassail! Love and joy be with you all
God send you a happy new year!
credits
released November 12, 2022
Lael Whitehead: vocals, guitar, piano
Adam Iredale-Gray, fiddle, bass
Mairi Chaimbeul, harp
Jaiya was founded in 2003 by Gulf Island musicians Miranda Brown, Kim Darwin and Lael Whitehead. The trio recorded three
albums which celebrate a deep connection to the land and to the cycles of the seasons. Brown and Darwin have now retired from the band, and Lael Whitehead is continuing on her own - with the help of talented guest artists....more
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