Here We Come A-Wassailing chords by The Albion Dance Band

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Old Apple Tree,
we watch thou thee,
and hoping thou wilt bear,
hatfuls, capfuls,
three bushel bagfuls,
and a liberty under the stairs.
Hip hip!
Hooray!
Hip hip! Hooray!
Here we come a -wustlin'
among the leaves of green,
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Here we come a -wanderin' so
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fair and to be seen,
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Love and joy come to you,
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to you your wassail too
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And God bless you
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and send you a happy new year
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And God send you a happy new year
We are not daily beggars
that beg from door to door
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But we are labour's children
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who   you have seen before
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Love and joy come to you,
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to you your wassail too
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And God bless you
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and send you a happy new year
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And God send you a Happy
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New Year
Christmas time, as we know it,
grew out of ancient ritual celebrations
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which were intended to put
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new life into the dead earth
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and to cheer our peasant an cestors
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through the deep midwinter nights.
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Here and there the old festivities
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still survive.
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On Christmas Eve,
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the inhabitants of Dunster
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on the northern edge of Exmoor
keep up the once widespread
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custom
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of burning the ash an    d faggot,
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which for generations past
they have celebrated
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in the 14th century village inn.
Call up the master of this house,
put on his golden ring.
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Ringles and a glass of beer
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and that's all we shall sing.
Ash faggot burning
is associated with the Saxons.
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It was one among many
pagan  customs
which were absorbed into the Christian
Christmas festival
as the early church
extended its influence over
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country  life.
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