Album Notes

1. Love Came Down at Christmas (words by Christina Rossetti circa 1885, traditional Irish tune “Garton”)
2. Cherry Tree Carol (English, Child Ballad No. 54. January 6 is old Christmas)
3. Good King Wenceslas – Instrumental (based on a Finish tune from the 16th century)
4. Mary Had a Baby (African American, coastal South Carolina)
5. The Friendly Beasts (English, Appalachian Kentucky version)
6. Brightest and Best (Appalachian Kentucky folk hymn, words by Reginald Heber, 1811)
7. Silent Night – Instrumental (tune by Franz Gruber, 1818)
8. Sans Day Carol or The Holly Song (Cornwall, England)
9. Coventry Carol (from a 15th century guild drama, Coventry, England)
10. In the Bleak Midwinter – Instrumental (tune by Gustav Holst, 1906)
11. Children Go Where I Send Thee (African American)
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All songs are in the public domain. Arrangements © 2009, Liz McGeachy and Tim Marema. Lyrics and liner notes available at www.lizandtim.org.

Recorded and produced by Liz & Tim / Tim Marema: Guitar, Vocals / Liz McGeachy: Vocals

About the guitars: Tim plays a ca. 1959 Gibson LG2 on most of the tracks. The guitar was a gift from his father in law, Pat McGeachy. Pat, so the story goes, got the instrument as a gift from a funeral director in Nashville in the mid to late 1960s. Tim plays a 2003 Taylor 714 (claro/English walnut) on tracks 8, 9, and 11.

We recorded this album in 2009 in our basement in Norris, Tennessee.