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John Langstaff

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John Langstaff (December 24, 1920 - December 13, 2005), a concert baritone, and early music revivalist was the founder of the Northeast United States tradition of the Christmas Revels, as well as a respected musician and educator. He attended the Curtis Institute of Music as well as Juilliard. In 1943 he married Diane Hamilton. He was later married to Nancy Trowbridge, a pianist. Langstaff's lifelong project, the Christmas Revels, began in 1957 with a show in New York.

Top songs

  1. All The Ducks
  2. I'se The B'y That Builds The Boat
  3. Mango Walk
  4. Over in the Meadow
  5. The Frog In The Well
  6. Blow Away The Morning Dew
  7. John Barleycorn
  8. The Tottenham Toad
  9. Sir Patrick Spens
  10. The False Knight Upon The Road
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  1. The Trees They Do Grow High
  2. Dashing Away With The Smoothing Iron
  3. Nottamun Town
  4. As I Was Going to Banbury
  5. Children, Go Where I Send Thee
  6. The Green Wedding
  7. Down by the River
  8. The Cruel Mother
  9. Ballinderry
  10. The Swapping Boy
  11. Billy Boy
  12. The Moon Shines Bright
  13. Bingo
  14. Ol' Dan Tucker
  15. The Carrion Crow
  16. Botany Bay
  17. The Padstow May Song
  18. Phoebe In Her Petticoat
  19. The Farmer's Curst Wife
  20. Tohe Tottenham Toad
  21. She's Like the Swallow
  22. All 'Round My Hat
  23. Our Gallant Ship
  24. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
  25. Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?
  26. Dance To Your Daddy
  27. The Orchestra
  28. The Jackfish
  29. Seventeen Come Sunday
  30. As I Walked Through the Meadows
  31. Green Corn
  32. Young Kitty Clark
  33. Oats and Beans
  34. I've Been to Haarlem
  35. O, Waly, Waly
  36. The Souling Song
  37. Cripple Creek Girls
  38. The Lover's Tasks
  39. Old Jim John
  40. The Allee-Allee-O
  41. Going to Boston
  42. Here Comes Sally
  43. The Rich Old Lady
  44. Carrion Crow
  45. John Riley
  46. Frog Went A-Courtin'
  47. Hares on the Mountain
  48. Lord Randal
  49. Pretty Sally
  50. The Little Turtle Dove
  51. Simple Gifts
  52. The Riddle Song
  53. Weekdays And Sundays
  54. Knock Along, Brother Rabbit
  55. The Two Magicians
  56. Jump Josie
  57. Cocky Robin
  58. The Mocking Bird
  59. All 'Round My Hat I Will Wear A Green Willow
  60. This Old Man
  61. The Daemon Lover
  62. The Lark in the Morn
  63. The Golden Vanity
  64. Baby's Song
  65. Push the Business On
  66. Old Roger Is Dead
  67. The Frog And The Mouse
  68. A Basketful Of Nuts I've Gathered
  69. Bonnie Wee Thing
  70. Here Come Three Dukes A-Riding
  71. Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair
  72. The Noble Duke Of York
  73. Tiny Matt, What Are You Doing At My Door?
  74. Skin and Bones (The Ghost Song)
  75. The Crawfish Man
  76. A Basket Full of Nuts
  77. The Brisk Young Widow
  78. Old Dan Tucker
  79. My Boy, Billy
  80. I Wish I Was A Child Again
  81. Follow the Leader
  82. The Crawfish Man's Street Cry
  83. St. James Hospital
  84. The May Day Carol
  85. Go, Tell Aunt Nancy
  86. The Jolly Ploughboy
  87. Croodin Doo
  88. Lady Maisry
  89. Lavendar's Blue
  90. Jockie To The Fair

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