The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #116801   Message #3097067
Posted By: ConcertinaChap
17-Feb-11 - 08:11 AM
Thread Name: Sheffield carols (and others)
Subject: RE: Sheffield carols (and others)
> And take a look at your own area! You may be surprised!!

Completely agree. In fact this is very important to us. If you look at the first of our recordings, Awake and Join the Cheerful Choir, that came from our research and comes from Britford in Wilshire. We also took a couple from just over the border in Somerset, the Nailsworth Beasts Song and The Little Young Lambs. We intend to increase the proportion from the local counties year by year.

Chris

PS In our research we found that the only reason the Gloucestershire Wassail wasn't called the Wiltshire Wassail was because the collectors got to Gloucestershire first. So we're claiming that as one of our own too!