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I 1 w t Rbi j S 7 iI gE l TT Ig k tr SS-S' SS fl f 11 T T-J T j T r t i i J 1 L f f Cm i C 4 THE FIRST The rho Nowell the Angel did Id Hn nay eftY Wai Wa to certain tour poor In InaN fields neld as aN they Iny IllY In fields where they lay keeping their sheep p On n R cold winters winter's nIght that was waN so NO deep Chorus Nowell No Nowell well Nowell Nowell Horn ls Is the King lIng of oC Israeli braell Then let us all nil with one accord Sing to our Heavenly lIe Lord That hath hatli made de Heaven und and nd earth of nought And with Ills Ill Blood mankind hath bath bought Chorus Nowell Nowell Yowell Nowell Nowell Horn Is the King ing of ot Israeli I Dy By JOHN DICK DICKINSON ON SHERMAN SHIRMAN 1 IS TUB Christmas Carol comIng rom com I Ing back to Its own as a u uI DIJ I I time-honored time feature of ot the L JL Christmas Tide 11 de It looks looka 4 so And Ancl na It t Is to be hoped m that It It l so For the sin sing Inc Ing of Christmas Carols will ST ST. help to popularize the tho religious ous Otis ob observance er of ot the day day dllY- which Is losing ground year by ur In Ihl material there Is la no room In our Twentieth Century civilization for singing carol after utter the Ule old Hut singing carol on u a large lurge scale t is b nil nil- olI as aa runny many A American cities I abundantly proved In lJ 1121 It was wat made u a community service Many were tere enlisted and trained Carols were oung tung In hospitals orphan orphan- III iges S and other Institutions Institution The mea mea- sage lingo of ft f home was carried to the travel trave traveler I. I er r In hotels anti railroad stations tatton singing Mass In municipal auditoriums auditorIum I was received Ind with popular acclaim This community service was stran strangely lly reminiscent of the old old- tUne time Waits Vaits t tr lt musicians who wera nn nil established i of ot 1 cities I Iwen wen wearing ring badges hadges with the titi town tunis The of ot carols Is III much older r than Christmas Just t as liS tIme the midwinter fl festival tl nl of good cheer long antedates I the time celebration of ot Christ as the anniversary I of ot time tho birth of ot Christ The pagan Britons celebrated this I ter or f III I i so mu o did 1110 1 the lIe t anti and many peoples It U was not limit the time Fourth that this festival fes t hal 11 became blent Identified tt II the time church I est of ot Cli Have f you U discovered that Its It's lr very I Indeed to dancu dance Ii to Y MIllie t-ome of the thit Carols Well It Is And I Hints hats because l Carol was originally n Li term for II u dance Or or for si mugs Ini lu In t i with dancing It was S a u aI I Illig lime before I the he worth word toLi to toI tot I Li t a applied strictly to II u religious I Hon song Primitive unto man makes II 1 kl merry you flU I 1 matS v In song Bong danco dance and hoUter- hoUter IR is 15 play It la Is not hard bard II to see In tho Ihu I i 0 of ot f modern I tinier hum's id ii I ii l e t 1 lice of time the pagan gum n origin a mm of f am mid mid- hi t muter inter festivities The Time Yule Yulu t 1 from front time the ancient I 1 and i Letts whose I t i on as l I live Ive wa was walS Log 1 Th The I I n. n Soo 4 io I 6 kit 0 0 sa j 54 thy I Ie It s. s tit 10 w. w III 10 I 1 I IJo tI III e Lor Lod p. p o ay 7 s I. 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C All Ola C 0 Na Lords of ot Misrule of England was n II leftover from the Saturnalia The Time Christmas Carol goes buck back a U long way ay Into Inlo early English life lite The first printed collection came carime In 1521 from the time press Iress of do Ie Worde Vorde This early printer master was probably ably born In Lorraine and went vent to 10 London to be assistant to Caxton Cuxton whom he be succeeded In 1491 It Is Interesting Inter esting eUng to know that t n It fragment of ot this edition Is still extant and und contains the famous hoars Head Bend Carol which la Is still sUlI sung on Christmas Day DIlY In Queens Queen's College Oxford Oxford whether whether the tilt serving of the boars boar's head OD on a u sliver I In the big JIg dining hall hiatt still obtains ob oh talus one la Is not nut prepared to say Inthe In III Inthe the old days d time the serving of ot time the boars boar's head hend with much pomp und and ceremony and minstrelsy and song was time the feature of ot th the Christmas feast In the homes of ot the wealthy and great grent The Time authentic wording of this carol enrol Is as follows The bO boars boar head In tn hand bear t I t with bays bas and rosemary And I pray you my mas musters maiter ten be merry estia In III Caput apri defero Hedden laud