The Christmas Session

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0:00:06 > 0:00:09Good evening and welcome, ladies and gentlemen...

0:00:13 > 0:00:16A roistering, roaring log fire of revelry.

0:00:23 > 0:00:26Put a glow in your Christmas cheeks.

0:00:26 > 0:00:30Warm your Christmas cockles.

0:00:31 > 0:00:35And roast your Christmas chestnuts.

0:00:35 > 0:00:38# So raise a glass with love and cheer

0:00:38 > 0:00:41# For Christmastime has come this year... #

0:00:46 > 0:00:48SOLOIST PLAYS: "Silent Night"

0:01:37 > 0:01:40SOLO ENDS

0:01:42 > 0:01:46PERCUSSIVE INTRODUCTION TO: "Ding Dong Merrily On High"

0:01:46 > 0:01:50BAND JOINS IN

0:03:01 > 0:03:04CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:03:11 > 0:03:16# Whiskey is the life of man

0:03:16 > 0:03:18# Whiskey from an old tin can

0:03:20 > 0:03:23# I love whiskey, hot and strong

0:03:23 > 0:03:25# And I'll drink whiskey all night long

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# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below

0:03:38 > 0:03:42# Up aloft this yard must go Come rising up from down below

0:03:49 > 0:03:52# I'll drink it hot I'll drink it cold

0:03:53 > 0:03:55# I'll drink it new I'll drink it old

0:03:57 > 0:03:59# Some like whiskey Some like beer

0:04:01 > 0:04:02# I wish I had a barrel here

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# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below

0:04:15 > 0:04:19# Up aloft this yard must go Come rising up from down below

0:04:26 > 0:04:28# Whiskey killed my sister Sue

0:04:30 > 0:04:32# And whiskey killed my brother, too

0:04:34 > 0:04:36# Whiskey killed my poor old dad

0:04:38 > 0:04:40# And whiskey drove my mother mad

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# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below

0:04:52 > 0:04:56# Up aloft this yard must go Come rising up from down below

0:05:19 > 0:05:22# If whiskey comes too near my nose

0:05:22 > 0:05:25# It's up she comes and down she goes

0:05:26 > 0:05:29# A bottle of grog for every man

0:05:30 > 0:05:32# And a barrelful for the shanty man

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# Whiskey-O, Johnny-O Rising up from down below

0:05:44 > 0:05:48# Up aloft this yard must go come rising up from down below. #

0:06:27 > 0:06:33Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the BBC Four Christmas Special.

0:06:37 > 0:06:41Thank you so much for braving the blizzard conditions outside

0:06:41 > 0:06:48to be here tonight for our midwinter warm-up of minstrelsy and merriment.

0:06:48 > 0:06:53At the back of the stage, a group who have braved it down from the frozen North to be with us tonight.

0:06:53 > 0:06:58From the Arctic wastes of Tyneside, the Unthanks.

0:07:23 > 0:07:29# In the bleak midwinter

0:07:29 > 0:07:35# Frosty wind made moan

0:07:35 > 0:07:43# Earth stood hard as iron

0:07:43 > 0:07:48# Water like a stone

0:07:50 > 0:07:57# Snow had fallen, snow on snow

0:07:57 > 0:08:04# Snow on snow

0:08:06 > 0:08:13# In the bleak midwinter

0:08:14 > 0:08:20# Long ago

0:08:56 > 0:09:03# In the bleak midwinter

0:09:03 > 0:09:10# A stable-place sufficed

0:09:10 > 0:09:18# The Lord God Almighty

0:09:19 > 0:09:25# Jesus Christ

0:09:26 > 0:09:33# Angels and archangels

0:09:33 > 0:09:40# May have gathered there

0:09:40 > 0:09:48# Cherubim and seraphim

0:09:48 > 0:09:54# Thronged the air

0:09:55 > 0:10:02# But His mother only

0:10:02 > 0:10:10# In her maiden bliss

0:10:10 > 0:10:17# Worshipped the beloved

0:10:17 > 0:10:24# With a kiss

0:10:29 > 0:10:36# Oh, what can I give Him

0:10:36 > 0:10:42# Poor as I am?

0:10:42 > 0:10:49# If I were a shepherd

0:10:49 > 0:10:56# I would bring a lamb

0:11:06 > 0:11:12# If I were a Wise Man

0:11:12 > 0:11:21# I would do my part

0:11:21 > 0:11:28# Yet what I can I give Him?

