Good people all, this Christmas time

Good people all, this Christmas time. Irish traditional.  ‘The Wexford Carol’, sometimes called ‘The Enniscorthy Christmas Carol’ (‘Carúl Loch Garman, Carúl Inis Córthaidh’), originates from Enniscorthy, County Wexford, in the north-eastern corner of Ireland. The precise origins are unknown, though some commentaters suggest that its roots extend to the 12th century. Though the only carol known by this name, several carols come from Wexford (Costello, 2016). The Wexford Carol is often confused with the Sussex Carol, ‘On Christmas night’*. The Irish poem, beginning, ‘O tagaigí is adhraigí/ An leanbh cneasta sa chró ‘na luí’ (O come and pray; the child is lying in a crib), is likely less well...

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