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Thread #116151   Message #2514092
Posted By: Artful Codger
13-Dec-08 - 02:03 AM
Thread Name: Not the Usual Christmas Songs
Subject: RE: Not the Usual Christmas Songs
The Little Blackenham Carol, posted above, is a variant (in text, at least) of #140 in The New Oxford Book of Carols: "Let all that are to mirth inclined." The authors include 16 verses, with a setting by [Davies] Gilbert, 1822, noting that it's "found in several forms: see 'Good People All' (162)". If someone has both Artisan's recording and the NOBC, perhaps they could compare and comment.