[Sca-cooks] Totally OT Christmas musing...

[Mairi Ceilidh]

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> It's a beautiful rendering of the song, despite
> being sung by the guys that invented MTV (well,
> one of them, anyway) and largely inspired the
> invention of the modern music video (which may or
> may not be a good thing). I suspect (but don't
> know for sure) that the song itself may be from
> within the SCA's period.
>
> A.

Why yes, Rui Chiu is period.  It was written (supposedly) by Mateo Flecha
the Elder, published in 1556.  I'm the cook in the family, my husband makes
(and researches and writes and arranges) beautiful music.  This has always
been one of my favorites.

Mairi Ceilidh