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GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
https://www.loc.gov/item/2002710557/
Merry Christmas
Currier & Ives.
New York : Published by Currier & Ives, 125 Nassau St., [1876]
Popular graphic art print filing series
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
https://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/god_rest_you_merry_gentlemen.htm
Edward F. Rimbault, A Little Book of Christmas Carols. London: Cramer, Beale & Co., circa 1846
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Book_of_common_prayer_1549.jpg
Book of Common Prayer
Title page published in 1549.
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Sheet Music
Creator: L. Alan Reitano
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Family_of_Henry_VIII,_an_Allegory_of_the_Tudor_Succession.png
The Family of Henry VIII: An Allegory of the Tudor Succession
circa 1572
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Illustration by w:en:William Wallace Denslow
Project Gutenberg EBook of Denslow's Mother Goose, by Anonymous
https://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/Images/Bramley_Stainer/God_Rest_You_7a.gif
Bramley and Stainer, Christmas Carols, New And Old, First Series. London: Novello & Co., Circa 1860
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DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH
https://www.loc.gov/item/55003658/
Orchesographie. Et traicte en forme de dialogve, par leqvel tovtes personnes pevvent facilement apprendre & practiquer l'honneste exercice des dances.
Contributor Names Arbeau, Thoinot -- 1519-1595
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George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848-1934)
circa 1900
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The eight bells of St Bees Priory, Cumbria
Author: Dougsim
“Ding Dong Merrily On High – Torn Edges” – Sheet Music
By, L. Alan Reitano
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A Pavane – 1897
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Thoinot Arbeau Portrait
Orchesographie. Et traicte en forme de dialogve, par leqvel tovtes personnes pevvent facilement apprendre & practiquer l'honneste exercice des dances.
Contributor Names Arbeau, Thoinot -- 1519-1595
https://www.loc.gov/resource/muspre1800.100002/?sp=93
Branle d L’Official
Orchesographie. Et traicte en forme de dialogve, par leqvel tovtes personnes pevvent facilement apprendre & practiquer l'honneste exercice des dances.
Contributor Names Arbeau, Thoinot -- 1519-1595
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branle#/media/File:Branle_d'Ossau.jpg
Branle d'Ossau by Alfred Dartiguenave, 1855–1856
By Alfred Dartiguenave
DECK THE HALL
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christmas-wreath-vector-illustration_M1_dMWwu
Graphicstock.com
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Portrait of Thomas Oliphant, lyricist
circa 1830
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Original_printed_version_of_Deck_the_Hall_with_Boughs_of_Holly.pdf
Thomas Oliphant's original publication of the words of the Christmas carol.
"Welsh Melodies with Welsh and English Poetry", volume 2. Published by Addison, Hollier and Lucas, London, England. 1862
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First known publication of "Nos Galan", from "Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh bards," p. 159
Author: Edward Jones, London, 1794
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Melody of "Deck the Hall", from John Hullah, The Song Book – 1866
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. With Illustrations by John Leech. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition. Title page.
John Leech 1843
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