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Wassail Round the Branches Bare 2017

June 21, 2020 Filed Under: Apple Wassail

  1. Root and shoot and bud and berry
    Apple, pear and plum and cherry,
    Friends and neighbours let’s be merry
    Wassail round the branches bare,
    Oh wassail round the branches bare,
    Oh wassail round the branches
  2. Robin Redbreast fluffed and free,
    Perching on the feasting tree,
    May there be fruit for you and me
    Wassail etc
  3. Summer sun and autumn showers,
    Plenty work and lazy hours
    Drink a toast for orchard flowers
    Wassail etc
  4. Splash some cider round the roots,
    Stamp the earth down with your boots,
    May the tree put out new shoots
    Wassail etc

Music score: wassail round the branches bare

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