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The Merry Boys of #Christmas: a #17thCentury #broadsideballad celebrating the return of Christmas and the #Restoration of the monarchy.
To the tune of Hey boys, up go we.
Michael Palmer: #baritone
Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Robin Jeffrey: #cittern
Alison Kinder: #recorder
Tamsin Lewis: #violin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N2lD09OqgU&ab_channel=Passamezzo
#earlymusic @earlymusic #histondons @histodons
#histodon @histodon
#englishcivilwar #seventeenthcentury #ballad #ballads #politicalballads #12daysofchristmas #history
@Passamezzo @earlymusic @histodons @histodon
Beautiful, thanks! (aside from the evil Monarchist-Cavalier ideology, of course 
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@CitizenWald @earlymusic @histodons @histodon
When I have time and money to do so, I'm planning to record some of the songs giving the other point of view...
@Passamezzo @earlymusic @histodons @histodon
All in good fun, for more than one reason: 1) one of the greatest + catchiest tunes of that historical moment (not finding a good recording online at the moment, tho I have a nice CD by St. George's Canzona) 2) the lyrics could be mistaken for Puritan if one did not pay close attention/know the context (https://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/english/knowthis.htm).
3) And, ah, yes: what could we all not do if we had time enough & money!
Please do carry on with the great work you do