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Thread #106257   Message #2193544
Posted By: GUEST,Henryp
14-Nov-07 - 10:53 AM
Thread Name: WW 1 christmas song
Subject: RE: WW 1 christmas song
Burnley Clarion Community Choir very much enjoyed their weekend with Janet Russell at the Raise Your Banners festival in Bradford.

Because Sunday was Armistice Day, we included Peace on Earth in our set. It's Jim Boyes' song about the Christmas truce which featured in the Peace Concert titled Christmas Truce/Kerstbestand first performed in IEper cathedral in 1998.

"No Eastern Kings came bearing gifts to celebrate a birth
But in the midst of conflict there was Peace on Earth"

The full lyrics are on the Coope Boyes and Simpson website, the song is on the CD NMCD14.