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Good evening and welcome, ladies and gentlemen... | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
A roistering, roaring log fire of revelry. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
Put a glow in your Christmas cheeks. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
Warm your Christmas cockles. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:30 | |
And roast your Christmas chestnuts. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:35 | |
# So raise a glass with love and cheer | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
# For Christmastime has come this year... # | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
SOLOIST PLAYS: "Silent Night" | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
SOLO ENDS | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
PERCUSSIVE INTRODUCTION TO: "Ding Dong Merrily On High" | 0:01:42 | 0:01:46 | |
BAND JOINS IN | 0:01:46 | 0:01:50 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
# Whiskey is the life of man | 0:03:11 | 0:03:16 | |
# Whiskey from an old tin can | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
# I love whiskey, hot and strong | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
# And I'll drink whiskey all night long | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below | 0:03:25 | 0:03:30 | |
# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below | 0:03:33 | 0:03:38 | |
# Up aloft this yard must go Come rising up from down below | 0:03:38 | 0:03:42 | |
# I'll drink it hot I'll drink it cold | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
# I'll drink it new I'll drink it old | 0:03:53 | 0:03:55 | |
# Some like whiskey Some like beer | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
# I wish I had a barrel here | 0:04:01 | 0:04:02 | |
# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below | 0:04:02 | 0:04:06 | |
# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below | 0:04:06 | 0:04:10 | |
# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below | 0:04:10 | 0:04:15 | |
# Up aloft this yard must go Come rising up from down below | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
# Whiskey killed my sister Sue | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
# And whiskey killed my brother, too | 0:04:30 | 0:04:32 | |
# Whiskey killed my poor old dad | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
# And whiskey drove my mother mad | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below | 0:04:40 | 0:04:44 | |
# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below | 0:04:47 | 0:04:52 | |
# Up aloft this yard must go Come rising up from down below | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
# If whiskey comes too near my nose | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
# It's up she comes and down she goes | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
# A bottle of grog for every man | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
# And a barrelful for the shanty man | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below | 0:05:39 | 0:05:44 | |
# Up aloft this yard must go come rising up from down below. # | 0:05:44 | 0:05:48 | |
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the BBC Four Christmas Special. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:33 | |
Thank you so much for braving the blizzard conditions outside | 0:06:37 | 0:06:41 | |
to be here tonight for our midwinter warm-up of minstrelsy and merriment. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:48 | |
At the back of the stage, a group who have braved it down from the frozen North to be with us tonight. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:53 | |
From the Arctic wastes of Tyneside, the Unthanks. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:58 | |