0:11:28 > 0:11:38# Give my heart. #

0:12:04 > 0:12:06APPLAUSE

0:12:10 > 0:12:13The fabulous Unthanks.

0:12:13 > 0:12:15CHEERING

0:12:17 > 0:12:19And more of them later, we hope.

0:12:19 > 0:12:20Now,

0:12:20 > 0:12:25would you like to stand up and show everyone what you're wearing, or not wearing?

0:12:25 > 0:12:26Have a look at this, everyone.

0:12:26 > 0:12:30WOLF-WHISTLES

0:12:33 > 0:12:36You can sit down now. I don't know - can you sit down?

0:12:36 > 0:12:39Next, a young lady who was described

0:12:39 > 0:12:43as one of the best singer-songwriters of the last ten years -

0:12:43 > 0:12:44by her mum.

0:12:44 > 0:12:47The great, gorgeous, galactic Thea Gilmore.

0:13:10 > 0:13:14# Rain falling, not a chance of snow

0:13:14 > 0:13:17# Jonah Louie on the radio

0:13:17 > 0:13:19# French beer and mistletoe

0:13:19 > 0:13:22# That'll be Christmas

0:13:22 > 0:13:25# Cars queuing on the edge of town

0:13:25 > 0:13:28# Afternoons with the blinds pulled down

0:13:28 > 0:13:31# It's just the way the beer goes round

0:13:31 > 0:13:34# That'll be Christmas

0:13:34 > 0:13:37# Was going to head for high ground

0:13:37 > 0:13:40# Just forget it all

0:13:40 > 0:13:46# But the line's busy And I can't make that call

0:13:46 > 0:13:51# Oh, no, no, oh

0:13:53 > 0:13:55# So I'll join the others in the bar by ten

0:13:55 > 0:13:58# Peace and goodwill to men

0:13:58 > 0:14:01# Me missing you again

0:14:01 > 0:14:04# That'll be Christmas

0:14:28 > 0:14:31# A tired waiter in a stupid hat

0:14:31 > 0:14:34# Muddy boots on the welcome mat

0:14:34 > 0:14:38# You just can't say no to that

0:14:40 > 0:14:43# Hot wine and a Christmas tree

0:14:43 > 0:14:46# The Sound Of Music and the family

0:14:46 > 0:14:49# Faith, hope and gluttony

0:14:49 > 0:14:52# That'll be Christmas

0:14:52 > 0:14:55# There's a choir of angels

0:14:55 > 0:14:58# A choir of soaks

0:14:58 > 0:15:02# And there's drunk relations telling dirty jokes

0:15:02 > 0:15:09# Oh, no, no, oh

0:15:09 > 0:15:13# So I'll join the others in the bar by ten

0:15:13 > 0:15:16# Peace and goodwill to men

0:15:16 > 0:15:19# Me missing you again

0:15:19 > 0:15:21# That'll be Christmas

0:15:21 > 0:15:25# It's going to be me missing you again

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# That'll be Christmas. #

0:16:04 > 0:16:07CHEERING

0:16:11 > 0:16:15And next, from the four corners of England,

0:16:15 > 0:16:20the mighty maelstrom, the brazen, brash, boisterous behemoth

0:16:20 > 0:16:23that is Bellowhead.

0:16:41 > 0:16:46# The mistletoe hung in the old castle hall

0:16:46 > 0:16:51# The holly branch shone on the old oak wall

0:16:51 > 0:16:56# The Baron's retainers were blithe and gay

0:16:56 > 0:17:00# Keeping the Christmas holiday

0:17:00 > 0:17:05# The Baron beheld with a father's pride

0:17:05 > 0:17:10# His beautiful child, young Lovell's bride

0:17:10 > 0:17:14# And she, with her bright eyes seemed to be

0:17:14 > 0:17:19# The star of that goodly company

0:17:20 > 0:17:25# Oh, the mistletoe bough

0:17:27 > 0:17:33# Oh, the mistletoe bough

0:17:33 > 0:17:37# "I'm weary of dancing, now," she cried

0:17:37 > 0:17:41# "Here, tarry a moment, I'll hide, I'll hide

0:17:41 > 0:17:45# "And, Lovell, be sure you're the first to trace

0:17:45 > 0:17:49# "The clue to my secret hiding place"

