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Performer: Archer, Fred
Place Collected: Ashton under Hill
Collector: Davies, Gwilym

This is one of several carols that were sung in the village of Ashton-under-Hill, which until the 1930s was part of Gloucestershire. The others are “Arise ye Sleepy Souls arise”, “Hark, hark, what news” and a version of “While Shepherds Watched”. Nothing is known of the carol and no other versions have been traced but there is a carol of this name in A Collection of Anthems & Psalms published in Nuneaton by John Baraclough for the author, Thomas Collins, [c. 1790] which we have been unable to trace.

Notes by Gwilym Davies 8 July 2015

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See the song/tune as collected (PDF file)
Hear the song/tune (midi file)
Version to sing (PDF file)
Hear a version to sing (midi file)

Modern recording performed by: Shepherds Crook

Song/tune as collected (abc file)
Version to sing (abc file)
Arrangement for choir
Arrangement for choir hear the soprano part
Arrangement for choir hear the alto part
Arrangement for choir hear the tenor part
Arrangement for choir hear the bass part