# In the bleak midwinter | 0:07:23 | 0:07:29 | |
# Frosty wind made moan | 0:07:29 | 0:07:35 | |
# Earth stood hard as iron | 0:07:35 | 0:07:43 | |
# Water like a stone | 0:07:43 | 0:07:48 | |
# Snow had fallen, snow on snow | 0:07:50 | 0:07:57 | |
# Snow on snow | 0:07:57 | 0:08:04 | |
# In the bleak midwinter | 0:08:06 | 0:08:13 | |
# Long ago | 0:08:14 | 0:08:20 | |
# In the bleak midwinter | 0:08:56 | 0:09:03 | |
# A stable-place sufficed | 0:09:03 | 0:09:10 | |
# The Lord God Almighty | 0:09:10 | 0:09:18 | |
# Jesus Christ | 0:09:19 | 0:09:25 | |
# Angels and archangels | 0:09:26 | 0:09:33 | |
# May have gathered there | 0:09:33 | 0:09:40 | |
# Cherubim and seraphim | 0:09:40 | 0:09:48 | |
# Thronged the air | 0:09:48 | 0:09:54 | |
# But His mother only | 0:09:55 | 0:10:02 | |
# In her maiden bliss | 0:10:02 | 0:10:10 | |
# Worshipped the beloved | 0:10:10 | 0:10:17 | |
# With a kiss | 0:10:17 | 0:10:24 | |
# Oh, what can I give Him | 0:10:29 | 0:10:36 | |
# Poor as I am? | 0:10:36 | 0:10:42 | |
# If I were a shepherd | 0:10:42 | 0:10:49 | |
# I would bring a lamb | 0:10:49 | 0:10:56 | |
# If I were a Wise Man | 0:11:06 | 0:11:12 | |
# I would do my part | 0:11:12 | 0:11:21 | |
# Yet what I can I give Him? | 0:11:21 | 0:11:28 | |
# Give my heart. # | 0:11:28 | 0:11:38 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:12:04 | 0:12:06 | |
The fabulous Unthanks. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:13 | |
CHEERING | 0:12:13 | 0:12:15 | |
And more of them later, we hope. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:19 | |
Now, | 0:12:19 | 0:12:20 | |
would you like to stand up and show everyone what you're wearing, or not wearing? | 0:12:20 | 0:12:25 | |
Have a look at this, everyone. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:26 | |
WOLF-WHISTLES | 0:12:26 | 0:12:30 | |
You can sit down now. I don't know - can you sit down? | 0:12:33 | 0:12:36 | |
Next, a young lady who was described | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
as one of the best singer-songwriters of the last ten years - | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
by her mum. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:44 | |
The great, gorgeous, galactic Thea Gilmore. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:47 | |
# Rain falling, not a chance of snow | 0:13:10 | 0:13:14 | |
# Jonah Louie on the radio | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
# French beer and mistletoe | 0:13:17 | 0:13:19 | |
# That'll be Christmas | 0:13:19 | 0:13:22 | |
# Cars queuing on the edge of town | 0:13:22 | 0:13:25 | |
# Afternoons with the blinds pulled down | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
# It's just the way the beer goes round | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
# That'll be Christmas | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
# Was going to head for high ground | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
# Just forget it all | 0:13:37 | 0:13:40 | |
# But the line's busy And I can't make that call | 0:13:40 | 0:13:46 | |
# Oh, no, no, oh | 0:13:46 | 0:13:51 | |
# So I'll join the others in the bar by ten | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
# Peace and goodwill to men | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
# Me missing you again | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
# That'll be Christmas | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
# A tired waiter in a stupid hat | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
# Muddy boots on the welcome mat | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
# You just can't say no to that | 0:14:34 | 0:14:38 | |
# Hot wine and a Christmas tree | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
# The Sound Of Music and the family | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
# Faith, hope and gluttony | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
# That'll be Christmas | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
# There's a choir of angels | 0:14:52 | 0:14:55 | |
# A choir of soaks | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
# And there's drunk relations telling dirty jokes | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
# Oh, no, no, oh | 0:15:02 | 0:15:09 | |
# So I'll join the others in the bar by ten | 0:15:09 | 0:15:13 | |
# Peace and goodwill to men | 0:15:13 | 0:15:16 | |
# Me missing you again | 0:15:16 | 0:15:19 | |
# That'll be Christmas | 0:15:19 | 0:15:21 | |
# It's going to be me missing you again | 0:15:21 | 0:15:25 | |
# That'll be Christmas | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
# That'll be Christmas | 0:15:28 | 0:15:31 | |
# That'll be Christmas. # | 0:15:31 | 0:15:35 | |
CHEERING | 0:16:04 | 0:16:07 | |
