An' to your wessel, etc.
Good master an' good' misteress,
While you're sittin' by the fire
Pray, think of us poor childeren
That's wanderin' i' the mire.
An' to your wessel, etc.
1. From Easther and Lees, Almondbury and Huddersfield Glossary
(English Dialect Society Publications, vol. 39, pp. xvii.-xviii).
2. Wassailing. 3. Wassail-bough. 4. Urchin, hedgehog.
Sheffield Mumming Song(1)
Come all ye jolly mummers
That mum in Christmas time.
Come join with us in chorus
Come join with us in rhyme.
Chorus-
And a-mumming we will go, we'll go,
And a-mumming we will go ;
With a white cockade in all our hats,
We'll go to t' gallant show.
It's of St. George's valour
So loudly let us sing;
An honour to his country
And a credit to his King.
Chorus-
And a-mumming we will go, we'll go,
And a-mumming we will go ;
We'll face all sorts of weather
Both rain, cold, wet, and snow.
It's of the King of Egypt,
That came to seek his son;
It's of the King of Egypt,
That made his sword so wan.
Chorus-
And a-mumming, etc.
It's of the black Morocco dog
That fought the fiery battle;
It's of the black Morocco dog
That made his sword to rattle.
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