A Wassail throughout all this Town

  1. A wassail, a wassail throughout all this town
    Our cup it is white and our ale it is brown
    Our wassail is made of good ale and true
    Some nutmeg and ginger the best we could brew
    Fol the dol fol the dol di dol
    fol the dol di dol fol the dol di dee
    fol the dairo fol the dardy
    sing toorili do
  2. Our wassail is made of an elderberry bough
    And so my good neighbour we'll drink unto thou
    Besides all honour you'll have apples to store
    Pray let us come in for it's cold by the door.
  3. We hope that your apple trees prosper and bear,
    So we may have cider when we call next year;
    And where you've one barrel I hope you’ll have ten,
    So we can have cider when we call again.
  4. There's master and mistress sitting down by the fire
    While we poor wassailers do wait in the mire
    So you pretty maid with your silver-headed pin
    Please open the door and let us come in.
  5. We know by the moon that we are not too soon
    We know by the sky that we are not too high
    We know by the stars that we are not too far
    And we know by the ground that we are within sound.
  6. There's we jolly wassail boys growing weary and cold
    Drop a bit of small silver into our old bowl
    And if we're alive for another new year
    Perhaps we may call and see who do live here.