Nothing says "Christmas" better than The Watersons - from Hull, Yorkshire; and there is no better carol than this one.
I absolutely love this harmonization, and the way it is sung. Everything about it - the tone, the dialect, the sliding harmonies, the open chords... just incredible.
It evokes in me a genuinely ancient quality; a medieval, or even dark ages, feel.
This was recorded during the Watersons' first incarnation, from the 1960s; the group consisting of (left to right) two sisters Norma and Lal, brother Mike (lead vocal); and cousin John (bass) standing to the left.
