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the song christmas eve was written by arthur godfrey, a factory worker from barnsley. whispering trees # the moon—white hills around, in snow—shine splendour crowned # with pealing joys resound of christmas bells # glad tidings of the saviour bring # peace reigneth as ye gaily ring # ring on, ring on, ring on # while the merry breezes sing of christmas bells.# tegwen roberts — who you just heard singing there — from barnsley museumsjoined me a little earlier. what a joy to sing that beautiful song. we found it while looking for newspaper articles about barnsley town hall which also opened 90 years ago this month and we found this carol that had been published in the barnsley katmai chronicle and to he would come back to life, the reaction we've had from people far it has been incredible. it had just sat there for 90 years amongst everything else. tell me a little more about who had originally written it. arthur godfrey was born in barnsley. he worked in the glass bottle industry for his life. he lived in the middle of barnsley. he wasn't a professional musician but was

it prompted more research into the writer, arthur godfrey. >> he was born in barnsley in the 1870's. would be well-known so we looked through the paper to see. we didn't find much. what we did find is that he was a glass bottle maker in barnsley . he started age 12 and worked through his life in that industry. he was a talented musician alongside that. >> ♪ glad tidings ♪ >> something found on a piece of paper, being sung in the town hall as well. >> it feels special. for me as a singer, songs come alive when you sing them. and to have the music published alongside the words, often you get the words end zone to know -- and so to know what the composer intended and re-create that was special area >> as the carol is more widely heard, it is hoped choirs will learn the harmonies. a barnsley contribution for the past brought to live -- life in the present. >> that is it. plenty more online and on the p as always. this is bbc news. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors.

it went down a storm, and prompted more research into the writer — one arthur godfrey. he wasthe paper to see whether he'd published other stuff and actually didn't find much. what we did find was that he was a glass—bottle—maker in barnsley. he started age 12 and he worked throughout his life in that industry, but obviously was a really talented musician alongside that. # glad tidings of a saviour bring... # it felt quite emotional, hearing something that i'd found on a piece of paper being sung, and sung in the town hall as well. it feels really special. and i think for me as a singer, songs, they come alive when you sing them. and also to have the music published alongside the words — quite often, you get words published and no tune — so to be able to know what the composer intended at the time, and to be able to then recreate that, it's really, really special. as the carol becomes more widely heard, it's hoped choirs will learn the harmonies, and it canjoin the dozens of christmas songs traditionally sung in south yorkshire. a barnsley contribution from the past brought to

it went down a storm and prompted more research into the writer, one arthur godfrey. he was paper to see whether he published any other stuff and actually did not find much. what we did find was that he was a glass bottle maker in barnsley. he started age 12 and he worked sort of throughout his life in that industry but obviously was a really talented musician alongside that. # glad tidings of the saviour bring... asa as a carrot becomes more widely heard, enjoyed the dozens of christmas songs sung in south yorkshire. a contribution from the past brought to life in the present. cathy killick, bbc news. a merry christmas and happy holidays from all of us from bbc news here in washington. stay with us on bbc news. hello. we had some christmas day weather contrasts, with a high of 13.6 celsius, it was the mildest christmas day since 2016, but at the same time, northern scotland had snow, and so it was a white christmas. this stripe of cloud here brought rain for some of us, but in the north of the uk, colder air was in place, and that colder air is now pushing just a little bit

it went down a storm, and prompted more research into the writer — one arthur godfrey. he wase paper to see whether he'd published other stuff and actually didn't find much. what we did find was that he was a glass—bottle—maker in barnsley. he started age 12 and he worked throughout his life in that industry, but obviously was a really talented musician alongside that. # glad tidings of a saviour bring... # it felt quite emotional, hearing something that i'd found on a piece of paper being sung, and sung in the town hall, as well. it feels really special. and i think for me as a singer, songs, they come alive when you sing them. and also to have the music published alongside the words — quite often, you get words published and no tune — so to be able to know what the composer intended at the time, and to be able to then recreate that, it's really, really special. as the carol becomes more widely heard, it's hoped choirs will learn the harmonies, and it canjoin the dozens of christmas songs traditionally sung in south yorkshire. a barnsley contribution from the past brought to

it went down a storm and prompted more research into the writer, one arthur godfrey. he wasee whether he published any other stuff and actually did not find much. what we did find was that he was a glass bottle maker in barnsley. he started age 12 and he worked sort of throughout his life in that industry but obviously was a really talented musician alongside that. # glad tidings of the saviour bring... it feels really special and i think for me as a singer, songs, they come alive when you sing them, and also to have the music published alongside the words — quite often you get words published and no tune, so to be able to know what the composer intended at the time and to be able to then re—create that, it is really, really special. that sell from us by now. happy holidays and a prosperous new year. holidays and a prosperous new ear. ,, , holidays and a prosperous new ear. ,, ._ ., holidays and a prosperous new ear. ,, ., a, holidays and a prosperous new ear, ,, ., “ year. stay with a. more bbc news coming _ year. stay with a. more bbc news coming up _ year. stay with a. mo

it went down a storm, and prompted more research into the writer — one arthur godfrey. he waso we had a look through the paper to see whether he'd published other stuff. and actually didn't find much. what we did find was that he was a glass—bottle—maker in barnsley. he started age 12 and he worked throughout his life in that industry, but obviously was a really talented musician alongside that. # glad tidings of a saviour bring...# it felt quite emotional, hearing something that i'd found on a piece of paper being sung, and sung in the town hall, as well. it feels really special. and i think for me as a singer, songs, they come alive when you sing them. and also to have the music published alongside the words — quite often you get words published and no tune — so to be able to know what the composer intended at the time, and to be able to then recreate that, it's really, really special. as the carol becomes more widely heard, it's hoped choirs will learn the harmonies, and it canjoin the dozens of christmas songs traditionally sung in south yorkshire. a barnsley contribution

the song �*christmas eve' was written by arthur godfrey, a factory worker from barnsley.d greets with fond caress the whispering trees. # the moon—white hills around, in snow—shine splendour crowned. # with pealing joys resound of christmas bells. # glad tidings of the saviour bring. # peace reigneth as ye gaily ring. # ring on, ring on, ring on. # while the merry breezes sing of christmas bells. tegwen roberts, who was just singing there, from barnsley museums told us about how the carol was discovered. it was an absolute team effort. so michael obviously spotted it and realised that it was something really special. and then he give it to me, knowing that i am a singer and also a really enthusiastic carol singer. we're really lucky that we've got a really strong carolling tradition in south yorkshire, which i am part of. so he gave it to me, i took it home and i had a little sing through and i thought, "what an incredible tune, how beautiful! " and we came back, and the next day we just recorded a little version on the town hall main stairwell which has got a beautiful a

the song, christmas eve, was written by arthur godfrey, a factory worker from barnsley.ne splendour crowned # with pealing joys resound of christmas bells # glad tidings of the saviour bring # peace reigneth as ye gaily ring # ring on, ring on # ring on while the merry breezes sing of christmas bells.# before we go — a reminder of our breaking news story this hour. manchester united has confirmed that britain's second richest man, sirjim ratcliffe, is to buy a 25% stake in the club. confirmation of the investment by the 71—year—old's ineos group ends a saga lasting more than a year. he's expected to pay in the region of £1.25 billion — or $1.6 billion — for the minority stake. it comes 13 months after the club's us—based owners, the glazerfamily, revealed their intention to review their options, including the possible sale of the club. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, christmas isjust around the corner but many of us are still travelling. really do take care today, the weather is rough in many parts of the country, very strong winds particularly across northern engl