Somerset Gloucestershire Wassail Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Eric Schwandt Dave Guard
[D][G]
Wassail, wassail, all [C]over the [G]town. The [Am]cup,
it [D]is white and the [G]ale, it is [D]brown.
The [G]cup, it is [D]made of [G]the good ashen [D]tree and
[G]so is the [C]malt of the finest [D]barley.

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 2]
Oh, [G]master and missus,
are [C]you all with[G]in? Pray [D]open the door and [G]let us come [D]in.
Oh, mas[G]ter and [D]missus who [G]sit by the [D]fire,
pray [G]think of [C]the trav'lers who [D]walk through the mire.

[Interlude 2]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 3]
Oh, [G]where is the maid with the [C]silver hair [G]pin
to [D]open the door and [G]let us come [D]in?
Oh, mas[G]ter and [D]missus, it [G]is our de[D]sire,
a [G]good loaf and [C]cheese and a toast by [D]the fire.

[Interlude 3]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 4]
There [G]was an old man and [D]he [C]had an old [G]cow and [Am]how for t[D]o keep her,
he [G]didn't know [D]how.
He [G]built up a [D]barn for [G]to keep his cow [D]warm and a
drop of [G]good [C]cider will do us [D]no harm.

[Interlude 4]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 5]
The [G]girt dog of Langport, he [C]burnt his long [G]tail and
[D]this [Am]is th[D]e night we go si[G]nging wass[D]ail.
Oh, [G]master and [D]missus,
now [G]we must be [D]gone. Bless [G]all in this [C]house until we [D]come [G]again.
Bless all in this [C]house 'till we come [D]again!
[G]