Is The Coventry Carol the most melancholy Christmas carol ever? Maybe. I’ve heard a lot of carols and I don’t know of any others that feature the mothers of Bethlehem singing to their lost children that have made it into the Christmas canon (though I doubt you’ll hear it on pop Christmas radio). I first encountered it as a high school student in choir, but lest you think it something only classical types like … some of the famous folk that have covered this song include:

Tori Amos
Anúna
Joan Baez
Chanticleer
Charlotte Church
John Denver
The King’s Singers
The Kingston Trio
Annie Lennox
Mannheim Steamroller
Loreena McKennitt
Mediæval Bæbes
Jessye Norman
Pentatonix
Sting
Suzanne Vega … and many, many more.

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• A Course in Carols Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpNIlFSHn0c&list=PLa626nR993OwC_HQngbftP8P3ztokhxsd

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