Dilly Carol

from The Frost Is All Over by Kate Rusby

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Trad and K Rusby

Continuing the Cornish theme, this also came from the findings of Ralph Dunstan. I already knew a version of this song, and haven’t thought of it as a Christmas song before, but in Cornwall they do, and the words are slightly different too. I have used both versions and a few extra bits and bobs to create this new North/South culmination!

lyrics

Come I will sing you,
Green grow the rushes oh,
I’ll sing you one oh,
Down among the rushes oh,
One is one and all alone,
And evermore will be so.

Come I will sing you,
Green grow the rushes oh,
I’ll sing you two oh,
Down among the rushes oh,
Two of them were lily babes,
Dressed all in green oh,
Two of them were lily babes,
Dressed all in green oh.

Come I will sing you,
Green grow the rushes oh,
I’ll sing you three oh,
Down among the rushes oh,
Three of them were strangers,
Come to see the babe oh,
Three of them were strangers,
Come to see the babe oh.

Come I will sing you,
Green grow the rushes oh,
I’ll sing you four oh,
Down among the rushes oh,
Four the four evangelists,
There among the green oh,
Four the four evangelists,
There among the green oh.

Come I will sing you,
Green grow the rushes oh,
I’ll sing you five oh,
Down among the rushes oh,
Five the ferryman in the boat,
Sailing on the sea oh,
Five the ferryman in the boat,
Sailing on the sea oh.

Come I will sing you,
Green grow the rushes oh,
I’ll sing you six oh,
Down among the rushes oh,
Six the gospel preacher,
With stories all to tell oh,
Six the gospel preacher,
With stories all to tell oh.

Come I will sing you,
Green grow the rushes oh,
I’ll sing you seven oh,
Down among the rushes oh,
Seven the stars up in the sky,
Shining there above oh,
Seven the stars up in the sky,
Shining there above oh.

Come I will sing you,
Green grow the rushes oh,
I’ll sing you eight oh,
Down among the rushes oh,
Eight is for the morning break,
When all the world’s awake oh,
Eight is for the morning break,
When all the world’s awake oh.

Come I will sing you,
Green grow the rushes oh,
I’ll sing you nine oh,
Down among the rushes oh,
Nine is for the dilly bird,
Never seen but heard oh,
Nine is for the dilly bird,
Never seen but heard oh.

Come I will sing you,
Green grow the rushes oh,
I’ll sing you ten oh,
Down among the rushes oh,
Ten the hand of kindness,
Ten begins again oh,
Ten the hand of kindness,
Ten begins again oh.

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from The Frost Is All Over, released October 4, 2022

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Kate Rusby England, UK

Forever proud to call herself a folk singer, Kate celebrates her own 50 yrs with her 'Established 1973' tours.

2022 marked 30 yrs as a professional musician with the album 30:Happy Returns

Hand Me Down (2020) was her highest-charting album.

Named in the Top 10 Folk Voices of the Century and a Mercury Prize in 1999

Yorkshire roots the carols in her Christmas tour. ... more

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