And next, from the four corners of England, | 0:16:11 | 0:16:15 | |
the mighty maelstrom, the brazen, brash, boisterous behemoth | 0:16:15 | 0:16:20 | |
that is Bellowhead. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
# The mistletoe hung in the old castle hall | 0:16:41 | 0:16:46 | |
# The holly branch shone on the old oak wall | 0:16:46 | 0:16:51 | |
# The Baron's retainers were blithe and gay | 0:16:51 | 0:16:56 | |
# Keeping the Christmas holiday | 0:16:56 | 0:17:00 | |
# The Baron beheld with a father's pride | 0:17:00 | 0:17:05 | |
# His beautiful child, young Lovell's bride | 0:17:05 | 0:17:10 | |
# And she, with her bright eyes seemed to be | 0:17:10 | 0:17:14 | |
# The star of that goodly company | 0:17:14 | 0:17:19 | |
# Oh, the mistletoe bough | 0:17:20 | 0:17:25 | |
# Oh, the mistletoe bough | 0:17:27 | 0:17:33 | |
# "I'm weary of dancing, now," she cried | 0:17:33 | 0:17:37 | |
# "Here, tarry a moment, I'll hide, I'll hide | 0:17:37 | 0:17:41 | |
# "And, Lovell, be sure you're the first to trace | 0:17:41 | 0:17:45 | |
# "The clue to my secret hiding place" | 0:17:45 | 0:17:49 | |
# Away she ran and her friends began | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
# Each tower to search, each nook to scan | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
# And Lovell he cried, "Where dost thou hide | 0:17:57 | 0:18:00 | |
# "I'm lonely without you, my own dear bride" | 0:18:00 | 0:18:06 | |
# Oh, the mistletoe bough | 0:18:06 | 0:18:11 | |
# Oh, the mistletoe bough | 0:18:13 | 0:18:19 | |
# They searched that night, they searched the next day | 0:18:19 | 0:18:23 | |
# They searched all around till a week went away | 0:18:23 | 0:18:29 | |
# In the highest, the lowest, the lonesomest spot | 0:18:29 | 0:18:33 | |
# Young Lovell sought wildly, but found her not | 0:18:33 | 0:18:37 | |
# And as years went by their grief at last | 0:18:37 | 0:18:41 | |
# Was told as a sorrowful tale long past | 0:18:41 | 0:18:46 | |
# When Lovell appeared, all the children cried | 0:18:46 | 0:18:50 | |
# "See the old man weep for his fairy bride" | 0:18:50 | 0:18:57 | |
# Oh, the mistletoe bough | 0:18:57 | 0:19:04 | |
# Oh, the mistletoe bough | 0:19:04 | 0:19:10 | |
# At length, an old chest that had long lain hid | 0:19:17 | 0:19:22 | |
# Was found in the attic | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
# They raised the lid | 0:19:26 | 0:19:30 | |
# A skeleton form lay mouldering there | 0:19:30 | 0:19:37 | |
# In the bridal wreath of a lady so fair | 0:19:37 | 0:19:44 | |
# Oh, sad was her fate in sport and jest | 0:19:44 | 0:19:49 | |
# She hid from her love in an old oak chest | 0:19:49 | 0:19:54 | |
# It closed with a spring and the bridal bloom | 0:19:54 | 0:20:00 | |
# Lay with her in there in a living tomb | 0:20:00 | 0:20:07 | |
# Oh, the mistletoe bough | 0:20:07 | 0:20:13 | |
# Oh, the mistletoe bough. # | 0:20:14 | 0:20:21 | |
CHEERING | 0:20:25 | 0:20:29 | |
At this point in the evening | 0:20:43 | 0:20:45 | |
there was a plan for myself and Mr John Spiers down here to sing you a song. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:50 | |
Now, unfortunately, | 0:20:50 | 0:20:52 | |
John was attacked by a peacock on the way here, as you can see. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:58 | |
It has resulted in him losing his voice. I think he swallowed some feathers. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:04 | |
Fortunately, to step into the breach, we have Mr Sam Lee over here | 0:21:04 | 0:21:10 | |
who is going to come and give us a song. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
CHEERING | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
This is called On Christmas Day It Happened So. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
