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Carol Of the Cherry Tree

from When Winter Calls 2005 by Winter and Holiday Songs

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    WHEN WINTER CALLS (2005)
    Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly are again full of surprises in their ninth CD as they explore traditional American and Celtic folk music with a winter holiday theme. Recorded live in December 2004 at the Blackstone River Theatre in Cumberland, RI, this beautifully recorded concert is filled with deeply rooted songs of winter, travel, longing, worship, rest, light, and celebration. Gorgeous, seasoned voices blend with skillful instrumentation on mountain dulcimer, old-time banjo, guitar, harmonica, tin whistle, feet, limberjacks, and spoons.
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Carol Of the Cherry Tree
Traditional Child Ballad #54

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When Joseph were an old man
And an old man were he
He courted the Virgin Mary
The Queen of Galilee
He courted the Virgin Mary
The Queen of Galilee

When Joseph found Mary
Out a-walking one day
"Here are apples, here are cherries
So fair to behold
Here are apples, here are cherries
So fair to behold"

"Then Joseph", said Mary
So meek and so mild
"Go and gather me some cherries
For I am with child
Go and gather me some cherries
For I am with child"

Then Joseph flew in angry
And in angry flew he
Said "let the father of the baby
Gather cherries for thee
Let the father of the baby
Gather cherries for thee"

Instrumental

Then up spoke little Jesus
From inside her womb
"Bow down low cherry trees
Bow you low down to the ground
Bow you low, low cherry trees
Bow you low down to the ground"

The cherry trees bowed low down
So low down to the ground
And Mary she gathered cherries
While Joseph stood around
So Mary she gathered cherries
while Joseph stood around

And Joseph took Mary
All on his right knee
"Tell me, tell me pretty Baby
When thy birthday shall be
Tell me, tell me pretty Baby
When thy birthday shall be"

"On the sixth day of January
My birthday shall be
When the stars and the elements
Doth tremble with glee
When the stars and the elements
Do tremble with glee"

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from When Winter Calls 2005, released May 9, 2005
Aubrey Atwater: vocals, mountain dulcimer
Elwood Donnelly: vocals, guitar

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Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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