Ensilver Song, The

DESCRIPTION: "Now here's a good health to the bride of yon house, Grant her a solid good cheer." The singers raise a series of toasts to the bride, then the groom, and then to the happy couple. Chorus: "That/and may we be married next year."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1979 (Palmer, from Smith's Music of the Yorkshire Dales)
KEYWORDS: marriage drink husband wife clothes
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Palmer-EnglishCountrySongbook, #85, "The Ensilver Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1492
File: PECS085

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