Calypso Carol
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title:
Calypso Carol
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The Calypso Carol is a popular modern Christmas carol, with the opening line "See him lying on a bed of straw". It has often been introduced by BBC announcers and others as a traditional folk carol from the West Indies. The calypso of the title refers to its West Indian flavour, and the words have featured on a set of Caribbean postage stamps. However, both words and music were written by an Englishman, Michael Perry, while he was a student at Oak Hill Theological College in 1964. Perry became o
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Modern Christmas carol
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_Carol
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2024-03-23T00:58:34Z
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