Pace Egging & Traditions
Leggi in italiano The custom of egg begging on Easter was widespread not only in Piedmont (cf), but…
Tag: Kate Rusby
Pubblicato inCHRISTMAS TIME/Natale
Walking In A Winter Wonderland
A classic Christmas song that describes the walk of two lovers in a fairy-tale snowy landscape, was written…
Pubblicato inCHRISTMAS TIME/Natale
Jack Frost in rhyme and songs
Leggi in italiano Jack Frost is the symbolic counterpart of Jack of the Green, he is the ice…
Pubblicato inFOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MITI/Mythology, Musica gallese/ Welsh music, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore
Poor old horse: winter hoodening
Leggi in italianoSamhain (the New Year of the Celts) ended on 11 November with a pagan festival still…
Our Goodman, a drunken ballad
The ballad dates back at least to 1760 (it was found in a broadside printed in London with…
The Outlandish Knight or Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
In this variant the false knight is a stranger who, with the promise of a marriage and a…
The Night Visiting Song
This is the traditional Irish version of a typical "night-visiting song" in which the lover knocks on his…
Joy to the world! The Lord is come & Bradfield from Yorkshire
The text of "Joy to the World" was written by Isaac Watts when he was a Protestant pastor…
Bold Riley oh
A sea shanty collected by A.L. Lloyd who recordered for his album “A Sailor’s Garland” (1962): Part of…
I SAW THREE SHIPS
Le peripezie compiute dalla reliquia dei Re Magi (e tanti frammenti e ossicini si rintracciano lungo l'itinerario!) sono…
