The Gower Wassail is a wassail song from Gower in Wales. Wassailing is a midwinter tradition wherein either orchards or households are blessed by guisers, which came to Wales through exposure to English custom. The song is printed in A.L. Lloyd's book Folk Song in England (1967), having been heard from Phil Tanner. Structurally, the song is in 6/8 time with bacchius trisyllables, a Balliol rhyme scheme, and the "ffal de radl" musical syllables characteristic of much of Welsh folk songs. Some of the lyrics closely resemble other popular wassailing songs, such as the 'Gloucestershire Wassail'.[1]
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The GowerWassail is a wassail song from Gower in Wales. Wassailing is a midwinter tradition wherein either orchards or households are blessed by guisers...
year. Notable traditional wassailing songs include "Here We Come a-Wassailing", "Gloucestershire Wassail", and "GowerWassail". According to the Oxford...
Wassail (/ˈwɒsəl/, /-eɪl/ WOSS-əl, -ayl, most likely from Old Norse "ves heill") is a beverage made from hot mulled cider, ale, or wine and spices, drunk...
Gower (Welsh: Gŵyr) or the Gower Peninsula (Penrhyn Gŵyr) is in South West Wales and is the most westerly part of the historic county of Glamorgan, Wales...
candle. Wassailing is a traditional Christmastime drinking ritual and the opening stanzas of the GowerWassail are as follows; A-wassail, a-wassail throughout...
The Gower Peninsula (Welsh: Gŵyr) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, contains over twenty villages and communities. Most of the peninsula is a...
The Gloucestershire Wassail, also known as "Wassail! Wassail! All Over the Town", "The Wassailing Bowl" and "Wassail Song" is an English Christmas carol...
the 1930s and 40s. His performance of the local Gowerwassailing song became known as "GowerWassail" and was printed by A.L. Lloyd and covered by popular...
dialect in his songs, including the Gower Wassail. COLLINS, J. (March 1850). "A List of Words from the Gower Dialect of Glamorganshire". Proceedings of...
existing in the Gower Peninsula, a historically isolated rural area which developed self-sufficiency in food production (see Cuisine of Gower). While some...
separates the south coast of Carmarthenshire from the north coast of the Gower Peninsula. Among its tributaries is the River Amman and the River Morlais...
original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015. "20 new jobs as Gower Brewery gets bigger". southwales-eveningpost. Yarwood, Sam (23 December...
SS535876), otherwise Three Cliff Bay, is a bay on the south coast of the Gower Peninsula in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The bay takes its name...
is both a small village and a community on the southwestern tip of the Gower Peninsula in Wales. It is within the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...
Swansea city centre, Wales. Gowerton is often known as the gateway to the Gower Peninsula. Gowerton's original name was Ffosfelin. The village falls within...
of Gower Geology of the Gower Peninsula Gower Ornithological Society GowerWassail Ilston Book People Byron Davies Ifor Davies Edgar Evans Iris Gower Cyril...
Morgan – backing vocals on "A Song Story", "Nellie The Milkmaid" and "GowerWassail" Tracks 1 to 8 as above. Tracks 9 to 14: Shirley Collins – vocals John...
occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Although it may occupy the site of an earlier fortification...
on the Railway" 209. "Here We Come A-wassailing", "Gloucestershire Wassail", "GowerWassail", and other wassails 210. "Maids When You're Young Never Wed...
the heart of the Gower Peninsula, in the City and County of Swansea. Local people colloquially refer to it as the "backbone of Gower", as it protrudes...
height of (98 feet (30 m)) is at the northern end of Rhossili Bay in the Gower Peninsula, Wales. During spring and summer, Burry Holms is covered by flowers...
Oxwich Bay (Welsh: Bae Oxwich) is a bay on the south of the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Its landscape features sand dunes, salt marshes and woodland. Oxwich...
Cockles are gathered in the Burry Inlet, but mainly on the Gower side (see Cuisine of Gower). However, Les Parsons, a native Laugharne, started his own...
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