Domino The boars boar's head as I 1 understand Is I. the rarest dish In all Ihl hi land Which thus thul with a gay ay garland aarland I Let us Caput apri defero etc ele Our steward hath bath provided this In lii honor of the King of Bliss Which on n this day to 10 be served Is I. In Atria Atrio Caput apri defero etc eta At the time time time do tie Worde Vorde published pub puh- the first collection of or Carols III In 15 15 1 was a mm universal universal uni versal practice In tn III ind In III ir lieu II Henry Ill I'll r VIII VI ii III lily lay lii III there IhNe was mi au I edict d t l prohibiting r III carols or CIT merry in iu IO n a license us Issued to 10 Thomas 11 11 1 to 10 print goodly rowles I to tob bu b Hunge to tho timi Glor Glory of tf Jod The mum endeavored ored to 10 put PilI n a to singing carol and practically succeeded Parliament It will lie he remembered re no ordered i the lie about abolition Ion of ot Christmas units Pay Y and anti to 10 show v that It had been abolished sat HilI In session I 23 25 j. j 1652 commonly luau by cub culled leti Christmas VII Day hut Christmas day dumy came hack buick with the tIme tI mind so liO did dill time the Christmas Christ mils limits Carol I In III a I l a appeared red n t vol volume u mae with the title The Time New ew Carols for tho Merry Time of tt Christmas to Sundry Sun SUII dry Pleasant Tunes In France ul also U the Christmas Carol Carolls Is ls Isery very ery old olti The hl Krench fur for time the Christmas Carol Is Noel The Tue word Is which mel means a u dance Noel XOI OtI originally meant birthday In III time It en mo to 10 mean menn the Birthday of 01 Jesus Still later It was a song Jlong about Ills birthday Nowadays a n Frenchman wishing anyone Merry Christmas says guys Joyeux Noel NOlI 1 I INow Now the title The rhe First Nowell r-owell of ot the English Christmas Christians Carol from which quotation lois has been wade made In the tIme foregoing throws a n sidelight on OD lila his tor tory This carol Is probably I more than MX roO years old old although It did not appear ap imp- pear In print until 1833 The TIme Norman conquest of I was responsible for the Noel Noe In Its title tithe And this In turn was ns changed to Nowell 1 to tomake tomake make It look English and to Insure Its pronunciation In lu two syllables Silent Night r Is probably one of the most popular of all the Christmas Carols It seems to have hll been first published In tim us its a Tyrolean Song that It U had hud been In Inthe Inthe inthe the repertoire of ot a 0 family fatally of ot strolling Tyrolean players player Its origin was then Ihen unknown mind and It was wild said to be old In Iii time It was credited to Michael Haydn A few years ago ugo LudwIg Erk mode made u II thorough Investigation mind and r re reported reported re- re ported that Silent Night was written and composed In 1813 1818 at lit Oberndorf Germany Germon that Joseph assistant priest wrote the time words word that I Franz Gruber n a schoolmaster wrote the time music According to 10 the time carol was Willi produced Christmas Eve Uve In time the church th tIme the poet a u tenor singing the time melody mm and ad I the lie ci composer tin singing buss bus A chorus of t young women sung sling the time refrain The Time church organ was 1 out of ot repair und nail the accompaniment was WU played tam oil a guitar God Cod blest Hest You Merry Gentlemen is Is' Is ld to date buck laek to the thu Seventeenth Seven Century It certainly Is III as liS fat familiar nu Ii to 10 the I k i mug torl d as mum any One lr ver-slun ver 11 has tb time Iu t line hue Hod ioU I next t lou Oll I one dues dOlS nut not Know lItI whether 1 or not hot tit the I use Ube of mit the time comma II II 11 1 U is 1 authorized I It t will tm be hI html noted eul t that I t the im e Christmas Curol Carols II In itt general hll have hate I u a common characteristic char r. r i t tlc Ic which v ii Is 1 specially prominent nent heft 1101 11 among the time older ones They are lire Fit Ft to 10 pleasing ag a and lid nut not I t music they are lire simple In form and picture pic- pic lIe ture they mire are often childlike In Iu their eh I In mm II short they are ure real reul bits of tit folklore Yet Set tacit men famous In III the time world orld of ol r letters hJ have 1 not hot disdained to try Iry their bunds at lit the Carol For Foi example O 0 Little Town of Bethlehem Bethle Bethle- hem beau deservedly popular mir wm was written written writ ten by the time Boston divine m Brooks It Intended was for Sunday P schools only Several l' composers have hll written music for It The These e Include Joseph t the lie 1 ant and Louis II U Hellner time the American Americium |