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Guitar: This Endris Night (Including lyrics and chords)

3,914 views · Published 9 December 2009 · 7:02 · Indexed 16 October 2026

Channel: threelegsoman · 2009 · Entertainment

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This is a Medieval carol dating back to perhaps the 13th century. We tend to think of carols and Christmas hymns as being relatively modern, but this proves that they had their roots in the distant past. I had not come across this particular carol until requested for it yesterday. Having listened to it as an instrumental and as a choral piece, I recognize in it the roots of at least two songs of more modern times, namely Mary Hamilton and Galway Bay (The old version). The title means 'This other night' and is also the title of an album by a lady called Heather Dale. The language is medieval too, which accounts for the peculiar spelling and some unusual words not  in modern parlance, e.g. veray which I think must have been verais meaning in truth.

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