A Celebration of the Folk Music & Traditions
of Christmas & the Turning of the Year
Disc.1: Mid Winter
01. Gower Wassail (first part)/Phil Tanner
02. Stopping by Woods/Robert Frost
03. A Roving on A Winter's Night/Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle
04. The River/Grace Notes
05. Skater's Waltz/John Fahey
06. including Excerpt by Arthur Ransome/Jim Lawton
07. Excerpt from The Prelude/Jim Lawton
08. Christmas in now drawing near at hand/Lal Waterson
09. The Spirit of Christmas/Steve Ashley with Tinderbox
10. From Hamlet Act 1/Gary Watson
11. Christmas Is A-Comin'/Leadbelly
12. Xmas Island/ Richard Farina, with Blind Boy Grunt & Eric von Schmidt
13. The Humstrum/David Strawbridge/Tim Laycock
14. Sound your instruments of Joy/Mabe Choir
15. Wassail/John Kirkpatrick et al
16. Snow Falls/Albion Band with John Tams
17. Wintergrace/Jean Ritchie
18. Cherry Tree Carol/Shirley Collins
19. Red & Green Christmas/Nadia Cattouse
20. Emmanuel/The Watersons
21. Song to Mithras/Peter Bellamy
22. The Meadowhall Carol/Coope Boyes & Simpson
23. God bless the birthday boy/The McCalmans
24. Moving on song/Ewan McColl
25. Christmas Eve can kill you/Helen Watson & Suzie Adams
26. Workhouse boy/The Halliard
27. Snow is on the ground/Jeff Warner
28. Snow is on the ground (excerpt)/Eleazor Tillet
29. Christmas comes but once a year/Enoch Kent
30. Jack Frost & The Hooded Crow/Dave Pegg
31. The night before Christmas/Mike Hockenhull
32. The Christmas Tree/Charlie Fretwell
Disc.2: Comfort & Joy
01. READING: Luke 2:1/Nigel Schofield
02. While Shepherds/Scan Tester
03. Christmas must be tonight/Johnny Coppin
04. On the morning of Christ's Nativity/Jim Lawton
05. For unto us a child/John McCutcheon
06. Shepherds Arise/Copper Family
07. READING: Luke 2:8/Nigel Schofield
08. Sherburne/Sacred Harp Convention 1959
09. Hark Hark What News/Singers at The Black Bull
10. READING : Luke 2:7/Nigel Schofield
11. Once in royal David's city/Martyn Wyndham Read
12. The Three Harks/Coope Boyes & Simpson
13. Wexford Carol/Maggie Boyle
14. I sing of a maiden/Shirley Collins
15. Lullay My Liking/Young Tradition
16. Silent Night/Chloe Coburn/Bernie Parry
17. The first Nowell/BaccaPella
18. READING: Matthew 2:1/Nigel Schofield
19. Follow that star/St Agnes Fountain
20. Star in the east (Brightest and Best)/Debra Cowan/John Roberts
21. Astrologers' Journey/Johnny Coppin
22. Journey of the Magi/T S Eliot
23. Follow the star/Maggie Boyle/Gary Boyle
24. Herod & The Cock/Nowell Sing We Clear
25. READING: Matt 2:18/Nigel Schofield
26. Coventry Carol/Joan Baez
27. The Carnal & The Crane/New Scorpion Band
28. Go tell it on the mountain/Mahalia Jackson
29. On Christmas Day/May Bradley
30. Jesu Joy of Man's desiring/Druidstone
Disc.3: Peace & Good Will
01. Fire & Wine/Steve Ashley
02. In the winter/Laura Hockenhull/John Dipper
03. Papa ain't no Santy Claus/Butterbeans & Susie
04. Winter flowers/Martha Tilston
05. Christmas in Prison/Fishken & Groves
06. Jogging along with my reindeer/John Kirkpatrick
07. Cardboard Christmas boxes/Alan Hull
08. Comfort & Joy/Clive Gregson
09. First Snow in Brooklyn/Jethro Tull
10. Lady Gay/Buell Kazee
11. Peace o'er the world(Bradda Anthem)/Coope, Boyes & Simpson and Freya, Fraser & Boyes
12. Oh What A Lovely War/Excerpt
13. Christmas 1914/Mike Harding
14. Christmas isn't what it used to be/Tim Moon
15. Christmas/John Tams
16. Ghost of Christmas Past/Mandy Morton Band
17. Christmas morning/Loudon Wainwright III
18. Days of Holly & Mistletoe/Artisan
19. Huron Carol/Carol Duveneck
20. The King/Strawbs with Maddy Prior
21. The Christmas Hare/Muckram Wakes
22. Chariots/John Kirkpatrick
23. Remember Bethlehem/Kevin Loughran
Disc.4: The Old & The New
01. Old Christmas/Shooting/Nowell Sing We Clear
02. Apple Tree Wassail/The Watersons
03. Gloucestershire Wassail/Albion Christmas Band
04. The Oxen/Maddy Prior
05. The Burning Babe/Mike Hockenhull
06. Bushes and Briars/Sandy Denny
07. Poor Ditching Boy/Richard Thompson
08. Reading Clock Almanac/Jim Lawton
09. Dunstan Lullaby/Coope Boyes & Simpson
10. Watts' Cradle Hymn/Maddy Prior
11. Boar's Head Carol/Teesside Fettlers
12. The Grinch/Boris Karloff
13. Hunting the Wren/Joe & Winifred Woods
14. Cutty Wren/Ian Campbell Folk Group
15. The Wren(The King)Martin Carthy/Dave Swarbrick
16. First Christmas away from Home/Artisan
17. Miner's dream of home/Fred Whiting
18. Symondsbury Mummers
19. Happy Christmas(War is Over)/We sing allelujah/Alan Rose et al
20. None but One/Jean Ritchie
21. Mari Llwyd/John Clough
22. Carol for the New Year/Nowell Sing We Clear
23. The Oxplough Song/Johnny Collins
24. Three Ships suite/Steve Tilston
25. Gower Wassail(reprise)/Phil Tanner
26. Midnight chimes
27. into: Bonus Track
28. The January Man/Martin Carthy
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May your Christmas be filled with joy and happiness.
Best wishes for now and the coming year.