0:17:49 > 0:17:53# Away she ran and her friends began

0:17:53 > 0:17:57# Each tower to search, each nook to scan

0:17:57 > 0:18:00# And Lovell he cried, "Where dost thou hide

0:18:00 > 0:18:06# "I'm lonely without you, my own dear bride"

0:18:06 > 0:18:11# Oh, the mistletoe bough

0:18:13 > 0:18:19# Oh, the mistletoe bough

0:18:19 > 0:18:23# They searched that night, they searched the next day

0:18:23 > 0:18:29# They searched all around till a week went away

0:18:29 > 0:18:33# In the highest, the lowest, the lonesomest spot

0:18:33 > 0:18:37# Young Lovell sought wildly, but found her not

0:18:37 > 0:18:41# And as years went by their grief at last

0:18:41 > 0:18:46# Was told as a sorrowful tale long past

0:18:46 > 0:18:50# When Lovell appeared, all the children cried

0:18:50 > 0:18:57# "See the old man weep for his fairy bride"

0:18:57 > 0:19:04# Oh, the mistletoe bough

0:19:04 > 0:19:10# Oh, the mistletoe bough

0:19:17 > 0:19:22# At length, an old chest that had long lain hid

0:19:23 > 0:19:26# Was found in the attic

0:19:26 > 0:19:30# They raised the lid

0:19:30 > 0:19:37# A skeleton form lay mouldering there

0:19:37 > 0:19:44# In the bridal wreath of a lady so fair

0:19:44 > 0:19:49# Oh, sad was her fate in sport and jest

0:19:49 > 0:19:54# She hid from her love in an old oak chest

0:19:54 > 0:20:00# It closed with a spring and the bridal bloom

0:20:00 > 0:20:07# Lay with her in there in a living tomb

0:20:07 > 0:20:13# Oh, the mistletoe bough

0:20:14 > 0:20:21# Oh, the mistletoe bough. #

0:20:25 > 0:20:29CHEERING

0:20:43 > 0:20:45At this point in the evening

0:20:45 > 0:20:50there was a plan for myself and Mr John Spiers down here to sing you a song.

0:20:50 > 0:20:52Now, unfortunately,

0:20:52 > 0:20:58John was attacked by a peacock on the way here, as you can see.

0:21:00 > 0:21:04It has resulted in him losing his voice. I think he swallowed some feathers.

0:21:04 > 0:21:10Fortunately, to step into the breach, we have Mr Sam Lee over here

0:21:10 > 0:21:13who is going to come and give us a song.

0:21:13 > 0:21:16CHEERING

0:21:27 > 0:21:30This is called On Christmas Day It Happened So.

0:21:30 > 0:21:37# On Christmas Day it happened so

0:21:37 > 0:21:42# Down in those meadows for to plough

0:21:42 > 0:21:49# As we were ploughing on so fast

0:21:49 > 0:21:57# Up come sweet Jesus himself at last

0:21:57 > 0:22:03# "Oh, man, oh, man, why must you plough

0:22:03 > 0:22:09# "So hard upon the Lord's birthday?"

0:22:09 > 0:22:17# The farmer he answered him with great speed

0:22:17 > 0:22:26# "For to plough this day we have great need"

0:22:26 > 0:22:33# His arms did quaver to and fro

0:22:33 > 0:22:40# His arms did quaver, he could not plough

0:22:40 > 0:22:47# The ground it did open and let him in

0:22:47 > 0:22:56# Before that he could repent of sin

0:22:56 > 0:23:04# His wife and children, they are out of place

0:23:04 > 0:23:10# His beasts and cattle, they died away

0:23:10 > 0:23:18# His beasts and cattle, they died away

0:23:18 > 0:23:31# For the breaking of our Lord's birthday. #

0:23:33 > 0:23:34CHEERING

0:23:48 > 0:23:50And now a local lass made good.

0:23:50 > 0:23:57All the way from London, the linnet-like larynx of the lovely Lisa Knapp.

0:24:21 > 0:24:27# Lully, lullay

0:24:27 > 0:24:32# Thou little tiny child

0:24:32 > 0:24:39# Bye bye, lully, lullay

0:24:39 > 0:24:45# Thou little tiny child

0:24:46 > 0:24:54# Bye bye, lully, lullay

0:24:56 > 0:24:59# Oh, sisters too

0:24:59 > 0:25:04# How may we do

0:25:04 > 0:25:10# For to preserve this day?

