This month, I’m sharing a Christmas song a day and although Christmas Day is now past, I’m finishing up the challenge I started. I hope you’ve enjoyed the forgotten carols that are important to remember that I’ve shared this week. I have one more from that category that caught my eye. This one, I didn’t know by song title or sound, so it’s brand new to my ears.
Cherry Tree Carol is an English/Scottish children’s tune from the early 15th century. The lyrical story tells Mary asking Joseph to pick cherries for her while traveling to Bethlehem who maliciously retorts “let the child’s father pick her cherries”. In most versions of the song this is where from the womb baby Jesus commands the tree to lower its branch for Mary and as you might’ve figured, Joseph seeing the miracle asked for forgiveness for his nasty words.
Listen now to Joan Baez sing The Cherry Tree Carol!
I found a lovely rendition of the song set in the Appalachian mountains with sisters, Kate and Maggie O’Connor, playing violins in the snow with beautiful harmonizing voices. It’s not the entire song but you may want to listen to my discovery, here. Poking around a little further I found a lovely instrumental version of the song by the Mark O’Connor Band and yes, the sisters are part of the group. I love this Appalachian style Christmas music!
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I’ll be here with bells on tomorrow morning with another Christmas song to start your day. Allow yourself time to enjoy the last few days of the holidays without anymore fuss. Reflect on the beauty of the season with your favorite hot beverage and think about the wonderful things to come in the new year. X💋X💋, Cathy