WASSAILER'S SONG

ROBERT SOUTHWELL

Wassail! wassail! all over the town,

Our toast it is white, and our ale it is brown;

Our bowl is made of a maplin tree;

We be good fellows all;—I drink to thee.

Here's to our horse, and to his right ear,

God send master a happy new year;

A happy new year as e'er he did see,—

With my wassailing bowl I drink to thee.