Some Ancient Christmas Carols
Some Ancient Christmas Carols
With the Tunes To Which They Were Formerly Sung
In The West Of England
Together With
Two Ancient Ballads, A Dialogue, &c.
Collected by
Davies Gilbert, F. R. S., F. A. S., &c.
The Second Edition
London:
Printed By John Nichols And Son
1823
Table Of Contents
1. The Lord At First Did Adam Make (With music)
2. When God At First Created Man (With music)
3. A Virgin Most Pure (With music)
4. When Righteous Joseph Wedded Was (With music)
5. Hark, Hark! What News The Angels Bring (With music)
6. Whilst Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night (With music)
7. God's Dear Son Without Beginning (With music)
8. Let All That Are To Mirth Inclined (With music)
9. The First Nowel That The Angel Did Say
10. Augustus Caesar Having Brought
12. When Jesus Christ Was Twelve Years Old
14. Zacharias Being An Aged Man
15. Now Carol We, And Carol We
16. Hark! All Around The Welkin Rings
17. Saint Stephen Was A Holy Man
18. When Bloody Herod Reigned King (For St. John The Baptist)
19. When Herod In Jerusalem (For Innocents Day)
20. Christians, Awake! Salute The Happy Morn (With music)
Two Ancient Ballads:
A Dialogue:
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Joan Sanderson, Or The Cushion Dance
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The King Shall Enjoy His Own Again
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*** The Tunes, both in the Treble and in the Bass, are printed without alteration from the existing copies.
Note:
The 1822 volume was reprinted as an Elibron Classics by Adamant Media, Boston, 2002 (http://www.elibron.com/english/ ; ISBN: 1421262363). The first seven carols above were published in the 1822 edition.
