Joe Mallinson leads traditional singing for Porlock Wassail 2025, filmed by George Ody.

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00:00and perished in distress. This caused his master for to grieve, likewise his mistress too.

00:08And so, to drown their sorrows, they sampled up the brew.

00:13Gadzooks cried, Farmer, add water, the likes I ne'er did sup.

00:18Come, summon all the neighbours in, and bid them drink a cup.

00:23Well, every man that drank that night got as drunk as drunk could be,

00:28and they wondered how that scrump he had acquired such potency.

00:33But the Farmer kept his counsel as he poured another cup,

00:37when all at once that poor old dog came a-floating to the top.

00:44Well, a silence fell around the room, and every man did frown,

00:50for they recognised old Bendy go, but he was upside down.

00:56The parson lost his colour and collapsed upon the floor,

01:00and the squire lost his trousers in the rush to reach the door.

01:06Now, now, cried Farmer, add water, for in his life I vow,

01:11he never bit not man or beast, and he won't bite no one now.

01:16And this shall be his epitaph, here lies old faithful Ben,

01:21who perished in a cider vat, and quickly rose again.

01:26So if you're ever down in Somerset, and you waltz into a bar,

01:31just ask the dead dog, scrumpy tis, the better is by far.

01:36Except no imitation, you'll sleep just like the dog,

01:40you can usually recognise it by the hair of the dog.