Wintersong 2025 Alumni Music

Simple Gifts by Copland (2-part version)

Gloucestershire Wassail

There are so many versions of Wassail yet I could not find a recording of our specific arrangement! The recording below is close but does have extra verses, so please ignore those and sing what we have written in our music.

Follow this breakdown:
Verse 1: T/B unison melody
Verse 2: S/A unison melody
Verse 3: T/B unison melody, S/A join on melody at pickup to m. 9, all break into respective parts at pickup to m. 13 (With The wassailing bowl)
Verse 4: S/A unison melody, T/B join on melody at pickup to m. 9, all break into respective parts at pickup to m. 13 (With The wassailing bowl)
Verse 5 &6: Sing as written.