A folky, non-religious winter song. Choirs have told me they've loved singing this jolly festive song and it's gone down brilliantly with the audiences at my choirs' Christmas concerts.

The three verses of this song span the stages of winter, from the clocks going backwards to the door-to-door wassailing that would occur on the pre-Gregorian calendar’s Twelfth Night on Jan 17th, ‘Old Twelvey Night.’ (The house-visiting wassail is distinct from the cider orchard wassail and was a kind of precursor to carolling).

"Come and join our singing! The fire’s burning bright Let’s be warm and jolly Through these dark cold winter nights!"

LISTEN: Here is my choir, People of Note, singing the song at our Christmas concert in 2022.

Challenge rating: Medium to Difficult - One to learn over a few sessions or at a longer workshop.