In this holiday episode of Folk Files, we explore the old, wild, wonderful world of wassailing. Wæs hæl! Host: Olivia Harding Special thanks to Aaron J. Morton. Musical excerpts: ARTIST: The Brown University Madrigal Singers WORK: Wassail Song, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams SOURCE: 2010 Holiday Concert ARTIST: Magpie Lane WORK: The Somerset Wassail SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhWNp9vh39E ARTIST: The King’s Singers WORK: Here We Come A Wassailing SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YUGXr8FcdY ARTIST: Ian Giles WORK: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nppGaVz_8cw ARTIST: Electra Women’s Choir WORK: Yorkshire Wassail SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCXM9G9uyt4 ARTIST: Unknown, recorded by Smithsonian Folkways WORK: John Canoe Music SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nIdRnL7vRU ARTIST: Lady Maisery, Jimmy Aldridge, and Sid Goldsmith WORK: Cornish Wassail SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo1aGvEUtcI ARTIST: Phil Tanner WORK: The Wassail Song (Gower) SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqCxKtHr778 ARTIST: Rhodri McDonagh WORK: Deck the Halls (Welsh version) SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGuTncYncbU