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A Solstice Garland

Season 1, Ep. 3

Four songs and some verse.

* 'The Holly' (traditional) sung by Atlantic Union.  My review of Atlantic Union's CD "Indulgence" is here.

* 'The Fatal Glass of Beer' by Charlie Case, d. 1916.

* 'On Bredon Hill' by A.E. Housman (d. 1936), set to music by David Harley.

* 'Carpentry' by David Harley.

* The poems 'Warm-up', 'Charade', 'Performance Poem' and 'Twelfth Night' can be found with other shaggy doggerel here.

* I Heard a Bird Sing' is by Oliver Herford (1860-1935). My review for Folking.com of the Solstice album by Hanz Araki and Kathryn Claire is here

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