CONTENTS

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[GOOD KING WENCESLAS][12]
[AS JOSEPH WAS A-WALKING][14]
[CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING][15]
[GOD REST YOU MERRY, GENTLEMEN][16]
[THE HOLY WELL][18]
[THE FIRST NOWELL][20]
[THE CHERRY TREE CAROL][23]
[DIVES AND LAZARUS][24]
[THE HOLLY AND THE IVY][25]
[A VIRGIN MOST PURE][26]
[THE WASSAIL SONG. Part I.][28]
[THE WASSAIL SONG. Part II.][29]
[THE BOAR’S HEAD CAROL][30]
[ALL THAT ARE TO MIRTH INCLINED][33]
[KING PHARAOH: Part I. The Miracle of the Cock][34]
[KING PHARAOH: Part II. The Miraculous Harvest][37]
[THE BLACK DECREE][38]
[SOMERSETSHIRE WASSAIL][40]
[A CHILD THIS DAY IS BORN][43]
[THE MOON SHINES BRIGHT][44]
[A CAROL FOR TWELFTH DAY][47]
[THE LORD AT FIRST DID ADAM MAKE][48]
[THE SEVEN JOYS OF MARY][50]
[THE SUSSEX MUMMERS’ CAROL][52]
[AS I SAT ON A SUNNY BANK][53]
[PACE-EGGING SONG][54]
[I’VE BEEN RAMBLING ALL THE NIGHT][57]
[GOOD CHRISTIAN MEN, REJOICE][58]

ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
BY
J.H. HARTLEY

Page and Monarch forth they went[Frontispiece]
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In fields where they lay keeping their sheep[21]
Mary said to cherry tree, “Bow down to my knee”[22]
The Boar’s head in hand bear I[31]
Let all your songs and praises be unto His Heavenly Majesty[32]
“Say, where did you come from, good man?”[35]
“Come, husbandman,” cried Jesus, “cast all your seed away”[36]
O maid, fair maid, in holland smock[41]
Glad tidings to all men[42]
Awake, Awake, good people all![45]
For I perforce must take my leave of all my dainty cheer[46]
Oh, here come we jolly boys, all of one mind[55]
A branch of May, my dear, I say, before your door I stand[56]
Now to the Lord sing praises, all you within this place[On the Cover]