Nowell Sing We Clear
Nowell Sing We Clear is a previously four-member musical group that performs an annual yuletide concert series. They have also released a series of related albums.
The concerts consist of yuletide stories and music, and often include a Mummers Play.
== Members ==
The group consisted of John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Fred Breunig, and Andy Davis (who replaced original member Steve Woodruff after  Woodruff moved to California), until Tony Barrand's passing in January 2022. Their more recent performances have been partnered with the vocal group Windborne.
Credits from first album:John Roberts – vocals, English concertina, Anglo concertina
Tony Barrand – vocals, tambourine
Fred Breunig – fiddle, harmony vocals
Steve Woodruff – button accordion, Anglo concertina, penny whistle, harmony vocals
Breunig and Woodruff, also appeared as guest artists on the 1977 Roberts and Barrand album Dark Ships in the Forest.
== Discography ==
=== Nowell Sing We Clear (1977) ===
All songs in the public domain except for the one written by Bob Pegg.Side One
The Truth from Above/Masters in This Hall – 5:21
The Holly and the Ivy – 2:58
Joys Seven – 2:30
King Pharim – 4:06
Coventry Carol – 1:53
Familiar Carol Medley – 2:48
The Cherry Tree Carol – 3:30
Sussex Carol – 1:44
Side Two
Somerset Wassail – 3:21
The Boar's Head Carol – 1:58
Divers and Lazarus – 2:45
The Bitter Withy – 2:31
An Orkney New Year's Carol – 2:16
Sword Dance Tunes from the Village of Sleights – 3:22
Rise Up, Jock! (Bob Pegg) – 5:17
=== To Welcome in the Spring (1980) ===
This album consists of New Years and spring themed recordings.Candlemas Eve
Mothering Sunday
Gabriel's Message
All in the Morning
The Merchant's Carol
The Leaves of Life (or The Seven Virgins)
The Lamb of God
My Dancing Day
The Sound of the Drum/Ninety-Five
The Month of May
Country Dance Medley: Trip to Paris/Knole Park
The Moon Shines Bright (or The Bellman's Song)
The Football Match
The Whitsun Song
Come Lasses and Lads/Packington's Pound
Northhill May Song
=== The Second Nowell (1981) ===
The Cutty Wren
Six Jolly Miners
Medley of Long Sword Tunes from the Village of Grenoside and Ampleforth
Milford
A Child This Day Is Born
While Shepherds Watched
Lord of the Dance
The Praise of Christmas
Green Grow the Rushes, O
Gloucestershire Wassail
Sherburne
Apple Tree Wassail/The Derby Ram
The Wren (The King)
=== Nowell Sing We Clear, Vol. 3 (1985) ===
Masters in this Hall
Star in the East
The Carnal and the Crane/King Herod and the Cock/The Miraculous Harvest
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Leaping and Dancing
Sherbourne
Gower Wassail
Kris Kringle
Winter/Spring
Flower Carol]
Green Grow'th the Holly
Morris and Sword Tune Medley
Carol for New Year's Day
=== Nowell Sing We Four (1988) ===
Also known as Nowell Sing We Clear, Vol. 4The Boys' Carol
The Cherry Tree Carol
Carol (While Shepherds Watched)
Come and I Will Sing You
Hunting the Wren/The Wren Boys' Song
Over the Hill and Over the Dale
Old Christmas/Shooting Recitation
The Ram Song
Welladay (Christmas Lamentation)
Boar's Head Carol
The Praise of Christmas
The Rag Dance Song (La GuignolŽe)/Pays D'Haut
Rolling Downward
=== The Best of Nowell Sing We Clear 1975–1986 (1989) ===
Also known as The Best of… Sing We Clear. Songs are taken from Nowell Sing We Clear, The Second Nowell, and Nowell Sing We Clear, Vol. 3; which are no longer available separately.A Child This Day Is Born
While Shepherds Watched
Leaping and Dancing
The Cherry Tree Carol
Sussex Carol
The Carnal and the Crane/King Herod and the Cock/The Miraculous Harvest
Coventry Carol
The Bitter Withy
The Holly and the Ivy
Green Grow'th the Holly
Winter/Spring
Rise Up Jock (Bob Pegg)
Gower Wassail
Gloucestershire Wassail
Apple Tree Wassail/The Derby Ram
Sherburne (Original Version)
Kris Kringle
The Cutty Wren
An Orkney New Year's Carol
Carol for New Year's Day
The Wren (The King)
Lord of the Dance (Sydney Carter)
=== Hail Smiling Morn! (1995) ===
Hail Smiling Morn
Sweet Chiming Bells
Old Foster
The Holly and the Ivy
Shepherds Arise
Old Christmas Return'd
Jacob's Well
March of the Kings
I Saw Three Ships
The Joys of Mary
The Bitter Withy
Carol of the Creatures
Hail Happy Morn
The Cutty Wren
Here We Come A-Wassailing/We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Carol for the New Year
=== Just Say Nowell (2000) ===
The Truth from Above
Babe of Bethlehem
The First Nowell
The Cherry Tree Carol
London
The Blessings of Mary
I Saw a Maiden
Chariots
The Holly and the Ivy
Joy to the World
Christemas Hath Made an End
Ditchling Carol
Time to Remember the Poor
Stevens Family Waysail
Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy
New Year's Carol
=== Nowell Nowell Nowell! (2008) ===
All songs in the public domain, except as noted.Carol for Christmas Eve - 2:22
From Far Away - 3:57
The Twelve Days of Christmas - 3:58
Six Jolly Miners - 2:31
Sherburne/Milford - 2:20
I Heard from Heaven Today - 4:38
The Shepherds Amazèd - 3:07
Derwent Wassail - 3:55
Joys Seven - 2:37
Somerset Wassail - 3:39
The Derby Ram - 4:46
Beautiful Star of Bethlehem - 3:02
Homeless Wassail (Ian Robb)- 4:44
Bring the New Year In - 3:57
Green Grow the Rushes-O - 5:23
Song for the New Year (Robb)- 5:02
=== Bidding You Joy! (2013) ===
All songs in the public domain, except as noted.Bidding You Joy (Alison Burns)– 1:08
Masters in This Hall (William Morris) – 4:30
Awake! Behold! – 4:10
The Old Hark Hark – 2:46
I Saw a Ship (Addington, A. Burns) – 3:23
Cold December – 4:05
Mummers Night in Oshawa (A. Frank Willis)– 4:08
Apple Tree Wassail – 3:16
New Zadoc (While Shepherds Watched) – 3:39
O the Holy Holly – 4:52
O Bethlehem – 3:21
The Worcestershire Carol – 3:21
Penny for the Ploughboys (Colin Cater) – 4:51
Stay and I'll Sing! – 4:24
The Derby Ram Goes to Sea – 3:44
The Door of the Year (A. Burns) – 3:07
Villagers All (Andy Davis) – 3:19
=== As performers in an anthology ===
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn – Rounder Records (2001)
Comfort & Joy: A Christmas Celtic Sojourn – (2003)

== External links ==
Nowell Sing We Clear (official homepage)
Golden Hind Music (record label)