0:25:10 > 0:25:15# This poor youngling

0:25:15 > 0:25:21# For whom we do sing

0:25:21 > 0:25:29# Bye bye, lully, lullay

0:25:29 > 0:25:38# Herod the king, in his raging

0:25:38 > 0:25:45# Charged he hath this day

0:25:45 > 0:25:49# His men of might

0:25:49 > 0:25:55# Within his own sight

0:25:55 > 0:26:04# All young children to slay

0:26:04 > 0:26:10# That woe is me

0:26:10 > 0:26:15# For my baby

0:26:15 > 0:26:23# And I do mourn and sigh

0:26:23 > 0:26:28# For thy parting

0:26:28 > 0:26:34# Neither say nor sing

0:26:34 > 0:26:43# Bye bye, lully, lullay

0:26:43 > 0:26:48# Lully, lullay

0:26:48 > 0:26:54# Thou little tiny child

0:26:54 > 0:27:01# Bye bye, lully, lullay

0:27:01 > 0:27:09# Thou little tiny child

0:27:09 > 0:27:18# Bye bye, lully, lullay. #

0:27:18 > 0:27:23APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:27:36 > 0:27:43Thank you very much. Thank you very much to the Unthank Sisters.

0:27:45 > 0:27:48And the wonderful Jim Moray.

0:27:57 > 0:28:03# Oh, come, oh, come, Emmanuel

0:28:03 > 0:28:07# And ransom captive Israel

0:28:07 > 0:28:13# Who mourns in lonely exile here

0:28:13 > 0:28:19# Until the Son of God appear

0:28:19 > 0:28:20# Rejoice

0:28:20 > 0:28:22# Rejoice

0:28:22 > 0:28:31# Emmanuel will come to thee, Oh, Israel

0:28:32 > 0:28:37# Oh, come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer

0:28:37 > 0:28:42# Our spirits by Your advent here

0:28:44 > 0:28:49# Disperse the gloomy clouds of night

0:28:49 > 0:28:54# And death's dark shadows put to flight

0:28:54 > 0:28:56# Rejoice

0:28:56 > 0:28:58# Rejoice

0:28:58 > 0:29:06# Emmanuel will come to thee, Oh, Israel

0:29:06 > 0:29:12# Oh, come, you Son of David, come

0:29:12 > 0:29:18# And lead us to our heav'nly home

0:29:18 > 0:29:22# Make safe the path that leads on high

0:29:22 > 0:29:27# And bar the way to misery

0:29:27 > 0:29:29# Rejoice

0:29:29 > 0:29:30# Rejoice

0:29:30 > 0:29:39# Emmanuel will come to thee, Oh, Israel

0:29:52 > 0:29:57# Oh, come, oh, come, you God of might

0:29:57 > 0:30:01# Who to your tribes on ancient Sinai's heights

0:30:01 > 0:30:06# In olden times did give the law

0:30:06 > 0:30:10# In cloud and majesty and awe

0:30:10 > 0:30:12# Rejoice

0:30:12 > 0:30:14# Rejoice

0:30:14 > 0:30:22# Emmanuel will come to thee, Oh, Israel

0:30:22 > 0:30:23# Rejoice

0:30:23 > 0:30:26# Rejoice

0:30:26 > 0:30:36# Emmanuel will come to thee, Oh, Israel. #

0:30:40 > 0:30:43APPLAUSE

0:30:50 > 0:30:54We've got an enormous feast in store now. I've got to say,

0:30:54 > 0:30:59personally speaking, that this is one of my favourite duos of all time.

0:30:59 > 0:31:02They're stunningly good-looking,

0:31:02 > 0:31:06virile, attractive to all of the different sectors,

0:31:06 > 0:31:09amazing musicians -

0:31:09 > 0:31:11they are Belshazzar's Feast!

0:31:16 > 0:31:18Hello.

0:31:20 > 0:31:25I tell you what, I don't think much of that compere. What do you think?

0:31:25 > 0:31:27I think he's rather good-looking.

0:31:27 > 0:31:31Sorry. Um, we're going to do a West Country carol.

0:31:31 > 0:31:34It comes from Cornwall.

0:31:34 > 0:31:36APPLAUSE

0:31:39 > 0:31:43I think that is a first, actually. I've never been applauded for saying, "Cornwall."

0:31:43 > 0:31:44Cornwall.

0:31:44 > 0:31:47We'll follow that with a tune from Oswestry.

0:31:47 > 0:31:50MUTED CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:31:50 > 0:31:53It was written in 1714,

0:31:53 > 0:31:57which I can tell you is quite a difficult time signature.

0:31:57 > 0:31:58LAUGHTER

0:31:58 > 0:32:01So, um, fingers crossed.

0:32:01 > 0:32:05Although, I've found that's not the best method for playing accordion.

0:32:05 > 0:32:09Anyway, so Softly, Good Thomas, written in 1714.

0:32:09 > 0:32:12Of course, in 1714, when Ss were written as Fs,

0:32:12 > 0:32:16this would have been pronounced Foftly, Good Thomaf. LAUGHTER

0:32:16 > 0:32:19Thank goodness Paul Sartin wasn't around then.

0:32:19 > 0:32:20MILD LAUGHTER

0:32:22 > 0:32:24OK.

0:32:24 > 0:32:28You know the chorus to the first one, so please join in.

0:32:30 > 0:32:33# Now the holly bears a berry

0:32:33 > 0:32:35# As white as the milk

0:32:35 > 0:32:41# And Mary bore Jesus, who was wrapped up in silk

0:32:41 > 0:32:48# And Mary bore Jesus, our Saviour for to be

0:32:48 > 0:32:55# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly

0:32:55 > 0:33:01# Holly, holly

0:33:01 > 0:33:08# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly

0:33:08 > 0:33:14# Now the holly bears a berry as green as the grass

0:33:14 > 0:33:19# And Mary bore Jesus, who died on the cross

0:33:19 > 0:33:27# And Mary bore Jesus, our Saviour for to be

0:33:27 > 0:33:33# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly

0:33:33 > 0:33:41# Holly, holly

0:33:41 > 0:33:48# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly

0:33:48 > 0:33:53# Now the holly bears a berry as black as the coal

0:33:53 > 0:33:59# And Mary bore Jesus, who died for us all

0:33:59 > 0:34:08# And Mary bore Jesus, our Saviour for to be

0:34:08 > 0:34:13# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly

0:34:13 > 0:34:21# Holly, holly

0:34:21 > 0:34:28# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly

0:34:28 > 0:34:34# Now the holly bears a berry, as blood it is red

0:34:34 > 0:34:40# Then trust we our Saviour, who died for our good

0:34:40 > 0:34:48# And Mary bore Jesus, our Saviour for to be

0:34:48 > 0:34:55# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly

0:34:55 > 0:35:03- ALL:- # Holly, holly

0:35:03 > 0:35:11# And the first tree in the green wood, it was the holly. #

0:35:16 > 0:35:19AUDIENCE WHOOPS AND CLAPS ALONG

0:36:00 > 0:36:03PLAYS SECTION OF: "The Good The Bad and The Ugly"

0:36:12 > 0:36:16ACCORDIONIST PLAYS "CIRCUS" THEME

0:36:18 > 0:36:25THEY PLAY: "The Teddy Bears' Picnic"

0:36:37 > 0:36:39Oi! Beautiful.

0:36:39 > 0:36:41Thank you very much.

0:36:41 > 0:36:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:36:53 > 0:36:56The wonderful, the one and only, the bizarrely brilliant,

0:36:56 > 0:36:59Belshazzar's Feast!

0:36:59 > 0:37:02APPLAUSE

0:37:02 > 0:37:04Well, one half of them's good, anyway.

0:37:04 > 0:37:08Now, I'm going to come and talk to these raffish characters over here.

0:37:08 > 0:37:11You look as thick as thieves, actually.

0:37:11 > 0:37:14Are you all actually criminals?

0:37:14 > 0:37:17- Yes.- What have you been sent down for?

0:37:17 > 0:37:20Oh...horrible, nasty doings.

0:37:20 > 0:37:24You really do like quite thuggish. What are you going to do tonight after the show?

0:37:24 > 0:37:29- Are you going to go on the rampage in London?- We probably will, yes. - Doing what?

0:37:29 > 0:37:31We might have a little Thai curry, or something.

0:37:31 > 0:37:34- LAUGHTER - You can tell you're in North London, can't you?

0:37:34 > 0:37:37Bleeding heart liberals.

