INDEX TO CAROLS.

I had hoped to have inserted a Carol by the Rev. R. S. Hawker, of Moorwenstow, Cornwall, but it was previously engaged for the Christmas number of ‘Household Words.’ I must, however, take the opportunity of correcting a mistake in ‘Trenoodle’s Specimens of Cornish Dialect,’ where the song of ‘The Trelawney Rising’ is treated as an old ballad. This spirited composition is the production of Mr. Hawker.

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1. Seignors, ore entendez à nus[215]
From Douce’s Illustration of Shakespeare (MS. Reg. 16, E viii, 13th century).
2. Lordings, from a distant home[217]
Translation of the same, from Douce’s Illustrations.
3. Welcū ȝole in good array[218]
Douce MS., 302. 15th century.
4. Holy stond in þe hall fayre to behold[219]
Harln. MS., 5396. Temp. Hen. 6.
5. Now ys Crystemas y-cum[220]
Wright’s Carols (Harln. MS., 541. Temp. Hen. 7.)
6. The borys hede, that we bryng here[223]
7. I am here, syre Cristsmasse[224]
Both from Additional MS., 5665. Temp. Hen. 8.
8. A bonne God wote![224]
Wright’s Carols, Cotton. MS., Vespasian, A, xxv.
9. A Babe is born al of a may[226]
The same, Sloane MS., 2593.
10. The fyrst day of ȝole have we in mynd[227]
11. Blyssid be that lady bryght[228]
Both from Wright’s Songs and Carols.
12. Hey, hey, hey, hey, the borrys hede is armyd gay[230]
Wright’s Carols.
13. The bore’s heed in hand bring I[231]
Ritson’s Ancient Songs.
14. In Betheleem, that noble place[232]
Bibliographical Miscellanies (Kele’s Christmas Carolles.)
15. All you that in this house be here[233]
Wright’s Carols (New Carols, 1661).
16. Remember, O thou man, O thou man![235]
Melismata, 1611.
17. Jesus Christ of Nazareth[237]
Translated from Hoffman’s Horæ Belgicæ, part 2, p. 16.
18. What is that which is but one?[238]
19. Joseph was an old man, and an old man was he[241]
20. A child this day is born[242]
21. As I passed by a river side[246]
22. As it fell out one May morning[251]
23. A Virgin most pure, as the prophets do tell[254]
24. God rest you, merry gentlemen[256]
25. God’s dear Son without beginning[258]
26. I saw three ships come sailing in[260]
27. The first nowell the angel did say[261]
28. The Lord at first had Adam made[263]
29. To-morrow shall be my dancing day[266]
30. Now when Joseph and Mary[268]
31. This new Christmas Carol, ‘Let us cheerfully sing’[271]
32. When Cæsar did the sceptre sway[273]
33. Saint Stephen was a holy man[275]
34. Hark! the herald angels sing[278]
This and the sixteen preceding are from manuscript copies, several of which
are also printed as broadsides.
35. Guillô pran ton tamborin[279]
Noei Bourgignon.
36. De noubélos Efans en benen de la bilo[280]
Recueil de Poetes Gascons, 1700.
37. Tres Rei de l’Orian[281]
Nouveaux Cantiques Spirituels Provençaux, 1750.
38. Quand Dieu naquit a Noel[282]
Noels Vieux & Nouveaux.
39. Lon de la gran carriere[284]
Recueil de Noels Provençaux, 1791.
40. L’An mil sies cens quaranto cinc[287]
Recueil de Poetes Gascons.
41. J’antan po no ruë[288]
Noei Bourgignon.
42. I hear along the street[290]
Translation of No. 41, by Longfellow.
Christmas Play of Alexander[292]
The like of St. George[298]

INDEX TO PRINCIPAL MATTERS.

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Ale Christmas, account of[35]
Boar’s head and brawn[30], [32]
Boy Bishop, referred to[80]
Carol singing[173]
Carols, list of[207]
Carol, Merry, tale of[185]
Carol, Cherry Tree, account of[200]
Carol singing in France[192]
Christmas block[113]
Christmas boxes[149]
Christmas plays[153]
Christmas tree[151]
Cross, account of[204]
Epiphany, offerings on[37], [42], [55]
Evergreens, practice of decorating with[11], [127]
Feasts of fools and asses[13]
Fools, domestic, referred to[124]
Gray’s Inn, Christmas feast[93]
Gray’s Inn, Serjeant Roe’s play at[76]
Inns of Court, revels[73]
King of the bean[39], [42], [164], [166]
Lord of Misrule[60], [86], [91], [121-2]
Minced pies[138]
Misletoe[12]
Mysteries and miracle plays[48]
New year’s gifts[37], [39], [42], [47], [59], [78], [90], [99], [110], [123], [133], [143]
Noël, description of term[190]
Pageants, revels, and mummings[40], [44], [48], [65-70], [86], [106]
Pantomime, Christmas[152]
Star-song[171]
Temple Christmas feasts[92], [122]
Thirty pieces of silver, legend of[169]
Three Kings, history of[159]
Turkeys at Christmas[112]
Twelfth cake[166]
Twelfth Night—Epiphany[164]
Twelfth Night at sea[132]
Waits[83], [96], [116]
Wassail bowl[18], [55]
Yule, explanation of[5]

INDEX OF REFERENCES.