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Wassail song

Cornish wassail from William Dunstan of Canon Downs, Truro, 1912. Arrangement from Ralph Dunstan’s 1929 Cornish Song Book (Lyver Canow Kernewek).
O mistress, at your door our wassail begins,
Pray open the door and let us come in,

   With our wassail, wassail, wassail, wassail,
   And joy come to our jolly wassail.


O mistress, at your door we kindly salute,
For it is an old custom you cannot dispute,

O mistress and master sitting down by the fire,
While we poor wassail-men are traveling thro' the mire,

O mistress and master, sitting down at your ease,
With their hands in their pockets to give what they please

Come young men and maidens, I pray you draw near;
Come fill up our bowl with some cider or beer,

You see how we'll smile at our flowing bowl--
Just now it is empty, by and bye it'll be full,

I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,
A plenty of money and a barrel of beer.

I wish you a blessing and a long time to live
Because you're so free and so willing to give.
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