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[2] [3] The song was first recorded that fall by Vaughn Monroe, was released just after Thanksgiving, and became a hit by Christmas. [4] Other U.S. recordings during the 1945-46 winter season included those by Danny O'Neil (Majestic), Connee Boswell (Decca), Woody Herman (Columbia), and Bob Crosby (ARA). The song makes no mention of any holiday.
Julianne Regan and Tim Bricheno of All About Eve, Winter 2023 (2023) [5] Being a well-documented song publicised by English Folk Dance and Song Society, [6] and Mainly Norfolk, [7] the song was recorded by Jon Boden and Oli Steadman for inclusion in their respective lists of daily folk songs "A Folk Song A Day" [8] and "365 Days Of Folk". [9]
All hail to the days that merit more praise Than all the rest of the year, And welcome the nights that double delights, As well for the poor as the peer! Good fortune attend each merry man's friend, That doth but the best that he may; Forgetting old wrongs, with carols and songs, To drive the cold winter away. 'Tis ill for a mind to anger inclined
The winter solstice marks the first day of winter, ushering in the colder weather and holiday season. But daylight saving isn't to blame; the Earth's tilt is. When is the winter solstice 2024?
The first day of winter is the winter solstice, which has the fewest hours of daylight in the entire year. But the winter solstice isn't actually an entire day-long event ...
Winter solstice, the shortest day of the year and the official first day of winter, is on Saturday, December 21, this year (well, for the vast bulk of the world’s population anyway).
The song dates back to Simon's days in England in 1965; it follows a hopeless poet, with "manuscripts of unpublished rhyme", unsure of his achievements in life. [3] The lyrics recall the transition from fall to winter, as suggested by the repetition of the final chorus of the song: I look around, leaves are brown And the sky is a hazy shade of ...
In common with many traditional songs and carols, the lyrics vary across books. The versions compared below are taken from The New English Hymnal (1986) (which is the version used in Henry Ramsden Bramley and John Stainer's Carols, New and Old), [1] [13] Ralph Dunstan's gallery version in the Cornish Songbook (1929) [14] and Reverend Charles Lewis Hutchins's version in Carols Old and Carols ...