A Scottish Christmas (1996)

About this title: Scottish Christmas is a collection of traditional Scottish Christmas songs as performed by Bonnie Rideout, Maggie Sansone, Al Petteway, and several other musicians. There are some excellent songs found here that are not typically included in holiday collections, including "Christmas Carousing/Ale Is Dear/New Christmas," "Baloo Lammy," "Gloomy Winter," and "All Songs of Adam." These songs have the same holiday spirit and sound as the more well known carols, but are simply not as well known. The musicians give this a proper performance, utilizing instruments that fit the genre well and ... read more

Tracks:

1. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel/God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman [Traditional]
2. Here We Come A-Wassailing/Bottom of the Punch Bowl
3. Christmas Duanag/Hark the Bonny Christ Church Bells
4. What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) [Dix/Traditional]
5. Rock Thee O' Child/Christ Child's Lullaby
6. Christmas Carousing/Ale Is Dear/New Christmas
7. Da' Day Dawis/Christmas Day I' da Moornin'
8. O Come All Ye Faithful [Oakeley/Wade]
9. Baloo Lammy
10. Gloomy Winter [Traditional]
11. Huntsman's Bag of Grain/Goosegirl's Song/New Year's Day
12. New Year's Day/On Christmas Night
13. Yeoman's Carol/Sound of Sleat
14. Rorate (Nativity)
15. All Songs of Adam
16. Auld Lang Syne [Burns/Traditional]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.