# On Christmas Day it happened so | 0:21:30 | 0:21:37 | |
# Down in those meadows for to plough | 0:21:37 | 0:21:42 | |
# As we were ploughing on so fast | 0:21:42 | 0:21:49 | |
# Up come sweet Jesus himself at last | 0:21:49 | 0:21:57 | |
# "Oh, man, oh, man, why must you plough | 0:21:57 | 0:22:03 | |
# "So hard upon the Lord's birthday?" | 0:22:03 | 0:22:09 | |
# The farmer he answered him with great speed | 0:22:09 | 0:22:17 | |
# "For to plough this day we have great need" | 0:22:17 | 0:22:26 | |
# His arms did quaver to and fro | 0:22:26 | 0:22:33 | |
# His arms did quaver, he could not plough | 0:22:33 | 0:22:40 | |
# The ground it did open and let him in | 0:22:40 | 0:22:47 | |
# Before that he could repent of sin | 0:22:47 | 0:22:56 | |
# His wife and children, they are out of place | 0:22:56 | 0:23:04 | |
# His beasts and cattle, they died away | 0:23:04 | 0:23:10 | |
# His beasts and cattle, they died away | 0:23:10 | 0:23:18 | |
# For the breaking of our Lord's birthday. # | 0:23:18 | 0:23:31 | |
CHEERING | 0:23:33 | 0:23:34 | |
And now a local lass made good. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
All the way from London, the linnet-like larynx of the lovely Lisa Knapp. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:57 | |
# Lully, lullay | 0:24:21 | 0:24:27 | |
# Thou little tiny child | 0:24:27 | 0:24:32 | |
# Bye bye, lully, lullay | 0:24:32 | 0:24:39 | |
# Thou little tiny child | 0:24:39 | 0:24:45 | |
# Bye bye, lully, lullay | 0:24:46 | 0:24:54 | |
# Oh, sisters too | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
# How may we do | 0:24:59 | 0:25:04 | |
# For to preserve this day? | 0:25:04 | 0:25:10 | |
# This poor youngling | 0:25:10 | 0:25:15 | |
# For whom we do sing | 0:25:15 | 0:25:21 | |
# Bye bye, lully, lullay | 0:25:21 | 0:25:29 | |
# Herod the king, in his raging | 0:25:29 | 0:25:38 | |
# Charged he hath this day | 0:25:38 | 0:25:45 | |
# His men of might | 0:25:45 | 0:25:49 | |
# Within his own sight | 0:25:49 | 0:25:55 | |
# All young children to slay | 0:25:55 | 0:26:04 | |
# That woe is me | 0:26:04 | 0:26:10 | |
# For my baby | 0:26:10 | 0:26:15 | |
# And I do mourn and sigh | 0:26:15 | 0:26:23 | |
# For thy parting | 0:26:23 | 0:26:28 | |
# Neither say nor sing | 0:26:28 | 0:26:34 | |
# Bye bye, lully, lullay | 0:26:34 | 0:26:43 | |
# Lully, lullay | 0:26:43 | 0:26:48 | |
# Thou little tiny child | 0:26:48 | 0:26:54 | |
# Bye bye, lully, lullay | 0:26:54 | 0:27:01 | |
# Thou little tiny child | 0:27:01 | 0:27:09 | |
# Bye bye, lully, lullay. # | 0:27:09 | 0:27:18 | |
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING | 0:27:18 | 0:27:23 | |
Thank you very much. Thank you very much to the Unthank Sisters. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:43 | |
And the wonderful Jim Moray. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
# Oh, come, oh, come, Emmanuel | 0:27:57 | 0:28:03 | |
# And ransom captive Israel | 0:28:03 | 0:28:07 | |
# Who mourns in lonely exile here | 0:28:07 | 0:28:13 | |
# Until the Son of God appear | 0:28:13 | 0:28:19 | |
# Rejoice | 0:28:19 | 0:28:20 | |
# Rejoice | 0:28:20 | 0:28:22 | |
# Emmanuel will come to thee, Oh, Israel | 0:28:22 | 0:28:31 | |
# Oh, come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer | 0:28:32 | 0:28:37 | |
# Our spirits by Your advent here | 0:28:37 | 0:28:42 | |
# Disperse the gloomy clouds of night | 0:28:44 | 0:28:49 | |
# And death's dark shadows put to flight | 0:28:49 | 0:28:54 | |
# Rejoice | 0:28:54 | 0:28:56 | |
# Rejoice | 0:28:56 | 0:28:58 | |
# Emmanuel will come to thee, Oh, Israel | 0:28:58 | 0:29:06 | |
# Oh, come, you Son of David, come | 0:29:06 | 0:29:12 | |
# And lead us to our heav'nly home | 0:29:12 | 0:29:18 | |
# Make safe the path that leads on high | 0:29:18 | 0:29:22 | |
# And bar the way to misery | 0:29:22 | 0:29:27 | |
# Rejoice | 0:29:27 | 0:29:29 | |
# Rejoice | 0:29:29 | 0:29:30 | |
# Emmanuel will come to thee, Oh, Israel | 0:29:30 | 0:29:39 | |
# Oh, come, oh, come, you God of might | 0:29:52 | 0:29:57 | |
# Who to your tribes on ancient Sinai's heights | 0:29:57 | 0:30:01 | |
# In olden times did give the law | 0:30:01 | 0:30:06 | |
# In cloud and majesty and awe | 0:30:06 | 0:30:10 | |
# Rejoice | 0:30:10 | 0:30:12 | |
# Rejoice | 0:30:12 | 0:30:14 | |
# Emmanuel will come to thee, Oh, Israel | 0:30:14 | 0:30:22 | |
# Rejoice | 0:30:22 | 0:30:23 | |
# Rejoice | 0:30:23 | 0:30:26 | |
# Emmanuel will come to thee, Oh, Israel. # | 0:30:26 | 0:30:36 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
We've got an enormous feast in store now. I've got to say, | 0:30:50 | 0:30:54 | |
personally speaking, that this is one of my favourite duos of all time. | 0:30:54 | 0:30:59 | |
They're stunningly good-looking, | 0:30:59 | 0:31:02 | |
virile, attractive to all of the different sectors, | 0:31:02 | 0:31:06 | |
amazing musicians - | 0:31:06 | 0:31:09 | |
they are Belshazzar's Feast! | 0:31:09 | 0:31:11 | |
Hello. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:18 | |
I tell you what, I don't think much of that compere. What do you think? | 0:31:20 | 0:31:25 | |
I think he's rather good-looking. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:27 | |
Sorry. Um, we're going to do a West Country carol. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:31 | |
It comes from Cornwall. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:34 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:31:34 | 0:31:36 | |
I think that is a first, actually. I've never been applauded for saying, "Cornwall." | 0:31:39 | 0:31:43 | |
Cornwall. | 0:31:43 | 0:31:44 | |
We'll follow that with a tune from Oswestry. | 0:31:44 | 0:31:47 | |
MUTED CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:31:47 | 0:31:50 | |
It was written in 1714, | 0:31:50 | 0:31:53 | |
which I can tell you is quite a difficult time signature. | 0:31:53 | 0:31:57 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:31:57 | 0:31:58 | |
So, um, fingers crossed. | 0:31:58 | 0:32:01 | |
Although, I've found that's not the best method for playing accordion. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:05 | |
Anyway, so Softly, Good Thomas, written in 1714. | 0:32:05 | 0:32:09 | |
Of course, in 1714, when Ss were written as Fs, | 0:32:09 | 0:32:12 | |
this would have been pronounced Foftly, Good Thomaf. LAUGHTER | 0:32:12 | 0:32:16 | |
Thank goodness Paul Sartin wasn't around then. | 0:32:16 | 0:32:19 | |
MILD LAUGHTER | 0:32:19 | 0:32:20 | |
OK. | 0:32:22 | 0:32:24 | |
You know the chorus to the first one, so please join in. | 0:32:24 | 0:32:28 | |
# Now the holly bears a berry | 0:32:30 | 0:32:33 | |
# As white as the milk | 0:32:33 | 0:32:35 | |
# And Mary bore Jesus, who was wrapped up in silk | 0:32:35 | 0:32:41 | |
# And Mary bore Jesus, our Saviour for to be | 0:32:41 | 0:32:48 | |
# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly | 0:32:48 | 0:32:55 | |
# Holly, holly | 0:32:55 | 0:33:01 | |
# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly | 0:33:01 | 0:33:08 | |
# Now the holly bears a berry as green as the grass | 0:33:08 | 0:33:14 | |
# And Mary bore Jesus, who died on the cross | 0:33:14 | 0:33:19 | |
# And Mary bore Jesus, our Saviour for to be | 0:33:19 | 0:33:27 | |
# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly | 0:33:27 | 0:33:33 | |
# Holly, holly | 0:33:33 | 0:33:41 | |
# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly | 0:33:41 | 0:33:48 | |
# Now the holly bears a berry as black as the coal | 0:33:48 | 0:33:53 | |
# And Mary bore Jesus, who died for us all | 0:33:53 | 0:33:59 | |
# And Mary bore Jesus, our Saviour for to be | 0:33:59 | 0:34:08 | |
# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly | 0:34:08 | 0:34:13 | |
# Holly, holly | 0:34:13 | 0:34:21 | |
# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly | 0:34:21 | 0:34:28 | |
# Now the holly bears a berry, as blood it is red | 0:34:28 | 0:34:34 | |
# Then trust we our Saviour, who died for our good | 0:34:34 | 0:34:40 | |
# And Mary bore Jesus, our Saviour for to be | 0:34:40 | 0:34:48 | |
# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly | 0:34:48 | 0:34:55 | |
-ALL: -# Holly, holly | 0:34:55 | 0:35:03 | |
# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly. # | 0:35:03 | 0:35:11 | |
AUDIENCE WHOOPS AND CLAPS ALONG | 0:35:16 | 0:35:19 | |
PLAYS SECTION OF: "The Good The Bad and The Ugly" | 0:36:00 | 0:36:03 | |
ACCORDIONIST PLAYS "CIRCUS" THEME | 0:36:12 | 0:36:16 | |
THEY PLAY: "The Teddy Bears' Picnic" | 0:36:18 | 0:36:25 | |
Oi! Beautiful. | 0:36:37 | 0:36:39 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:41 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:36:41 | 0:36:45 | |
The wonderful, the one and only, the bizarrely brilliant, | 0:36:53 | 0:36:56 | |
Belshazzar's Feast! | 0:36:56 | 0:36:59 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:36:59 | 0:37:02 | |
Well, one half of them's good, anyway. | 0:37:02 | 0:37:04 | |
Now, I'm going to come and talk to these raffish characters over here. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:08 | |
