English Folk-Carols

English Folk-Carols (1911)
by Cecil James Sharp

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Cecil Sharp is widely considered the father of the first English folk-song revival, and in the early part of the 20th century travelled through England collecting examples of English folk music which he feared would soon be lost. His 1911 publication English Folk-Carols collects together 21 carols once performed in Southern England at Christmas and New Year, many of them unique survivals. Many of the texts in the collection are region-specific variations of now, or once-popular, carols which, through wider dissemination in books, were in danger of becoming standardised.

772674English Folk-Carols1911Cecil James Sharp

ENGLISH
FOLK-CAROLS

WITH PIANOFORTE ACCOMPANIMENT
AND AN INTRODUCTION
AND NOTES

COLLECTED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF ENGLAND
BY
CECIL J. SHARP

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London:
NOVELLO & CO., LTD. ⁠ SIMPKIN & CO., LTD.
TAUNTON : BARNICOTT AND PEARCE, THE WESSEX PRESS
MCMXI

BARNICOTT AND PEARCE
PRINTERS

to

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

Preface

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ix

Introduction

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xi

I

King Herod and the Cock (Worcestershire)

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2

II

The Bitter Withy (Gloucestershire)

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5

III

The Cherry Tree, First Version (Gloucestershire)

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7

IV

The Cherry Tree, Second Version (Gloucestershire)

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9

V

The Moon shines Bright (Warwickshire)

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11

VI

God Bless you Merry Gentlemen (Cambridgeshire)

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13

VII

The Holly and the Ivy (Gloucestershire)

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17

VIII

The Sinner's Redemption (Warwickshire)

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19

IX

Come all you true good Christians (Gloucestershire)

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22

X

On Christmas Night (Gloucestershire)

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24

XI

Come all you worthy Gentlemen (Somerset)

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26

XII

As I sat on a Sunny Bank, First Version (Gloucestershire)

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28

XIII

As I sat on a Sunny Bank, Second Version (Worcestershire)

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30

XIV

The Ten Joys of Mary (Somerset)

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33

XV

The Virgin Unspotted (Gloucestershire)

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36

XVI

Sons of Levi (Kent)

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38

XVII

The Little Room

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41

XVIII

The Truth sent from above

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46

XIX

The Twelve Apostles

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48

XX

New Year's Carol

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51

XXI

Wassail Song

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55

Notes on the Songs

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59

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1924, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 99 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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