The Chieftains - The Wexford Carol lyrics

Christmas Carols - Wexford Carol lyrics

LISTEN: The beautiful Irish Christmas hymn "Wexford Carol"

Here’s a Sunday morning snippet of one of the songs we’ll be performing during our Christmas tour this year! 🎄 "The Wexford Carol", an old Irish carol, sometimes known by its first verse "Good people all this Christmas time", is of uncertain origins, and, while it is occasionally claimed to be from the early Middle Ages, it likely was composed in the 15th or 16th century based on its musical and lyrical style. The song achieved a renewed popularity due to the work of William Grattan Flood (1859

🌹 The dreamy sounds of Es ist ein Ros entsprungen in rehearsals with Voices New Zealand at St Martin-in-the-Fields last month. We performed Jan Sandström’s ethereal 1990 adaptation of the German carol, a modern reimagining of the traditional piece first popularised by Baroque composer Michael Praetorius in the early 17th century. | BBC Singers

Christmas Concert with the Dale Singers and Janice Burns and Jon Doran … The Allen Valleys Folk Festival’s Christmas Concert with Janice Burns and Jon Doran and the Dale Singers takes place at Allendale Village Hall on the evening of Saturday 6th December. Join us for mulled wine, mince pies and a lovely evening of music and song. Tickets are now available locally at the Allendale Co-op and online. Janice Burns & Jon Doran | Allen Valleys Folk Festival