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The Cherry Tree Carol

from A Number Of Work by Cooper and Toller

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Roud 453, Child 54. The tune for our version of this old carol comes from Mary Anne Clayton of Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire, collected by Cecil Sharp in 1909. The biblical story appears in New Testament Apocrypha, where the tree is a fig, and then in the Coventry Mystery Plays where it becomes a cherry. The song starts in soap-opera style with Joseph reacting in a predictable manner to his wife's announcement of her pregnancy, but then gets a bit weird when Jesus starts doing magic and answering Joseph's questions from inside the womb.

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from A Number Of Work, released March 31, 2023

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Cooper and Toller Bristol, UK

Cooper and Toller is an English folk music collaboration between Bristol-based Richard Toller and Gloucestershire-based Vicky Cooper. Cooper and Toller sing solo and in close harmony. Vicky plays fiddles and does occasional clog-dancing, Richard plays guitar, mandolin and banjo. ... more

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