0:37:37 > 0:37:39Don't get up to too much mischief!

0:37:39 > 0:37:43So, um, now, will you welcome onto the stage,

0:37:43 > 0:37:46the unbelievable, the unsurpassable

0:37:46 > 0:37:47Unthanks!

0:37:56 > 0:37:58Are you all right?

0:37:58 > 0:38:00- AUDIENCE:- Yes!

0:38:00 > 0:38:03Well, we're going to sing you a song all the way from Northumberland,

0:38:03 > 0:38:06and this is about a New Year's Eve tradition

0:38:06 > 0:38:09where, in Allendale, a place up on the hills,

0:38:09 > 0:38:15the men of the village, they get dressed up in lots of different kinds of fancy dress

0:38:15 > 0:38:22and they put a barrel on their head and in that is tar and paraffin and other highly flammable things

0:38:22 > 0:38:25and they set them on fire and they go off on a parade around the village.

0:38:25 > 0:38:29Then, just before midnight, they come back and throw it on the bonfire

0:38:29 > 0:38:33and it's a really spectacular, beautiful thing.

0:38:33 > 0:38:35One year, when we were there, it snowed as well.

0:38:35 > 0:38:39So my dad, George, was inspired to write this song.

0:38:42 > 0:38:48# Tar barrel in dale

0:38:48 > 0:38:55# Fire in snow

0:38:55 > 0:39:00# Toast the new year

0:39:00 > 0:39:08# Bid farewell to the old

0:39:08 > 0:39:16# The old year out, the new year in

0:39:16 > 0:39:22# Please won't you let the lucky bird in

0:39:22 > 0:39:31# With bottle in hand and a piece of black coal

0:39:31 > 0:39:41# A stranger's a friend when first-footing you go

0:39:41 > 0:39:46# Tar barrel in dale

0:39:46 > 0:39:53# Fire in snow

0:39:53 > 0:39:57# Toast the new year

0:39:57 > 0:40:04# Bid farewell to the old

0:40:04 > 0:40:14# At midnight's approach, the band you can hear

0:40:14 > 0:40:22# The fiery procession of guisers draws near

0:40:22 > 0:40:32# With friends and good company, with voices so clear,

0:40:32 > 0:40:45# Singing in harmony, bringing in the new year

0:40:45 > 0:40:49# Tar barrel in dale

0:40:49 > 0:40:56# Fire in snow

0:40:56 > 0:41:00# Toast the new year

0:41:00 > 0:41:07# Bid farewell to the old

0:41:07 > 0:41:15# Off the heads of the guisers, the blazing barrels are hurled

0:41:15 > 0:41:24# On to the bonfire, smoke, sparks and flames swell

0:41:24 > 0:41:33# Amidst cheers and rejoicing, the rites of Old Father Time,

0:41:33 > 0:41:46# We'll link arms together, sing Auld Lang Syne

0:41:46 > 0:41:52# Tar barrel in dale

0:41:52 > 0:41:58# Fire in snow

0:41:58 > 0:42:03# Toast the new year

0:42:03 > 0:42:10# Bid farewell to the old

0:42:10 > 0:42:17# Throughout the year when we sing this song

0:42:17 > 0:42:26# With old friends and new friends sing along

0:42:26 > 0:42:37# May good fortune be with you, from all sorrows refrain

0:42:37 > 0:42:47# Till that happy time when we all meet again

0:42:47 > 0:42:53# Tar barrel in dale

0:42:53 > 0:42:58# Fire in snow

0:42:58 > 0:43:02# Toast the new year

0:43:02 > 0:43:08# Bid farewell to the old

0:43:08 > 0:43:14# Tar barrel in dale

0:43:14 > 0:43:19# Fire in snow

0:43:19 > 0:43:24# Toast the new year

0:43:24 > 0:43:33# Bid farewell to the old. #

0:43:35 > 0:43:39CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:43:56 > 0:44:00# Oh, my name is Betsy Bell, in the Gallowgate I dwell.

