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The Bristol-based composer, conductor and organist Arthur Warrell (1883–1939) [1] is responsible for the popularity of the carol. Warrell, a lecturer at the University of Bristol from 1909, [2] arranged the tune for his own University of Bristol Madrigal Singers as an elaborate four-part arrangement, which he performed with them in concert on December 6, 1935. [3]
"Here We Come A-wassailing" (or "Here We Come A-Caroling"), also known as "Here We Come A-Christmasing", "Wassail Song" and by many other names, is a traditional English Christmas carol and New Year song, [1] typically sung whilst wassailing, or singing carols, wishing good health and exchanging gifts door to door. [2]
Lyrics usually include the line (or a slight variation): "The cuckoo is a pretty bird, she sings as she flies; she brings us glad tidings, and she tells us no lies." [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to Thomas Goldsmith of The Raleigh News & Observer , "The Cuckoo" is an interior monologue where the singer "relates his desires — to gamble, to win, to ...
1827 publication of the melody, set to satirical lyrics by William Hone An early version of this carol is found in an anonymous manuscript, dating from the 1650s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It contains a slightly different version of the first line from that found in later texts, with the first line "Sit yo w merry gentlemen" (also transcribed "Sit you ...
“Karma takes all my friends to the summit.” — “Karma” “Everything will be alright if you keep me next to you.” — “22” “And if you’re ever tired of being known for who you ...
The "Sussex Carol" is a Christmas carol popular in Britain, sometimes referred to by its first line "On Christmas night all Christians sing".Its words were first published by Luke Wadding, a late 17th-century poet and bishop of the Catholic Church in Ireland, in a work called Small Garland of Pious and Godly Songs (1684).
“A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.” –John B. Priestley 3. “May your eyeliner be even and your holidays be bright.”
lyrics: Gustave Gaillardon; music: Louis-Claude d'Aquin: early 20th century (lyrics), c. 1757 (music) Set to the melody of d'Aquin’s 10th Noël; musical score at archive.org "C'est Noël" lyrics: Jean Manse; music: Henri Betti: 1956 Song written for the movie Honoré de Marseille with Fernandel "Dans cette étable" words 19th century