I am not really good with poetry. This is my feeble attempt to give all of my pagan and heathen friends a gift of song for Yule. And, to all who just like to sing! I think that the music from the above video is spot on.
Another Wassailing Song for Yule
The melody is the same as The Gloucestershire Wassail
The
lyrics are a heavy adaptation from the above by Terry Unger.
Wassail, wassail all over the land,
Our
prost is true and our drink’s not bland.
Our
horn is made from a champion bull,
And With this horn,
we’ll drink our fill.
Here’s
to Wodan, to his good eye and sound ears,
May
Wodan help us to get many good years.
Prosperous these years,
as we’ll ever see,
With
our wassailing horn, Wodan, we'll drink to thee.
Here is
to Frigga with her big blue eyes,
Oh Frigga, do help us to
make a great mince pie.
A great
mince pie, the best we've ever tasted,
And
with our wassailing horn, none will be wasted.
Here is to Thor and to his strong hand,
Lord Thor you help us all over the land.
With this mighty help for all to see,
Lord Thor with our wassailing horn, we'll drink to thee.
Here is to Frey and to his
good ship,
Lord
Frey, help us to fill our fields past our hips.
And
with crops good and full for all to see,
Lord Frey with our
wassailing horn, we’ll drink to thee.
Here is
to Freya and to her long hair,
Lady
Freya, give us many days fair
And with these days fair for all to see,
Lady
Freya with our wassailing horn we’ll drink to thee.
Hail to
the returning Sun and to its warm light,
This promise
of life diminishes the night.
Now these
days grow long for all to see,
Mighty
Sun, with our wassailing horn we’ll drink to thee.
We praise our Yule with 12 good nights,
It is
our season that brings us the light.
This
season Yule grows bright for all to see,
And with
our wassailing horn we’ll drink to thee.