0:44:00 > 0:44:04# No doubt you'll wonder what I'm doing here

0:44:04 > 0:44:06# But if you wait a while,

0:44:06 > 0:44:08# Sure, my tale I'll tell to thee

0:44:08 > 0:44:11# It's a tale no doubt you'll think is very queer

0:44:11 > 0:44:16# For I'm looking for a lad, he may be good or bad

0:44:16 > 0:44:19# I'm going to take the best one that I see

0:44:19 > 0:44:23# He may be young or old, curly-headed, fringed or bald

0:44:23 > 0:44:26# Yes, anything that wears the breeks for me

0:44:26 > 0:44:30# For of lads I've had my share, sure, I've had a score or more,

0:44:30 > 0:44:34# But how they threw me off I didn't know

0:44:34 > 0:44:38# For I'm neither prude nor shy, that the lads should pass me by

0:44:38 > 0:44:42# Oh, I wonder what's to do with all the men

0:44:42 > 0:44:46# Now, as I went out last night, sure I met old Sandy Wright

0:44:46 > 0:44:50# And he hauled me in as I was passing by

0:44:50 > 0:44:53# He asked me if I'd wed and this is what I said

0:44:53 > 0:44:57# If you are quite agreeable, so am I

0:44:57 > 0:45:01# Oh, I lost so much of a chance, sure, he'd try and make me dance

0:45:01 > 0:45:05# The marriage was to be right there and then

0:45:05 > 0:45:09# But when I got my marriage frock, he said it was all a joke

0:45:09 > 0:45:12# Oh, I wonder what's to do with all the men

0:45:12 > 0:45:17# Of lads, I've had my share, sure, I've had a score or more

0:45:17 > 0:45:20# But how they threw me off, I didn't know

0:45:20 > 0:45:24# For I'm neither prude nor shy that the lads should pass me by

0:45:24 > 0:45:27# Oh, I wonder what's to do with all the men

0:46:12 > 0:46:14CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:46:21 > 0:46:28# But if there's any laddie here

0:46:28 > 0:46:35# Who would like a little dear

0:46:35 > 0:46:43# Oh, a doer or a bachelor though he be

0:46:43 > 0:46:48# If of marriage he is bent

0:46:48 > 0:46:54# Then I'd give him my consent

0:46:54 > 0:46:59# It's not every day you get a chance like me

0:46:59 > 0:47:04# For I can weave and I can work, I can sew and mend a sock

0:47:04 > 0:47:10# I'm as thrifty as any lass I know

0:47:10 > 0:47:22# For on the nail I'll hang, but if I get leave to sing

0:47:22 > 0:47:26# Oh, I'll wonder what's to do with all the men

0:47:26 > 0:47:30# Oh, of lads I've had my share, sure, I've had a score or more

0:47:30 > 0:47:33# But how they threw me off, I didn't know

0:47:33 > 0:47:38# For I'm neither prude nor shy that the lads should pass me by

0:47:38 > 0:47:41# Oh, I wonder what's to do with all the men

0:47:41 > 0:47:45# Oh, of lads I've had my share, sure, I've had a score or more

0:47:45 > 0:47:49# But how they threw me off I didn't know

0:47:49 > 0:47:53# For I'm neither prude nor shy that the lads should pass me by

0:47:53 > 0:47:58# Oh, I wonder what's to do with all the men. #

0:47:58 > 0:48:00CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:48:05 > 0:48:08APPLAUSE AND WHISTLES

0:52:21 > 0:52:23APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:52:30 > 0:52:33APPLAUSE AND WHISTLES

0:52:45 > 0:52:48Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.

0:52:48 > 0:52:51Sadly, we're nearing the end of the evening.

0:52:51 > 0:52:55- AUDIENCE:- Aaaaah!

0:52:55 > 0:52:58But having had a few collaborations already this evening,

0:52:58 > 0:53:01we thought we'd give it a go with the whole band on stage.

0:53:01 > 0:53:03CHEERING

0:53:03 > 0:53:05The Unthanks.

0:53:05 > 0:53:06CHEERING

0:53:06 > 0:53:08Thea Gilmore.

0:53:08 > 0:53:09CHEERING

0:53:09 > 0:53:12Lisa Knapp.

0:53:12 > 0:53:13CHEERING

0:53:13 > 0:53:15Belshazzar's Feast.

0:53:15 > 0:53:17CHEERING

0:53:17 > 0:53:19Jim Moray.

0:53:19 > 0:53:20CHEERING

0:53:20 > 0:53:22And Bellowhead.

0:53:22 > 0:53:23CHEERING

0:53:23 > 0:53:24And of course, yourselves,

0:53:24 > 0:53:28the goodly citizens of Shoreditch. Thank you all very much indeed.

