Annotation:Mistletoe Bough (The)

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MISTLETOE BOUGH, THE. English, Air and Jig. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The melody appears in an anonymous early 19th century music manuscript from Staffordshire.

The mistletoe hung in the castle hall
The holly branch shone on the old oak wall.
The Baron's retainers were blithe and gay,
Keeping the Christmas holiday.

The Baron beheld with a father's pride
His beautiful child, Lord Lovell's bride.
And she, with her bright eyes seemed to be
The star of that goodly company.
Oh, the mistletoe bough.
Oh, the mistletoe bough.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 30.

Recorded sources:

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