CANDLEMAS EVE/ CANDLEMAS EVE CAROL is the setting of a Robert Herrick poem, Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve, to a Basque melody adapted by Edgar Pittman.

Mudcat: /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1064

Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEhAKY-yUvw

Youtube tune only: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reGzEFTQfuk

I heard someone (sorry, can't remember who or where) perform this in a session recently and it worked well in folk style.

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Candlemas Eve · John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Fred Breunig & Steve Woodruff     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc-Ifw-Hy_I
Candlemas from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlemas
Link to posting above of CANDLEMAS CAROL by Steve Ashley