![]() ![]() ![]() It is attested in Edgerton Manuscript 2615, which was produced in Beauvais, France at some point in around the second quarter of the thirteenth century, most likely between c. “Orientis Partibus,” also known as “The Song of the Ass,” is a song from France that is believed to date to around the late twelfth century AD or thereabouts. You may notice a few similarities between this song and some of the ancient Greek songs I included in this article I wrote back in October. Here is a YouTube video with a modern performance of the carol in Greek: Here are the lyrics in the original Byzantine Greek: It is thought to be the oldest known Greek Christmas carol to which both the lyrics and melody have survived. The lyrics of the song have been dated based on linguistic evidence to around the eleventh century AD. ![]() The “Byzantine Carol,” or “Ἄναρχος Θεὸς καταβέβηκεν,” is a Greek Christmas carol in Byzantine Greek associated with the city of Kotyora on the Black Sea (modern-day Ordu, Turkey). All of these songs were composed before the nineteenth century and nearly all of them were originally composed in languages other than English. I have gathered songs from places as diverse as the Byzantine Empire, late medieval Spain, Renaissance Finland and Sweden, and Early Modern England. Here I have collected a few of my favorite extremely old Christmas songs, some of which date all the way back to the Middle Ages. Few of the songs we know today were composed before the nineteenth century. Nonetheless, most of the songs we know today are actually relatively young compared to some of the other songs that have been sung historically. After all, as I discuss in this article I wrote about the history of Santa Claus, even the song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”-arguably one of the least traditional Christmas songs-is over seventy years old. Nowadays, we tend to think of many of our carols as being extremely old and traditional. Before Melt, Trey asked Jimmy's grandmother if she knew that the mountain was a volcano, and the Lizards reappeared to dance to the ensuing Melt jam, eventually leaving the stage one by one as the rhombus was lowered again.One of my favorite Christmas traditions is singing carols with my family. Whipple." Colonel Forbin ascended the rhombus during Colonel Forbin's Ascent (which had lyrics changed to "weary body"), and a large Famous Mockingbird puppet (with a top hat) flew over the crowd during Fly Famous Mockingbird, which also featured Annie Golden on additional vocals. The Sloth's lyrics were changed to "I'm squeezing that Charmin. Tela performed acrobatics on wires during her song, with Jo Lampert (as the Wolf) providing additional vocals during Wilson. The multi-beast and McGrupp were also performed by puppets. The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, The Lizards, Tela, Wilson, Divided Sky, Colonel Forbin's Ascent, Fly Famous Mockingbird, and Split Open and Melt featured an off-stage backing chorus. The band then began the first performance of the Gamehendge saga since J(1,194 shows), with Golden and Trey providing the narration and performers acting out the parts of Colonel Forbin, Rutherford, the AC/DC Bag, Tela, Errand Wolfe (later billed in post show credits as "The Wolf"), and the Sloth. it's New Year's Eve and I can't let you ring another new year without knowing the real story of Gamehendge!" leading into The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday and a glowing rhombus rising to frame the entire stage. ![]() After telling Jimmy that the old man had given the puppet to Esther and helped Jimmy's cousin Reba make liquid meat, a vinyl record (with a rhombus on the cover) was brought forth and Jimmy's grandmother said "it's time. While consoling Jimmy, she told him it was time to tell the truth about the owner of Harpua. Trey then interrupted the song before the "I want a dog" lyric and said Jimmy had lacked a strong female influence over the years and introduced actress Annie Golden as Jimmy's grandmother. During the Harpua narration, Trey talked about some of the Harpuas and Phish shows at Madison Square Garden of the past 40 years, and a bed appeared from beneath the front of the stage with an actor playing Jimmy and a puppet version of Poster Nutbag. Tube contained teases of the theme to The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ![]()
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