{"id":608,"date":"2018-10-31T15:13:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T15:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dunbarchoral.org.uk\/dc\/?p=608"},"modified":"2018-10-31T15:13:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T15:13:57","slug":"thoughts-on-the-words-of-two-christmas-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dunbarchoral.org.uk\/dc\/2018\/10\/31\/thoughts-on-the-words-of-two-christmas-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on the words of two Christmas songs …"},"content":{"rendered":"

“He sing zuhl luv song a-zweego oo uhl l0ng oo-aw-kin nin nuh oo-in-tuhr oo-un-duhr-land”<\/p>\n

Puzzled ?<\/p>\n

We were ……. but not for long,<\/p>\n

“Winter wonderland” – a fantastic arrangement by Leo Arnaud.<\/p>\n

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How about the traditional words for “Cherry Tree Carol” :<\/p>\n

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O then bespoke Mary, so meek and so mild,<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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\u2018Pluck me one cherry, Joseph, for I am with child.\u2019<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

O then bespoke Joseph with words so unkind,<\/p>\n

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\u2018Let him pluck thee a cherry that brought thee with child.\u2019<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

O then bespoke the babe within his mother\u2019s womb,<\/p>\n

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\u2018Bow down then the tallest tree for my mother to have some.\u2019<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Then bow\u2019d down the highest tree unto his mother\u2019s hand:<\/p>\n

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when she cried, \u2018See, Joseph, I have cherries at command!\u2019<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

O then bespake Joseph\u2014 \u2018I have done Mary wrong;<\/p>\n

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but cheer up, my dearest, and be not cast down.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

\u2018O eat your cherries, Mary, o eat your cherries now;<\/p>\n

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o eat your cherries, Mary, that grow upon the bough.\u2019<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Then Mary pluck\u2019d a cherry as red as the blood;<\/p>\n

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then Mary went home with her heavy load<\/dd>\n
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The words in the arrangement by David Willcocks have lost a little of this naivety but the carol is still wonderful, nonetheless.<\/p>\n

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