Oddly enough a couple of versions of I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day bobbed up in my social media today. If you want to read something about the song go to this post by Justin Taylor. There are squillions of versions of this around, though it has fallen from popularity in recent years. I’ve …

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One of my daughters suggested that all my years of posting Christmas songs meant that I’ve run out of really good ones. Something to do with yesterday’s posting of The Boar’s Head. Well here’s The First Nowell which I can’t see that I’ve posted at all before. So there. I like music of The Lower …

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A new Christmas song? Called The Boar’s Head? Latin lyrics? Sung by Josh Garrels? Four reasons I can’t resist posting this. But it won’t be part of our carol singing. (this year, at least) Nor will Boar’s Head feature at our Christmas feast. 1. The boar’s head in hand bear I Bedecked with bays and …

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I don’t use this song very often, which is a shame because the lyrics are good, the tune (LONDONDERRY AIR) is powerful and it’s a good sing. It goes a little long with four verses, something this video clip gets around by including only two. 1 I cannot tell why he, whom angels worship, should …

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