The Mistletoe Bough - Easy Guitar Duet (with optional oboe or flute)

By: Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1786-1855) arr. Lisa Gabriel
For: Trio
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Composer
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1786-1855) arr. Lisa Gabriel
Year of composition
1830
Year of arrangement
2021
Difficulty
Easy (Grades 1-3)
Duration
3 minutes
Genre
Folk music
License details
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The idea of kissing under the Mistletoe gives this ballad a Christmas vibe but a cheerful tune belies its theme about a young bride buried alive on her Wedding Night. The history behind it may be based on fact as the story and versions of the ballad are widespread. Sir Henry Rowley Bishop composed the tune in the 1830s, presumably at his height of fame, but it became popular in Victorian parlours around 1859 - four years after he died - where entire families would gleefully chant the lyrics. It is not strictly speaking a folksong although I thought it was until I checked out my Victorian composers. So here we go, my modern arrangement gives him credit. It's lyrics are not my idea of Ho! Ho! Ho! but it is certainly a traditional ballad that has a ghostly theme around Halloween too. You can look the lwords up on the internet if chanting lugubrious lyrics entertains you at Christmas. A ballad that proves the Christmas horror story has always existed and there are many stately homes that lay claim to the original macabre discovery.

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