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English Village Carols
In the village pubs of small towns around Sheffield, England, enthusiastic singers continue a centuries-old tradition of secular Christmas carol singing. Older than the more familiar Victorian conception of carols, and excluded from the church services, these village carols are performed unaccompanied or with only a few instruments. Recorded live in the pubs, filled with the spontaneous joy of singers, the clinking of glasses, and the murmur of the other patrons, these songs are unique and beautiful form of holiday cheer and community expression.
Carollers from the Royal Hotel, Dungworth
1. Awake, Arise, Good Christians
2. Pentonville
Carollers from the Black Bull, Eccelsfield
3. Hark, Hark!
4. How Beautiful Upon the Mountain
Carollers from the Blue Ball Inn, Worrall
5. Sweet Chiming Bells
6. Star of Bethlehem
Carollers from the Fountain Inn, Ingbirchworth
7. Prodigal Son
8. Foster
Carollers from Castleton
9. Hark, Hark!
10. Shepherds Rejoice
The Little John Singers from Hathersage
11. Peace O'er the World
12. Hail Smiling Morn
Carollers from the Travellers Rest, Oughtbridge
13. Mount Zion
14. Jacob's Well
The Foolow Carollers
15. Raise, Christians, Raise
16. Marshall
The Coal Aston Carollers
17. Expectation
18. Lo! The Eastern Magi Rise
Beeston Methodist Carol Choir
19. Angels from the Realms
20. Three Harks
A Festival of Village Carols, Grenoside
21. The Christmas Tree
22. Merry Christmas
71minutes, photos, map, 28-page booklet
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
SFWCD40476
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