"Carols, hymns, mummers' play excerpts, skiffle bands, public house sing-songs, prayers, rhymes, a calypso , and even a bit of West African highlife"--Container verso. Various performers. Recorded and originally broadcast Dec. 25, 1957 by the BBC Home Service. "All songs except 'Pretty Little Baby' (track 13) are previously unreleased"--Insert, page [12]. Compact disc. Program notes by Ken Hunt and complete broadcrast script ([40] pages : illustrations) inserted on container.
Contents:
Finale. Good King Wenceslas -- Caroling in the dark -- Good King Wenceslas (2 settings) -- This is the truth sent from above -- The holly and the ivy -- The holly and the ivy -- Boscastle breakdown -- Padstow wassail song -- St. David's day dance -- I wonder as I wander -- We wish you a merry Christmas -- Narration/Caroling scene -- Peace o'er the world -- Introduction to "Ballad of Jesus Christ" -- The ballad of Jesus Christ -- Excerpt from Shepherd's nativity play -- Shepher's cradle song -- Coventry carol Excerpt from Wisbech nativity play -- Christmas in London (narration) -- The derby ram -- Christmas morning calypso -- Unite -- Pretty little baby -- Reading from Luke 2:15-19 -- Psalm 23 -- The mother's consecration -- Christ Child lullaby -- Saint Mary's men are we -- The day we went to Rothsay-o -- Regional hookup : God rest ye merry gentlemen (4 settings) -- Cromwell versus Father Christmas (story) -- The jug of punch -- Viny ridge march -- Royal Belfast hornpipe -- Millicent's hornpipe -- The tenpenny bit -- The Dublin reel -- The cherry tree carol -- Anglesey carol -- Hiraeth -- Excerpt from the Symondsbury mummers play -- Donny brook fair : Winlaton sword dance -- Good King Wenceslas -- When the saint[s] go marching in -- 'Twas Mary conceived -- The noble stem of Jesse : fragment -- The Lord's prayer -- Oh, come, all ye faithful -- The gift of power -- Metrical psalm in Gaelic -- No room at the inn (story) / Last month of the year -- Hark, what news the angels bring -- I saw three ships come sailing in -- Wassail, wassail, all over this town -- Here we come a-wassailing -- Finale.
Series:
The concert & radio series Alan Lomax collection
OCLC:
(OCoLC)45193308
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.