(Translation
to English: Amelia Opie/Sir Harold Boulton)
This
Christmas carol was originally a folk song from Wales that was first
published by Edward Jones in his Musical and Poetical Relics of the
Welsh Bards in 1784.Later in the 19th Century the poet John Ceiriog Hughes
put words to it in his native language and it became one of the most widely
known Welsh songs and a staple sung by the internationally acclaimed Welsh
choirs. The Welsh composer and
harpist arranged it for harp during the mid to late 1800s. Throughout the
last two centuries it has been arranged and translated many times into
English with the first known being by Amelia Opie and the most popular
version written by Sir Harold Boulton in 1884.Often heard in film and on television it has been
featured in the 1988 movie The Adventures of Baron Bunchausen and in
the TV series The Sopranos and Angel.
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