The Friendly Beasts : Complete Sing-along & Tutorial

Posted by on December 5th 2020 @ 8:50 pm

This carol has truly medieval origins, stemming from the Latin song Orientis Partibus. It was sung as part of The Donkey’s festival, a celebration of the flight into Egypt, in which a donkey was led or ridden into the church as a way of thanking the donkey Mary rode upon. The tune has undergone many lyric pairings over the centuries, but the current words we normally associate with it weren’t written until the 1920s by Robert Davis. When I was young, I thought this a rather strange lyric, but now I think its sweet.

Ryan's favorite starter ukulele: The Enya Nova U Concert Ukulele 23” on Amazon sounds great, is easy to play, in tune and nearly indestructable. "I left it in the car through the heat of summer to see what would happen, and it still plays beautifully."

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