Name: Sans Day Carol
Duration: 3 min 57 s
Channel: Music & Lyrics: Traditional
Description: Free MP3 download. The 14th track on 'A Present From Christmas Past'

Sans Day Carol

Tobe and Chris Richards

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The 14th track on 'A Present From Christmas Past'

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Tobe and Chris Richards

Difficult to classify. Possibly folk, country, rock, pop...who knows?

Tobe A. Richards: Vocals, guitar, keyboards, mandolin, bass, bouzouki, cittern, cuatro, percussion etc. Chris Richards; Vocals Guests: Paul S. Baker: Vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, autoharp, percussion etc.

Song Info

Genre

Rock • Folk Rock

Charts

Peak #1,175

Peak in subgenre #60

Author

Music & Lyrics: Traditional

Rights

Transongs 2006

Uploaded

April 09, 2006

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.6 MB • 128 kbps • 3:57

Story behind the song

The derivation of the title comes from St Day, Sans Day or St They in the parish of Gwennap, Cornwall.  The saint in question is thought to have been of Breton origin. The melody itself and the first three verses were transcribed after the arranger heard a Cornish villager singing the tune. A fourth stanza in Cornish called 'Ma gron war'n gelinen' was eventually translated and added to complete the song.

Lyrics

Now the holly bears a berry as white as the milk,
And Mary bore Jesus all wrapped up in silk.
And Mary bore Jesus, our Saviour to be,
And the first tree in the greenwood was the holly
Holly holly
And the first tree in the greenwood was the holly

Now the holly bears a berry as green as the grass
And Mary bore Jesus who died on the cross.
And Mary bore Jesus, our Saviour for to be,
And the first tree in the greenwood was the holly  
Holly holly
And the first tree in the greenwood was the holly

Now the holly bears a berry as black as the coal,
And Mary bore Jesus who died for us all.
And Mary bore Jesus, our Saviour for to be,
And the first tree in the greenwood was the holly
Holly holly
And the first tree in the greenwood was the holly

Now the holly bears a berry as blood it is red,
Then Mary bore Jesus who rose from the dead.
And Mary bore Jesus, our Saviour for to be,
And the first tree in the greenwood was the holly
Holly holly
And the first tree in the greenwood was the holly

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