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The Lord of Misrule

from Summon the Sun by Crosscurrents Music

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Return to merry England with the King and Queen of that crack in the calendar, the Twelve Days of Christmas.

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Rise the sun, and run the deer
Winter's Christmas King is here!
Master of the revels and ruler of the feast
He bids you turn the tables from the greatest to the least!

From the Romans Saturnalia to the Norsemen's feast of Yule
Where twelve days crack the calendar and crown the King of Fools
He comes to banish winter and to summon up the sun
Drive out the dark! Ring in the New! Wassail him, every one!

Lord of Misrule is crowned here welcome or welcome not
This cake has heads to crown tonight from out our chosen lot!
Now who will rule this revel? Who will be our Solstice Queen?
And who her winter consort, the Great King of the Bean?

Cut a slice, and find the Babe And you King of the Bean are made!
Find the shilling, find the Queen, All hail the Good Queen of the Bean! The bean, the bean, the magic bean, Red for the King and white for the Queen!

Ladies hunt white beans and gentlemen red, With holly and ivy we’ll crown your fair head!

(when the beans are found in the cake)
The King! The King! The King of the Bean!
The Queen! The Queen! The Queen of the Bean!

(crowning the two who found the beans)
Queen shall have silver and King shall have gold
Our master and mistress you now shall behold!

Rise the sun and run the deer
Twelve days, each a month of the new year!
Play you organ, sing you choir
Welcome Yule with wassail fire!

Lord and Lady of this hall
We’ll do our best to please you all
And as we foot it heel and toe
Pray, bless us all with mistletoe!

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from Summon the Sun, released December 2, 2020

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Crosscurrents Music Boston, Massachusetts

Lynn Noel brings traditional song and heritage arts online to create community. Lynn has a voice of striking clarity and power, equally at home in rhythmic chanteys and flowing ballads.

Lynn is a respected song session leader on both sides of the Atlantic and the producer and host of the Mermaid's Tavern online folk club. She is currently Program Chair of the New England Folk Festival (NEFFA).
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