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The Valley Folk: All Bells in Paradise

All Bells in Paradise Carols for All Seasons The Valley Folk Topic Records 12T192 (LP, UK, 1968)

Recorded by R.W. Swettenham at Olympic Sound Studios, London;
Notes by A.L. Lloyd;
Photograph by Brian Shuel shows a cast from a Slovak gingerbread mould

Musicians

Jean and Elaine Carruthers, John Dickinson, Stephen Heap: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

Christmas

1. The Babe of Bethlehem (Roud 11878) (2.54)
2. On Christmas Day It Happened So (Roud 1078) (1.38)
3. Come All You True Good Christians (Roud 815) (1.42)
4. Welladay, Christmas Too Soon Goes Away (Roud 24734) (0.43)

General

5. Sons of Levi (Roud 2430; G/D 3:470; Henry H146) (2.19)
6. All You That Are to Mirth Inclined (Roud 2431) (3.09)
7. Come All You Worthy Christian Men (Roud 815) (1.58)
8. All Bells in Paradise (Roud 1523) (2.47)

Side 2

9. The Joys of Mary (Roud 278) (2.36)

Easter

10. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (Roud 21931) (3.21)
11. O Mary Mother, Come and See (2.42)

Harvest or Midwinter

12. The Two Brothers (Roud 202) (3.06)

General

13. Oh, Mary With Her Young Son (Roud 453; Child 54A) (1.23)
14. The Bitter Withy (Roud 452) (1.54)
15. The Cherry Tree (Roud 453; Child 54; G/D 2:327) (2.00)

New Year

16. The Moon Shines Bright (Roud 702) (3.16)

All tracks trad. arr. Valley Folk except
Tracks 1, 11 trad. arr. A.L. Lloyd

Tracks 1, 3, 12 and 15 were also included on the anthology CD The Season Round (TSCD700, 1996)