Act 2 — INDEX TO CAROLS.
Reading edition
I had hoped to have inserted a Carol by the Rev. R. S. Hawker, of Moorwenstow, Cornwall, but it was previously engaged for the Christmas number of ‘Household Words.’ I must, however, take the opportunity of correcting a mistake in ‘Trenoodle’s Specimens of Cornish Dialect,’ where the song of ‘The Trelawney Rising’ is treated as an old ballad. This spirited composition is the production of Mr. Hawker.
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1. Seignors, ore entendez à nus 215
From Douce’s Illustration of Shakespeare (MS. Reg. 16, E viii, 13th century).
2. Lordings, from a distant home 217
Translation of the same, from Douce’s Illustrations.
3. Welcū ȝole in good array 218
Douce MS., 302. 15th century.
4. Holy stond in þe hall fayre to behold 219
Harln. MS., 5396. Temp. Hen. 6.
5. Now ys Crystemas y-cum 220
Wright’s Carols (Harln. MS., 541. Temp. Hen. 7.)
6. The borys hede, that we bryng here 223
7. I am here, syre Cristsmasse 224
Both from Additional MS., 5665. Temp. Hen. 8.
8. A bonne God wote! 224
Wright’s Carols, Cotton. MS., Vespasian, A, xxv.
9. A Babe is born al of a may 226
The same, Sloane MS., 2593.
10. The fyrst day of ȝole have we in mynd 227
11. Blyssid be that lady bryght 228
Both from Wright’s Songs and Carols.
12. Hey, hey, hey, hey, the borrys hede is armyd gay 230
Wright’s Carols.
13. The bore’s heed in hand bring I 231
Ritson’s Ancient Songs.
14. In Betheleem, that noble place 232
Bibliographical Miscellanies (Kele’s Christmas Carolles.)
15. All you that in this house be here 233
Wright’s Carols (New Carols, 1661).
16. Remember, O thou man, O thou man! 235
Melismata, 1611.
17. Jesus Christ of Nazareth 237
Translated from Hoffman’s Horæ Belgicæ, part 2, p. 16.
18. What is that which is but one? 238
19. Joseph was an old man, and an old man was he 241
20. A child this day is born 242
21. As I passed by a river side 246
22. As it fell out one May morning 251
23. A Virgin most pure, as the prophets do tell 254
24. God rest you, merry gentlemen 256
25. God’s dear Son without beginning 258
26. I saw three ships come sailing in 260
27. The first nowell the angel did say 261
28. The Lord at first had Adam made 263
29. To-morrow shall be my dancing day 266
30. Now when Joseph and Mary 268
31. This new Christmas Carol, ‘Let us cheerfully sing’ 271
32. When Cæsar did the sceptre sway 273
33. Saint Stephen was a holy man 275
34. Hark! the herald angels sing 278
This and the sixteen preceding are from manuscript copies, several of which
are also printed as broadsides.
35. Guillô pran ton tamborin 279
Noei Bourgignon.
36. De noubélos Efans en benen de la bilo 280
Recueil de Poetes Gascons, 1700.
37. Tres Rei de l’Orian 281
Nouveaux Cantiques Spirituels Provençaux, 1750.
38. Quand Dieu naquit a Noel 282
Noels Vieux & Nouveaux.
39. Lon de la gran carriere 284
Recueil de Noels Provençaux, 1791.
40. L’An mil sies cens quaranto cinc 287
Recueil de Poetes Gascons.
41. J’antan po no ruë 288
Noei Bourgignon.
42. I hear along the street 290
Translation of No. 41, by Longfellow.
Christmas Play of Alexander 292
The like of St. George 298