You look as thick as thieves, actually. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:11 | |
Are you all actually criminals? | 0:37:11 | 0:37:14 | |
-Yes. -What have you been sent down for? | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
Oh...horrible, nasty doings. | 0:37:17 | 0:37:20 | |
You really do like quite thuggish. What are you going to do tonight after the show? | 0:37:20 | 0:37:24 | |
-Are you going to go on the rampage in London? -We probably will, yes. -Doing what? | 0:37:24 | 0:37:29 | |
We might have a little Thai curry, or something. | 0:37:29 | 0:37:31 | |
-LAUGHTER -You can tell you're in North London, can't you? | 0:37:31 | 0:37:34 | |
Bleeding heart liberals. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:37 | |
Don't get up to too much mischief! | 0:37:37 | 0:37:39 | |
So, um, now, will you welcome onto the stage, | 0:37:39 | 0:37:43 | |
the unbelievable, the unsurpassable | 0:37:43 | 0:37:46 | |
Unthanks! | 0:37:46 | 0:37:47 | |
Are you all right? | 0:37:56 | 0:37:58 | |
-AUDIENCE: -Yes! | 0:37:58 | 0:38:00 | |
Well, we're going to sing you a song all the way from Northumberland, | 0:38:00 | 0:38:03 | |
and this is about a New Year's Eve tradition | 0:38:03 | 0:38:06 | |
where, in Allendale, a place up on the hills, | 0:38:06 | 0:38:09 | |
the men of the village, they get dressed up in lots of different kinds of fancy dress | 0:38:09 | 0:38:15 | |
and they put a barrel on their head and in that is tar and paraffin and other highly flammable things | 0:38:15 | 0:38:22 | |
and they set them on fire and they go off on a parade around the village. | 0:38:22 | 0:38:25 | |
Then, just before midnight, they come back and throw it on the bonfire | 0:38:25 | 0:38:29 | |
and it's a really spectacular, beautiful thing. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:33 | |
One year, when we were there, it snowed as well. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:35 | |
So my dad, George, was inspired to write this song. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:39 | |
# Tar barrel in dale | 0:38:42 | 0:38:48 | |
# Fire in snow | 0:38:48 | 0:38:55 | |
# Toast the new year | 0:38:55 | 0:39:00 | |
# Bid farewell to the old | 0:39:00 | 0:39:08 | |
# The old year out, the new year in | 0:39:08 | 0:39:16 | |
# Please won't you let the lucky bird in | 0:39:16 | 0:39:22 | |
# With bottle in hand and a piece of black coal | 0:39:22 | 0:39:31 | |
# A stranger's a friend when first-footing you go | 0:39:31 | 0:39:41 | |
# Tar barrel in dale | 0:39:41 | 0:39:46 | |
# Fire in snow | 0:39:46 | 0:39:53 | |
# Toast the new year | 0:39:53 | 0:39:57 | |
# Bid farewell to the old | 0:39:57 | 0:40:04 | |
# At midnight's approach, the band you can hear | 0:40:04 | 0:40:14 | |
# The fiery procession of guisers draws near | 0:40:14 | 0:40:22 | |
# With friends and good company, with voices so clear, | 0:40:22 | 0:40:32 | |
# Singing in harmony, bringing in the new year | 0:40:32 | 0:40:45 | |
# Tar barrel in dale | 0:40:45 | 0:40:49 | |
# Fire in snow | 0:40:49 | 0:40:56 | |
# Toast the new year | 0:40:56 | 0:41:00 | |
# Bid farewell to the old | 0:41:00 | 0:41:07 | |
# Off the heads of the guisers, the blazing barrels are hurled | 0:41:07 | 0:41:15 | |
# On to the bonfire, smoke, sparks and flames swell | 0:41:15 | 0:41:24 | |
# Amidst cheers and rejoicing, the rites of Old Father Time, | 0:41:24 | 0:41:33 | |
# We'll link arms together, sing Auld Lang Syne | 0:41:33 | 0:41:46 | |
# Tar barrel in dale | 0:41:46 | 0:41:52 | |
# Fire in snow | 0:41:52 | 0:41:58 | |
# Toast the new year | 0:41:58 | 0:42:03 | |
# Bid farewell to the old | 0:42:03 | 0:42:10 | |
# Throughout the year when we sing this song | 0:42:10 | 0:42:17 | |
# With old friends and new friends sing along | 0:42:17 | 0:42:26 | |
# May good fortune be with you, from all sorrows refrain | 0:42:26 | 0:42:37 | |
# Till that happy time when we all meet again | 0:42:37 | 0:42:47 | |
# Tar barrel in dale | 0:42:47 | 0:42:53 | |
# Fire in snow | 0:42:53 | 0:42:58 | |
# Toast the new year | 0:42:58 | 0:43:02 | |
# Bid farewell to the old | 0:43:02 | 0:43:08 | |
# Tar barrel in dale | 0:43:08 | 0:43:14 | |
# Fire in snow | 0:43:14 | 0:43:19 | |
# Toast the new year | 0:43:19 | 0:43:24 | |
# Bid farewell