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Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year

Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year The Live Christmas Day 1957 Broadcast on BBC Radio The Alan Lomax Collection Various Artists Rounder Records 11661-1850-2 (CD, USA, 2000)

Tracks

1. A. Introduction (Alan Lomax & cast);
   B. Good King Wenceslas (Birmingham studio group & chorus) (1.07)
2. A. Caroling in the Dark (Alan Lomax);
   B. Good King Wenceslas (Children's chorus);
   C. Good King Wenceslas (Brian Newwy Skiffle Group);
   D. This Is the Truth Sent from Above (Shirley Collins);
   E. The Holly and the Ivy (The Haddo House Choir);
   F. The Holly and the Ivy (The Skinner's Bottom Glee Singers) (4.58)
3. A. Boscastle Breakdown (Charlie Bate and group);
   B. Padstow Wassail Song (Charlie Bate);
   C. St David's Day Dance (Marshfield Paper Boys);
   D. I Wonder as I Wander (Cyril Tawney) (4.09)
4. A. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Wisbech Children's Choir);
   B. Narration / Caroling Scene (Alan Lomax / Wisbech Children's Choir) (1.11)
5. Peace o'er the World (Carollers at the Cheshire Cheese Pub) (1.00)
6. Introduction to the Ballad of Jesus Christ (Ewan MacColl, narrator) (0.49)
7. The Ballad of Jesus Christ (Ewan MacColl) (2.10)
8. A. Excerpt from Shepherd's Nativity Play (Stephen Kirby, Ronald Soules, Walter Slasher);
   B. Shepherd's Cradle Song (Hollinwood Girls' Choir);
   C. Coventry Carol (Wisbech Grammar School);
   D. Excerpt from Wisbech Nativity Play (Malcolm Pope) (2.46)
9. Christmas in London (narration) (Alan Lomax & Charles Chilton) (0.43)
10. The Derby Ram (A.L. Lloyd & singers from the Princess Louise Folksong Club) (1.09)
11. Christmas Morning Calypso (Fitzroy Coleman) (1.51)
12. Unite (Rans Boi Highlife Group) (1.41)
13. Pretty Little Baby (Peggy Seeger) (1.52)
14. A. Reading from Luke 2.15-19 (Joe Luthie);
    B. Psalm 23 (Peter Buchan & crew of the Twinkling Star);
    C. The Mother's Consecration (Katie Ann Nicholson);
    D. Christ Child Lullaby (Flora MacNeil);
    E. Saint Mary's Men Are We (Students from the Scalloway Junior Secondary School) (5.26)
15. The Day We Went to Rothsay-o (Ian McRae & the Joe Gordon Skiffle Group) (1.32)
16. Regional hookup: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    A. (Ewan MacColl & carolers);
    B. (Charlie Bate & group);
    C. (Brian Newey Skiffle Group);
    D. (Birmingham studio group) (1.51)
17. Cromwell Versus Father Christmas (Alan Lomax) (1.16)
18. A. The Jug of Punch (The McPeake Trio);
    B. Viny Ridge March (Ravenhill Temperance Flute Band) (1.46)
19. A. Royal Belfast Hornpipe (Gerard O'Kane);
    B. Millicent's Hornpipe (Katie Graham);
    C. The Tenpenny Bit (The Rakes);
    D. The Dublin Reel (Séamus Ennis) (2.42)
20. The Cherry Tree Carol (Shirley Collins) (1.45)
21. A. Anglesey Carol (The North Wales Singers);
    B. Hiraeth (Sian Emlyn) (1.39)
22. A. Excerpt from the Symondsbury Mummers Play;
    B. Donny Brook Fair (Winlaton Sword Dance) (2.06)
23. A. Good King Wenceslas (Haslington Boys Brass Band);
    B. When the Saints Go Marching In (The Happy Wanderers) (2.01)
24. A. T'was Mary Conceived (Dominic Behan);
    B. The Noble Stem of Jesse (fragment) (Hollinwood Girl Choir) (2.37)
25. The Lord's Prayer (in Welsh) (unidentified Welsh choir) (1.25)
26. A. O Come All Ye Faithful (The Sale and District Musical Society);
    B. The Gift of Power (Katie Ann Nicholson);
    C. Metrical Psalm in Gaelic (unidentified precentor & congregation) (2.16)
27. No Room at the Inn (story) / Last Month of the Year (Alan Lomax) (2.50)
28. A. Hark, What News the Angels Bring (Carollers at the Cheshire Cheese Pub);
    B. I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In (Charlie Bate and group);
    C. Wassail, Wassail, All Over the Town (Shirley Collins with Skiffle Group);
    D. Here We Come a-Wassailing (Birmingham Studio Group) (3.04)