Listen now | BBC intro; Padstow Wassail - Charlie Bate; Somerset Gloucestershire Wassail - The Kingston Trio; Here We Come A-Wassailing - Night Heron Consort; Apple Tree Wassail - The Watersons . . . 10:17
Thanks, Bill. I'm sure it's the most fancied-up performance in the set, but my favourite today was the selection sung by The Kingston Trio, probably just because I was a huge fan of that group in my teens. Something else that tickled me today was hearing Charlie Bate's voice! From your essay, the information about the special orchard wassailing, complete with powder-only artillery fire was a complete surprise. I'd never heard of that before; or, if I had, I'd forgotten.
Thanks, Bill. I'm sure it's the most fancied-up performance in the set, but my favourite today was the selection sung by The Kingston Trio, probably just because I was a huge fan of that group in my teens. Something else that tickled me today was hearing Charlie Bate's voice! From your essay, the information about the special orchard wassailing, complete with powder-only artillery fire was a complete surprise. I'd never heard of that before; or, if I had, I'd forgotten.
Lovely selection today, thank you! Love those old countryside songs.