to the old. # | 0:43:24 | 0:43:33 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:43:35 | 0:43:39 | |
# Oh, my name is Betsy Bell, in the Gallowgate I dwell. | 0:43:56 | 0:44:00 | |
# No doubt you'll wonder what I'm doing here | 0:44:00 | 0:44:04 | |
# But if you wait a while, | 0:44:04 | 0:44:06 | |
# Sure, my tale I'll tell to thee | 0:44:06 | 0:44:08 | |
# It's a tale no doubt you'll think is very queer | 0:44:08 | 0:44:11 | |
# For I'm looking for a lad, he may be good or bad | 0:44:11 | 0:44:16 | |
# I'm going to take the best one that I see | 0:44:16 | 0:44:19 | |
# He may be young or old, curly-headed, fringed or bald | 0:44:19 | 0:44:23 | |
# Yes, anything that wears the breeks for me | 0:44:23 | 0:44:26 | |
# For of lads I've had my share, sure, I've had a score or more, | 0:44:26 | 0:44:30 | |
# But how they threw me off I didn't know | 0:44:30 | 0:44:34 | |
# For I'm neither prude nor shy, that the lads should pass me by | 0:44:34 | 0:44:38 | |
# Oh, I wonder what's to do with all the men | 0:44:38 | 0:44:42 | |
# Now, as I went out last night, sure I met old Sandy Wright | 0:44:42 | 0:44:46 | |
# And he hauled me in as I was passing by | 0:44:46 | 0:44:50 | |
# He asked me if I'd wed and this is what I said | 0:44:50 | 0:44:53 | |
# If you are quite agreeable, so am I | 0:44:53 | 0:44:57 | |
# Oh, I lost so much of a chance, sure, he'd try and make me dance | 0:44:57 | 0:45:01 | |
# The marriage was to be right there and then | 0:45:01 | 0:45:05 | |
# But when I got my marriage frock, he said it was all a joke | 0:45:05 | 0:45:09 | |
# Oh, I wonder what's to do with all the men | 0:45:09 | 0:45:12 | |
# Of lads, I've had my share, sure, I've had a score or more | 0:45:12 | 0:45:17 | |
# But how they threw me off, I didn't know | 0:45:17 | 0:45:20 | |
# For I'm neither prude nor shy that the lads should pass me by | 0:45:20 | 0:45:24 | |
# Oh, I wonder what's to do with all the men | 0:45:24 | 0:45:27 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:46:12 | 0:46:14 | |
# But if there's any laddie here | 0:46:21 | 0:46:28 | |
# Who would like a little dear | 0:46:28 | 0:46:35 | |
# Oh, a doer or a bachelor though he be | 0:46:35 | 0:46:43 | |
# If of marriage he is bent | 0:46:43 | 0:46:48 | |
# Then I'd give him my consent | 0:46:48 | 0:46:54 | |
# It's not every day you get a chance like me | 0:46:54 | 0:46:59 | |
# For I can weave and I can work, I can sew and mend a sock | 0:46:59 | 0:47:04 | |
# I'm as thrifty as any lass I know | 0:47:04 | 0:47:10 | |
# For on the nail I'll hang, but if I get leave to sing | 0:47:10 | 0:47:22 | |
# Oh, I'll wonder what's to do with all the men | 0:47:22 | 0:47:26 | |
# Oh, of lads I've had my share, sure, I've had a score or more | 0:47:26 | 0:47:30 | |
# But how they threw me off, I didn't know | 0:47:30 | 0:47:33 | |
# For I'm neither prude nor shy that the lads should pass me by | 0:47:33 | 0:47:38 | |
# Oh, I wonder what's to do with all the men | 0:47:38 | 0:47:41 | |
# Oh, of lads I've had my share, sure, I've had a score or more | 0:47:41 | 0:47:45 | |
# But how they threw me off I didn't know | 0:47:45 | 0:47:49 | |
# For I'm neither prude nor shy that the lads should pass me by | 0:47:49 | 0:47:53 | |
# Oh, I wonder what's to do with all the men. # | 0:47:53 | 0:47:58 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:47:58 | 0:48:00 | |
APPLAUSE AND WHISTLES | 0:48:05 | 0:48:08 | |
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING | 0:52:21 | 0:52:23 | |
APPLAUSE AND WHISTLES | 0:52:30 | 0:52:33 | |
Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. | 0:52:45 | 0:52:48 | |
Sadly, we're nearing the end of the evening. | 0:52:48 | 0:52:51 | |
-AUDIENCE: -Aaaaah! | 0:52:51 | 0:52:55 | |
But having had a few collaborations already this evening, | 0:52:55 | 0:52:58 | |
we thought we'd give it a go with the whole band on stage. | 0:52:58 | 0:53:01 | |
CHEERING | 0:53:01 | 0:53:03 | |
The Unthanks. | 0:53:03 | 0:53:05 | |
CHEERING | 0:53:05 | 0:53:06 | |
Thea Gilmore. | 0:53:06 | 0:53:08 | |
CHEERING | 0:53:08 | 0:53:09 | |
Lisa Knapp. | 0:53:09 | 0:53:12 | |
CHEERING | 0:53:12 | 0:53:13 | |
Belshazzar's Feast. | 0:53:13 | 0:53:15 | |
CHEERING | 0:53:15 | 0:53:17 | |
Jim Moray. | 0:53:17 | 0:53:19 | |
CHEERING | 0:53:19 | 0:53:20 | |
