Arise and Open Your Door

DESCRIPTION: Christmas mumming song. "Arise and open your door (x3), For the dew is falling on us."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: Christmas nonballad
FOUND IN: West Indies(Nevis)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Roger D. Abrahams, "Christmas Mummings on Nevis," Vol. XXI, No. 3 (Sep 1973), p. 121, "(Arise and open your door)" (1 text)
File: NCF213AO

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