The Holly in the Windy Hedge

I wrote this piece as a Christmas song and The Holly in the Windy Hedge, is in *minor tone of my favorite traditional English Christmas carols. I based this tune upon a phrase in the poem: Christmas, by John Betjeman

‘…The holly in the windy hedge
And round the Manor House the yew
Will soon be stripped to deck the ledge,
The altar, font and arch and pew…’

Sir John Betjeman (August 28 1906 – May 19 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom…