Months of the Year, The

DESCRIPTION: "January is the first month, the sun goes very low... We shall see an alteration, before the year comes round." The song catalogs the months, describing how farmers spend the time
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd)
KEYWORDS: nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South,West))
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "MONTHS OF THE YEAR, THE"
Kennedy-FolksongsOfBritainAndIreland 256, "The Months of the Year" (1 text, 1 tune)
Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd, #19, "The Months of the Year" (1 text, 1 tune)
Brocklebank/Kindersley-DorsetBookOfFolkSongs, pp. 18-19, "All the Months in the Year" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1954
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Calendar Rhymes"
ALTERNATE TITLES:
The Seasons
File: K256

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