Building utopian socialism in England? Egads! Does the Women’s Institute know this?! They sang it right through “Calendar Girls”.
Jesus came to England? It must have been en route to his visiting America. (You know that I’m being facetious, I trust.)
OK. Back to the carols question. I’d vote for Good King Wenceslas and The Little Drummer Boy, taratata tum.
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Maybe you’ve heard a different tune? 60s folk? We hear it as a standard Victorian carol tune, of the esame vintage as Good Kng Wenceslas, I think. (There’s a recording of King’s College Choir I also think).
Hark! No Herald Angels Sing
We Three Kings of Orient Aren’t
What Child Isn’t This?
I MIssed Three Ships Go Sailing By
Do You Hear What I Don’t?
The Little Freethinking Drummer Boy
Actually, my favorites are all those Old English ones: “Coventry Carol,” “Good King Wenceslaus,” and “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.” Those are all great tunes.
“In the Bleak Midwinter” sounds too much like a 60s folk song for my taste. I must admit, I’ve never paid attention to the words because I don’t care much for the music.
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