And Bellowhead. | 0:53:20 | 0:53:22 | |
CHEERING | 0:53:22 | 0:53:23 | |
And of course, yourselves, | 0:53:23 | 0:53:24 | |
the goodly citizens of Shoreditch. Thank you all very much indeed. | 0:53:24 | 0:53:28 | |
CHEERING | 0:53:28 | 0:53:31 | |
BAND PLAYS: "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" | 0:53:37 | 0:53:40 | |
# Dashing through the snow | 0:53:51 | 0:53:54 | |
# On a one horse open sleigh | 0:53:54 | 0:53:59 | |
# Over fields we go | 0:53:59 | 0:54:03 | |
# Laughing all the way | 0:54:03 | 0:54:07 | |
# Bells on bobtails ring | 0:54:07 | 0:54:12 | |
# Making spirits bright | 0:54:12 | 0:54:16 | |
# What fun it is to laugh and sing | 0:54:16 | 0:54:20 | |
# A sleighing song tonight | 0:54:20 | 0:54:24 | |
-ALL: -# Oh! | 0:54:24 | 0:54:25 | |
# Jingle bells jingle bells | 0:54:25 | 0:54:28 | |
# Jingle all the way | 0:54:28 | 0:54:29 | |
# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh | 0:54:29 | 0:54:33 | |
# Oh, jingle bells jingle bells | 0:54:33 | 0:54:36 | |
# Jingle all the way | 0:54:36 | 0:54:37 | |
# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh | 0:54:37 | 0:54:42 | |
# A little while ago | 0:54:44 | 0:54:48 | |
# I thought I'd take a ride | 0:54:48 | 0:54:51 | |
# And soon Miss Fanny Bright | 0:54:51 | 0:54:55 | |
# Was standing by my side | 0:54:55 | 0:55:00 | |
# The horse was lean and lank | 0:55:00 | 0:55:04 | |
# Misfortune seemed his lot | 0:55:04 | 0:55:08 | |
# We got into a drifted bank | 0:55:08 | 0:55:13 | |
# And then we got upsot | 0:55:13 | 0:55:16 | |
# Oh! | 0:55:16 | 0:55:18 | |
# Jingle bells jingle bells | 0:55:18 | 0:55:21 | |
# Jingle all the way | 0:55:21 | 0:55:22 | |
# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh | 0:55:22 | 0:55:26 | |
# Oh, jingle bells jingle bells | 0:55:26 | 0:55:28 | |
# Jingle all the way | 0:55:28 | 0:55:30 | |
# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh | 0:55:30 | 0:55:35 | |
# A day or two ago | 0:55:39 | 0:55:44 | |
# A story I must tell | 0:55:44 | 0:55:50 | |
# I went out in the snow | 0:55:50 | 0:55:53 | |
# And on my back I fell | 0:55:53 | 0:55:57 | |
# A gent went riding by | 0:55:57 | 0:56:03 | |
# In a one horse open sleigh | 0:56:03 | 0:56:07 | |
# He laughed as there I sprawling lay | 0:56:07 | 0:56:11 | |
# And quickly rode away | 0:56:11 | 0:56:15 | |
# Oh! | 0:56:15 | 0:56:17 | |
# Jingle bells jingle bells | 0:56:17 | 0:56:20 | |
# Jingle all the way | 0:56:20 | 0:56:21 | |
# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh | 0:56:21 | 0:56:25 | |
# Oh, jingle bells jingle bells | 0:56:25 | 0:56:27 | |
# Jingle all the way | 0:56:27 | 0:56:29 | |
# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh | 0:56:29 | 0:56:33 | |
# So now the ground is white | 0:56:34 | 0:56:38 | |
# Go at it while you're young | 0:56:38 | 0:56:42 | |
# And take the girls tonight | 0:56:42 | 0:56:47 | |
# And sing this sleighing song | 0:56:47 | 0:56:50 | |
# Just get a bobtailed bay | 0:56:50 | 0:56:54 | |
# Two forty as his speed | 0:56:54 | 0:56:59 | |
# And hitch him to an open sleigh | 0:56:59 | 0:57:03 | |
# And crack! He'll take the lead | 0:57:03 | 0:57:06 | |
# Oh! | 0:57:06 | 0:57:08 | |
# Jingle bells jingle bells | 0:57:08 | 0:57:10 | |
# Jingle all the way | 0:57:10 | 0:57:12 | |
# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh | 0:57:12 | 0:57:15 | |
# Oh, jingle bells jingle bells | 0:57:15 | 0:57:18 | |
# Jingle all the way | 0:57:18 | 0:57:20 | |
# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh | 0:57:20 | 0:57:24 | |
# Oh! Jingle bells jingle bells | 0:57:40 | 0:57:42 | |
# Jingle all the way | 0:57:42 | 0:57:44 | |
# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh | 0:57:44 | 0:57:48 | |
# Oh, jingle bells jingle bells | 0:57:48 | 0:57:50 | |
# Jingle all the way | 0:57:50 | 0:57:52 | |
# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh | 0:57:52 | 0:57:55 | |
# So we wish you a Merry Christmas | 0:57:57 | 0:58:00 | |
# We wish you a Merry Christmas | 0:58:00 | 0:58:04 | |
# We wish you a Merry Christmas | 0:58:04 | 0:58:07 | |
# And a happy New Year. # | 0:58:07 | 0:58:14 | |
WHISTLING AND CHEERING | 0:58:16 | 0:58:21 | |
APPLAUSE AND WHISTLING | 0:58:21 | 0:58:23 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:58:42 | 0:58:46 | |
E-mail [email protected] | 0:58:46 | 0:58:49 |