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May 2015 be a good year for our small community and the wider world!
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Prepare the song...
With holly deck the festive hall.
Prepare the song, the feast, the hall
To welcome merry Christmas.
And all remember, gentles gay:
For you who bask in fortune's ray
The year is all a holiday.
The poor have only Christmas.
You who in velvet mantle go,
Defy December's tempest's roar.
Oh, spare one garment from your store
To clothe the poor at Christmas.
[chorus]
You who the costly banquet deal
To friends who never famine feel,
Oh, spare one morsel from your meal
To feed the poor at Christmas.
[chorus]
With blazing logs of fuel the while,
Your homes are within summer's smile.
Oh, spare one log from off your pile
To warm the poor at Christmas.
[chorus]
So shall each note of mirth appear
More sweet to Heaven than praise or prayer,
And angels in their carols there
Shall bless the poor at Christmas.
[chorus]
The Ditching Carol- Trad.
Posted by Factotum
Viv says:
Christmas - all about the preparation and anticipation and joining in - nice one
lps says:
Merry Christmas! I'm trying to learn this song... quite difficult for me but I'll keep on trying!
MaggieD says:
Love the sentiment of the carol, I am now going off to google it .... and love the oversized carol sheets and the total engagement of the singers :)
MaggieD says:
Well I found the Dave Carter version but it would not play :( ... it also has it listed as the Ditchling Carol ......... I will carry on looking .........
factotum says:
Minkey and Maggie, I learned it from a recording by Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy, on a compilation CD called A Christmas Celtic Sojourn put out by Rounder Records many years ago. It's one of my favourite carols.
parabolichobo says:
Norma Waterson is one of my favourite people on this earth. She gave me a tea towel.
Spiderbaby says:
Lovely shot. They're really into their singing here :) I hadn't heard that carol before, will look into it now. Thank you
Never underestimate the power of a good tea towel :)
jc1000000 says:
That's a great Christmas Carol. Best wishes for the season Facto!
JokerXL says:
They're perfectly in tune too!
Well, as far as I can tell from here.
;-)