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GUEST,Albert Kaufman	10 Dec 20 - 04:44 PM
GUEST,m	10 Dec 20 - 06:37 PM
GUEST,m	10 Dec 20 - 06:44 PM
leeneia	11 Dec 20 - 11:48 AM

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Subject: Lyr Req: Why Do we Fear the Winter?
From: GUEST,Albert Kaufman
Date: 10 Dec 20 - 04:44 PM

This song is going through my head - I'd love to find a video of it and lyrics, please!

Why do we fear the winter and december most of all...?

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Why Do we Fear the Winter?
From: GUEST,m
Date: 10 Dec 20 - 06:37 PM

The song is "Dark December", and it is available on the cd "'Twas on a Night Like This", Folk Legacy - now owned by the Smithsonian- recorded by Barton, Para, and Paton. https://folkways.si.edu/barton-para-paton/twas-on-a-night-like-this/a-christmas-legacy

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Why Do we Fear the Winter?
From: GUEST,m
Date: 10 Dec 20 - 06:44 PM

Lyrics are here on Mudcat: DARK DECEMBER (Graeme Miles) posted by Virginia Tam 09 Jan 09
DARK DECEMBER
(Graeme Miles)

Oh should we curse the winter
For being e'er so long
When the trees are black and groaning
And every leaf is gone
And from the silent blackthorn bush
There comes no small bird's song

Oh should we curse the winter
Oh should we curse the winter
Oh should we curse the winter
And December most of all

Oh should we curse the winter
For being e'er so cold
When the sheep together huddle
To keep warm in their fold
And a man don't leave his fireside
Unless that man be bold

Chorus

Oh should we curse the winter
For being e'er so bleak
When a man turns up his collar
To guard his frozen cheek
And hurries through the icebound streets
Through rain or sleet or squall

Chorus

Oh should we curse the winter
For being e'er so dark
When the sun is late in rising
But early to depart
When the bitter northern blizzard winds
Freeze our very hearts

Chorus

No we should not curse the winter
With its icy wind and storms
Likewise the cold and darkness
No man on Earth should scorn
For it was dark December
When the Christ child he was born

No we should not curse the winter
No we should not curse the winter
No we should not curse the winter
And December least of all

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Why Do we Fear the Winter?
From: leeneia
Date: 11 Dec 20 - 11:48 AM

Thanks for bringing up this fine song.

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