THE following Carols or Christmas Songs were chanted to the Tunes accompanying them, in Churches on Christmas Day, and in private houses on Christmas Eve, throughout the West of England, up to the latter part of the late century.

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FOLK-MUSIC is, of course, merely one of the numerous branches of Folk-lore. It is, however, a very large and important one, so important indeed that it has been found convenient to found a special association—The Folk-song Society—for its investigation. It would, however, be a great mistake to overlook the close connection between the two societies, and it would be a thousand pities if they were to remain entirely separate, each pursuing its own work independently of the other.