0:53:28 > 0:53:31CHEERING

0:53:37 > 0:53:40BAND PLAYS: "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"

0:53:51 > 0:53:54# Dashing through the snow

0:53:54 > 0:53:59# On a one horse open sleigh

0:53:59 > 0:54:03# Over fields we go

0:54:03 > 0:54:07# Laughing all the way

0:54:07 > 0:54:12# Bells on bobtails ring

0:54:12 > 0:54:16# Making spirits bright

0:54:16 > 0:54:20# What fun it is to laugh and sing

0:54:20 > 0:54:24# A sleighing song tonight

0:54:24 > 0:54:25- ALL:- # Oh!

0:54:25 > 0:54:28# Jingle bells jingle bells

0:54:28 > 0:54:29# Jingle all the way

0:54:29 > 0:54:33# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

0:54:33 > 0:54:36# Oh, jingle bells jingle bells

0:54:36 > 0:54:37# Jingle all the way

0:54:37 > 0:54:42# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

0:54:44 > 0:54:48# A little while ago

0:54:48 > 0:54:51# I thought I'd take a ride

0:54:51 > 0:54:55# And soon Miss Fanny Bright

0:54:55 > 0:55:00# Was standing by my side

0:55:00 > 0:55:04# The horse was lean and lank

0:55:04 > 0:55:08# Misfortune seemed his lot

0:55:08 > 0:55:13# We got into a drifted bank

0:55:13 > 0:55:16# And then we got upsot

0:55:16 > 0:55:18# Oh!

0:55:18 > 0:55:21# Jingle bells jingle bells

0:55:21 > 0:55:22# Jingle all the way

0:55:22 > 0:55:26# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

0:55:26 > 0:55:28# Oh, jingle bells jingle bells

0:55:28 > 0:55:30# Jingle all the way

0:55:30 > 0:55:35# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

0:55:39 > 0:55:44# A day or two ago

0:55:44 > 0:55:50# A story I must tell

0:55:50 > 0:55:53# I went out in the snow

0:55:53 > 0:55:57# And on my back I fell

0:55:57 > 0:56:03# A gent went riding by

0:56:03 > 0:56:07# In a one horse open sleigh

0:56:07 > 0:56:11# He laughed as there I sprawling lay

0:56:11 > 0:56:15# And quickly rode away

0:56:15 > 0:56:17# Oh!

0:56:17 > 0:56:20# Jingle bells jingle bells

0:56:20 > 0:56:21# Jingle all the way

0:56:21 > 0:56:25# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

0:56:25 > 0:56:27# Oh, jingle bells jingle bells

0:56:27 > 0:56:29# Jingle all the way

0:56:29 > 0:56:33# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

0:56:34 > 0:56:38# So now the ground is white

0:56:38 > 0:56:42# Go at it while you're young

0:56:42 > 0:56:47# And take the girls tonight

0:56:47 > 0:56:50# And sing this sleighing song

0:56:50 > 0:56:54# Just get a bobtailed bay

0:56:54 > 0:56:59# Two forty as his speed

0:56:59 > 0:57:03# And hitch him to an open sleigh

0:57:03 > 0:57:06# And crack! He'll take the lead

0:57:06 > 0:57:08# Oh!

0:57:08 > 0:57:10# Jingle bells jingle bells

0:57:10 > 0:57:12# Jingle all the way

0:57:12 > 0:57:15# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

0:57:15 > 0:57:18# Oh, jingle bells jingle bells

0:57:18 > 0:57:20# Jingle all the way

0:57:20 > 0:57:24# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

0:57:40 > 0:57:42# Oh! Jingle bells jingle bells

0:57:42 > 0:57:44# Jingle all the way

0:57:44 > 0:57:48# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

0:57:48 > 0:57:50# Oh, jingle bells jingle bells

0:57:50 > 0:57:52# Jingle all the way

0:57:52 > 0:57:55# Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

0:57:57 > 0:58:00# So we wish you a Merry Christmas

0:58:00 > 0:58:04# We wish you a Merry Christmas

0:58:04 > 0:58:07# We wish you a Merry Christmas

0:58:07 > 0:58:14# And a happy New Year. #

0:58:16 > 0:58:21WHISTLING AND CHEERING

0:58:21 > 0:58:23APPLAUSE AND WHISTLING

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