"(All Hail) The Lord Of Misrule" and is an original composition written by Gary. It is a Christmas Carol which draws upon pagan and Christian elements and hopefully sounds like the kind of Carol that the church did not select to put on its playlist but could be sung in a pub!
The single also features Sally Bennett on flute, Craig Barwell on bass and backing vocals, and Jamie Varley on percussion, backing vocals, and producing
We hope that you enjoy it.

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(All Hail) The Lord Of Misrule

The inspiration for this song comes from a couple of places. The first was our old manuscript from which we took our 'Birdsong' lyrics. Quite a bit of 'Winter King' is inspired by the lyrics to another song in this collection, called 'Wren'.

The second bit of inspiration is the wren's position in British folklore. Until recently, it was a long-standing tradition to send 'wren-boys' into the woods on Boxing Day to hunt one of the birds and then parade it through the streets of the town or village. Being symbolic of the 'King of Winter', the death of the wren was seen as a celebration heralding the onset of longer days and the coming Spring. All well and good -unless you're the wren!

'Winter King' is a song inspired by this tradition, though we wrote it from the perspective of someone who hears the sweet call of her ‘Winter Lord' and hopes that he'll manage to escape...

Winter King

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(All Hail) The Lord Of Misrule

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