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A merry Christmas song!!

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CHRISTMAS BELLS
Words: Edward Capern, Music: Edward Capern / Thomas Murby / Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll

Ring out, ye merry bells! Welcome bright icicles!
Welcome old holly-crowned Christmas again!
Blithe as a child at play, keeping his holiday,
Welcome him in from the snow-peak and plain.

Up with the holly-bough, green from the winter’s brow;
Lock up your ledgers and cares for a day;
Out to the forest go, gather the mistletoe,
Old and young, rich and poor, up and away.

Up with the holly-bough, ay, and the laurel now;
In with the yule-log, and brighten the hearth;
Quick! he is here again, come with his joyous train,
Laughter and Music, and Friendship and Mirth.

Up with your holly-boughs, high in each manor house
Garnish the antlers that hang in the hall;
Yes, and the “neck” of corn with a gay wreath adorn,
Rich as the bloom on the cottager’s wall.

Wealth has it’s duties now, Christians, you will allow;
Think, then, ye rich, whilst your tables are spread,
Think of those wretched ones, Poverty’s stricken sons,
Weeping, whilst children are asking for bread.

Ring out, ye merry bells! ring till your music swells
Out o’er the mountain, and far on the main;
Ring till those cheerless ones catch up your merry tones,
Singing, “Come Christmas, again and again.”

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from The Songs Of Edward Capern, released March 25, 2017
Nick Wyke - Fiddle, vocals
Becki Driscoll - Fiddles, glockenspiels
Ellen Driscoll - French Horn
James Budden - Double Bass

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Nick & Becki are highly respected players and composers firmly rooted in North Devon and the West Country. They blend melodic, emotive violin and viola with driving fiddle chords and powerful vocals to produce an unforgettable sound.

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