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Christmas songs

One or two jolly ones, but a number do feature poor chimney sweeps and other assorted urchins dying horribly!
Awfully Jolly
Christmas Day in the Cookhouse
Christmas Day in the Workhouse
I do like a s’nice s’mince s’pie
I took my harp to a party
I traced her little footmarks in the snow
Miss Fogarty’s Christmas Cake
Please let me sleep on your doorstep tonight
Poor little sweep, The
Where does Father Christmas go to?
Why don’t Santa Claus bring something to me?
Workhouse Boy, The
Workhouse Gate, The

Last Updated on December 1, 2024 by John Baxter | Published: February 20, 2021

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Song themes:

  • Advice
  • Americas, Songs of the
  • Beer and its effects
  • Christmas songs
  • Cockney and Coster Songs
  • Countryside songs
  • Emigration songs
  • English songs, Empire songs
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  • The Great War
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  • Look at me!
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  • Scottish Music Hall songs
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  • Social comment
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  • Home
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • The songs
    • A-Z of all songs
    • Song themes
    • Songs categorised by relationship to folk song
      • Classic Music Hall songs
      • Folksongs which come from the Halls
      • Folksongs sung in the Halls
      • Other songs
  • Songwriters
  • Sources etc.
  • Comments and suggestions
  • Videos of talks
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