Here's a nifty little piece of information we just came across while watching The History Channel:

Did you know that egg nog gets its name from "grog", which refers to any drink made with rum?

It's all for me grog!
Me eggy, noggy grog!

The traditional "closing" of a renaissance festival is a gathering known as The Last Huzzah. Often this involves faire folk getting together and singing songs, telling jokes, dancing, and just generally closing down the day.

Below is a listing of the more popularly known faire songs. It will be an ever-growing list, I'm sure...some of the pages have links to MP3.com so you can hear a version of the song. Anything that is even remotely unclean has been marked "Bawdy", for your mature viewing pleasure...

• All For Me Grog (Traditional Sea Chanty)
• Beer, Beer, Beer (Unknown)
• The Chandler's Wife (Traditional) BAWDY!
• Clean Song (Traditional)
• Gypsy Rover (Traditional)
• Itches in Me Britches (Traditional) BAWDY!
• Johnny Be Fair (by Buffy Ste. Marie)
• Johnny Jump Up (Traditional)
• The Lusty Young Smith (Traditional) BAWDY!
• Maids When You're Young (Traditional)
• The Minstrel Boy (by Thomas Moore)
• The Moose Song (Unknown) BEYOND BAWDY!
• Parting Glass (Traditional)
• Roll Your Leg Over (Unknown) BAWDY!
• The Scotsman (by Mike Cross) BAWDY!
• Spancil Hill (Unknown)
• The Star of the County Down (Traditional)
• Tell Me Ma (Traditional)
• Whiskey In The Jar (Traditional)
• Wild Mountain Thyme (Traditional)
• Wild Rover (Traditional)

If you know of a great place to get lyrics or want to suggest a song that we should NOT forget, please e-mail us!

For an absolutely amazing resource of faire songs, visit:

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