| Author | Topic: Add: Up! Good Christen Folk | |
| dmcg | Posted - 23 Sep 06 - 07:15 am | |
(Introductory Chorus) Ding-dong-ding: Ding-a-dong-a-ding: Ding-ding, ding-dong: Ding-a-dong ding Up! Good Christen Folk and listen How the merry Church bells ring. And from steeple bid good people Come adore the new-born King. Ding-dong-ding, etc Tell the story: how from glory God came down at Christmas-tide, Bringing gladness, chasing sadness, Show'ring belessings far and wide/ Ding-dong-ding, etc Born of mother, blest o'er other, From the Virgin Mary's womb, In a stable ('tis no fable) Jesus Christ is born today. Ding-dong-ding, etc. Source: Singing Together, Autumn 1973, BBC Publications Notes: The source of this song is only identified as 'England'; there is no information in the Ruud index giving more information. | ||
| Malcolm Douglas |
Posted - 23 Sep 06 - 10:20 pm | |
The tune was taken from Piae Cantiones (1582), a collection compiled in Finland but first published in Sweden; while the words were written by the Rev George Ratcliffe Woodward, and published in his Cowley Carol Book (1901). See, for example, � http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/ Sheet music of Woodward's arrangement can be found there, as can information on the Piae Cantiones. The Singing Together text has been altered to remove two Latin lines in verse 3, thereby spoiling the rhyme scheme. | ||
| masato sakurai | Posted - 24 Sep 06 - 11:45 am | |
Which tune in Piae Cantiones is it based on? | ||