Carol for the Wassail-Bowl, A

DESCRIPTION: "A jolly wassail-bowl, A wassail-bowl of good ale, Well fare the butlers soul, That setteth this to sale: Our jolly wassail." The singers are "maidens poor" who wish good luck to others and hope they will join in. They choose Twelfth Night king and queen
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1833 (Sandys)
KEYWORDS: request ritual drink food begging nonballad wassail royalty
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ritson-AncientSongsBalladsFromHenrySecondToTheRevolution, pp. 351-354, "A Carol for Presenting the Wassel-Bowl, to be Sung upon Twelfth-Day at Night" (1 text)
Roud #209
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Somerset Wassail" (subject) and references there
NOTES [39 words]: Roud lumps this with the many other wassail songs, but the form is very different, and it's much longer than most wassails. I have no hesitation in splitting them.. If it belongs with any wassail, it's Palmer's "Grampound Wassail." - RBW
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File: RitA352

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