We all know how this place matters to us.
This song, link in comments has been posted a few times. It is now our unofficial Christmas anthem. The blokes in clink. Maybe it’s a convict thing
Merry Christmas to my friends largely unmet
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Proud to say I’m one of the few, though it’s been a while.
Me and our little band have been delivering Christmas songs/carols to various care homes over the past couple of weeks, and I’m heartily sick of them. Nobody wanted to sing this one though – shame, because it’s one of my favourites, though it might have been a bit beyond our powers. Anyhow, have a dose of Adam Lay Ybounden, 1400 lyrics, 1922 tune by Boris Ord. Having made a man and a woman, it took God a fair old while to come up with gravy.
Yeah. We’ve gotta fix that Mike. Re the carol, I kept waiting for the ukes to kick in
Ah, I sing Adam-lay-y-bounden too. I do the Benjamin Britten version.
I’m an Ord man, because it was the first version I learned – at school.
The Retrospective Soundtrack Players – ‘No Man Is Poor Who Has Friends’ from their album It’s A Wonderful Christmas Carol.
TRSP were a spin-off from my beloved The Dawn Chorus, singer Kyle did a solo acoustic singalong version of this as an encore at TDC’s reunion gig in the summer and there was nary a dry eye in the house. I particularly love Paul Butler’s brass arrangement towards the end.
Merry Christmas, AWers.
Merry Christmas fellow travellers!
Here’s a jaunty little number to swing along to this Crimble morning:
I’m not in the slightest bit religious, but the Coventry Carol could melt the hardest heart. I’ve posted it on here before, but it never fails to send shivers up the back of my neck.
Happy Christmas to all of you and your loved ones.
Best wishes to all, especially those for whom the past year has been tinged with misfortune, sadness or loss as described elsewhere. May the forthcoming year bring better times.
Have a Wicked Christmas everyone
retro 70’s style Christmas stomper from Jake Shillingford
and if you enjoy this check out the Choppersaurus Christmas album
It’s that day when I post this…thank you all for putting up with me https://share.google/nYGvGhULJ9e0pVae3
Just in case you were Whamageddoned or escaped time for some baroque and roll.
All the best for now and the next year,
Happy holidays to Team Afterword and a big Thank you for all your work. This really is the site that matters. Merry Christmas and a musical and all around great 2026 to everyone visiting here. Love!
Well said Izzy.
It’s good to do nowt. We had a busy Christmas Day and it was fun – but now it’s time to blob.
Merry Christmas!