Come all you worthy gentlemen - Somerset Carol (arr Mather)
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| Music: | Traditional English Folk Carol | |
| Arranger: | R. Mather | |
| Voicing: | SATB and Organ | |
| Words: | Traditional English |
Come all you worthy gentlemen that may be standing by
Christ our blessed Saviour was born on Christmas day.
The blessed virgin Mary unto the Lord did say
"O we wish you the comfort and tidings of joy!"Christ our blessed Saviour now in a manger laid;
he's lying in the manger while the oxen feed on hay.
The blessed virgin Mary unto the Lord did say
"O we wish you the comfort and tidings of joy!"God bless the ruler of this house and long on may he reign,
many happy Christmases he live to see again,
God bless our generation who live both far and near,
and we wish them a happy, a happy new year!"
Alternative (by Cantate Domino)
Come all you worthy people who are standing by the way,
Christ our blessed Saviour was born on Christmas day.
The blessed virgin Mary unto the Lord did say
"O we wish you the comfort and tidings of joy!"Christ our blessed Saviour now in a manger laid;
he's lying in the manger while the oxen feed on hay.
The blessed virgin Mary unto the Lord did say
"O we wish you the comfort and tidings of joy!"God bless the people in this place, may love and peace remain,
and many happy Christmases to live to see again,
God bless our generation who live both far and near,
and we wish them a happy, a happy new year!
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Somerset Carol
Come all you worthy - arr Mather
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Come all you worthy gentlemen, sometimes referred to as the Somerset Carol, is an English folk carol of unknown authorship. It was collected from a Mr. Rapsey, of Bridgwater during the English Folk-song revival at the beginning of the 20th century by Cecil Sharp. It was first published in 1905 in Sharp and Marson's Folk songs from Somerset.
The singer told Cecil Sharp that the carol had been taught to him by his mother and that, in company with other children, he used to sing it in the streets of Bridgwater at Christmas time, thus fitting it in with the Wassail tradition. To Sharp's knowledge, the carol had not been recorded or printed until it was noted at the turn of the 20th century. The carol was later used by Sharp's friend and fellow collector, Ralph Vaughan Williams, in his 1912 Fantasia on Christmas Carols.
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