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An English Christmas

An English Christmas by Ann Cobb Scene laid in the great Hall of an English Earl. Company of young and old keeping Christmas. Table. Curtain rises to the song: "Christ was born on Christmas Day. " Child: Where be the mummers? 'Tis high up in the night. Earl: All in good season. Soon their bells will ring. Countess: Frolic, my babes! Ever a frolic makes Time speed away on wings. (Children play games) Children: (as the mummers enter) The mummers have come! The mummers have come! (running back to the table) Lord of Misrule: "Lord of Misrule am I, Ye Lords and Ladies high: From now till Twelfth Night, all Obey my every call." (To the mummers): "Ho! Mummers, form your ring. Old King Cole, step out on the floor. Sing, mummers all, make the welkin roar!" Song acted out by boys bringing pipe and bowl, and by the fiddlers three. King Cole: "Old King Cole was a merry old soul, A merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler, he had a fine fiddle, A very fine fiddle had he : Tweedle-dee, tweedle-de-dee http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

An English Christmas

Appalachian Review , Volume 6 (4) – Jan 8, 1978
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by Ann Cobb Scene laid in the great Hall of an English Earl. Company of young and old keeping Christmas. Table. Curtain rises to the song: "Christ was born on Christmas Day. " Child: Where be the mummers? 'Tis high up in the night. Earl: All in good season. Soon their bells will ring. Countess: Frolic, my babes! Ever a frolic makes Time speed away on wings. (Children play games) Children: (as the mummers enter) The mummers have come! The mummers have come! (running back to the table) Lord of Misrule: "Lord of Misrule am I, Ye Lords and Ladies high: From now till Twelfth Night, all Obey my every call." (To the mummers): "Ho! Mummers, form your ring. Old King Cole, step out on the floor. Sing, mummers all, make the welkin roar!" Song acted out by boys bringing pipe and bowl, and by the fiddlers three. King Cole: "Old King Cole was a merry old soul, A merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler, he had a fine fiddle, A very fine fiddle had he : Tweedle-dee, tweedle-de-dee

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Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 8, 1978

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