Christmas: The Bells & The Slaughterhouse Carol
from The Horse and the Tractor- a Radio Ballad by The Living Archive Band
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lyrics
Christmas Bells
Rod Hall
I can hear church bells row on row
Ringing for sinners here below
Telling us all our hearts are blest
Christus natus est!
All Saints Calverton on the hill
Calling to Passenham by the mill
Even Beachampton hearing the song
Merrily joins the throng
Oh, oh Christmas bells
Ringing out on Christmas morning
Oh, oh Christmas bells
Ding dong ding-a-dong ding
I think I heard angels’ heavenly sound
Singing their anthems over Gib Ground
Camels and carpenters, comets and kings
Bringing their glad tidings
Treble and tenor and baritone, bass
Grandsire Triple over Higlin’s Piece
A wondrous star that ever I’ve seen
Is shining on Horsefair Green
The Slaughtering Carol
The Slaughtering Carol
Words: Godfrey Yeomans & Kevin Adams
Tune: traditional (‘Searching for Lambs’)
We walked to Yardley for Christmas Day
Four kids and Mum with the pram
Six miles it seemed such a long, long way,
To visit Grampy and Gran.
On Christmas Morn in the slaughterhouse
They took no day of rest
The poleaxe blow, and the crimson flow
It caused us no distress
We helped them haul up the carcasses
We watched them butcher and skin
Saw piggies floating in the scalding tub
To loosen hair from skin
Each child was given a cattle hoof
To scrape off all the hair
The boiling water kept us warm
In that cold wint’ry air
No party games, no paper hats,
No treats, no barrel of beer
The bells rang out on_ Christmas Day,
But we felt little cheerWords: Godfrey Yeomans & Kevin Adams
Tune: traditional (‘Searching for Lambs’)
We walked to Yardley for Christmas Day
Four kids and Mum with the pram
Six miles it seemed such a long, long way,
To visit Grampy and Gran.
On Christmas Morn in the slaughterhouse
They took no day of rest
The poleaxe blow, and the crimson flow
It caused us no distress
We helped them haul up the carcasses
We watched them butcher and skin
Saw piggies floating in the scalding tub
To loosen hair from skin
Each child was given a cattle hoof
To scrape off all the hair
The boiling water kept us warm
In that cold wint’ry air
No party games, no paper hats,
No treats, no barrel of beer
The bells rang out on_ Christmas Day,
But we felt little cheer
Rod Hall
I can hear church bells row on row
Ringing for sinners here below
Telling us all our hearts are blest
Christus natus est!
All Saints Calverton on the hill
Calling to Passenham by the mill
Even Beachampton hearing the song
Merrily joins the throng
Oh, oh Christmas bells
Ringing out on Christmas morning
Oh, oh Christmas bells
Ding dong ding-a-dong ding
I think I heard angels’ heavenly sound
Singing their anthems over Gib Ground
Camels and carpenters, comets and kings
Bringing their glad tidings
Treble and tenor and baritone, bass
Grandsire Triple over Higlin’s Piece
A wondrous star that ever I’ve seen
Is shining on Horsefair Green
The Slaughtering Carol
The Slaughtering Carol
Words: Godfrey Yeomans & Kevin Adams
Tune: traditional (‘Searching for Lambs’)
We walked to Yardley for Christmas Day
Four kids and Mum with the pram
Six miles it seemed such a long, long way,
To visit Grampy and Gran.
On Christmas Morn in the slaughterhouse
They took no day of rest
The poleaxe blow, and the crimson flow
It caused us no distress
We helped them haul up the carcasses
We watched them butcher and skin
Saw piggies floating in the scalding tub
To loosen hair from skin
Each child was given a cattle hoof
To scrape off all the hair
The boiling water kept us warm
In that cold wint’ry air
No party games, no paper hats,
No treats, no barrel of beer
The bells rang out on_ Christmas Day,
But we felt little cheerWords: Godfrey Yeomans & Kevin Adams
Tune: traditional (‘Searching for Lambs’)
We walked to Yardley for Christmas Day
Four kids and Mum with the pram
Six miles it seemed such a long, long way,
To visit Grampy and Gran.
On Christmas Morn in the slaughterhouse
They took no day of rest
The poleaxe blow, and the crimson flow
It caused us no distress
We helped them haul up the carcasses
We watched them butcher and skin
Saw piggies floating in the scalding tub
To loosen hair from skin
Each child was given a cattle hoof
To scrape off all the hair
The boiling water kept us warm
In that cold wint’ry air
No party games, no paper hats,
No treats, no barrel of beer
The bells rang out on_ Christmas Day,
But we felt little cheer
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from The Horse and the Tractor- a Radio Ballad,
released October 1, 2014
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The Living Archive Band Milton Keynes, UK
An acoustic quintet with an emphasis on strong vocals to deliver both songs and the spoken word depicting the experiences of the people of North Buckinghamshire past and present. The inhabitants of the towns of Wolverton, Stony Stratford and Bletchley and of course the new city of Milton Keynes all have had something to say, and the Living Archive Band gives them a voice. ... more
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