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AKA<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
First published<\/td>1810<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Lyrics<\/strong><\/td>Reginald Spofforth<\/td>Music<\/strong><\/td> Reginald Spofforth<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN1346<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Music Hall performers<\/strong><\/td>Charles Rice<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Source Singers:<\/strong>
The Fountain singers, 1973, Yorks., England
William Burt, 1970s, Northants, England
Castleton residents, 1989, Castleton, England
Little John Singers, 1992, Hathersage, England
Royal Hotel Singers, 1995, Dungworth, England

Modern performances:<\/strong>
Melrose Quartet 2019
Still sung as carol in various pubs in Sheffield\/ North Derbyshire.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hail smiling morn, smiling morn,\nThat tips the hills with gold, that tips the hills with gold,\nWhose rosy fingers ope the gates of day,\nOpe the gates, the gates of day,\nHail! Hail! Hail! Hail!\n\nWho the gay face of nature doth unfold,\nWho the gay face of nature doth unfold,\nAt whose bright presence darkness flies away, flies away,\nDarkness flies away, darkness flies away,\nAt whose bright presence darkness flies away, flies away,\nHail! Hail! Hail! Hail!\nHail! Hail! Hail! Hail! <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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This is a song that was popular in the taverns and early music halls, which has remained popular in the folk tradition 200 years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Music Hall evolved out of, amongst other things, the tavern singing of the early 19th century. According to Charles Rice, a singer attempting to establish himself as a semiprofessional in the 1840s, this was a popular song in his repertoire. There is also evidence that others sang it in the tavern singing rooms and early music halls, where audience participation was key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know it as one of the Sheffield carols, sung in pubs around Sheffield and North Derbyshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The song was composed in 1810 by Reginald Spofforth, a composer, organist and conductor from Nottinghamshire. This is often described as the most popular glee in the entire repertory. (A glee is a type of song designed to be sung in three or more voices, usually unaccompanied – they were extremely popular in England in the late 18th and early 19th century).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charles Rice Tavern Singing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
As sung at The Royal Dungworth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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