“The Coventry Carol” stands apart from most Christmas songs, mourning the Massacre of the Innocents following Jesus’ birth rather than celebrating it.
Why This Dark, Ancient Lullaby Still Belongs in Christmas: The Story of 'The Coventry Carol’
The shocking subject matter of "The Coventry Carol" is the children King Herod murdered in Bethlehem following the birth of Christ.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“The Coventry Carol” stands apart from most Christmas songs, mourning the Massacre of the Innocents following Jesus’ birth rather than celebrating it.
"The Coventry Carol" by Traditional / City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Evan Jolly, soloist Crouch End Festival Chorus / Silva records sp. 6049
December 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"The Coventry Carol" by Traditional / City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Evan Jolly, soloist Crouch End Festival Chorus / Silva records sp. 6049
Coventry resident and URI employee Matt prefers not to drive—and now he gets rewarded for it with a gift card to Sonia's Deli! 🥪 After hearing about Drive Less RI on 92 PRO-FM, Matt and his crew started logging every bus and Amtrak trip in the app. Want to win like Matt? Visit DriveLessRI.com.
December 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Coventry resident and URI employee Matt prefers not to drive—and now he gets rewarded for it with a gift card to Sonia's Deli! 🥪 After hearing about Drive Less RI on 92 PRO-FM, Matt and his crew started logging every bus and Amtrak trip in the app. Want to win like Matt? Visit DriveLessRI.com.
Hi there, I’m Ellis, here with you for half an hour of music that I call ‘Easy Listening With Ellis’. Join me every Friday between 6.30pm– 7pm only on Coventry Hospital Radio.
December 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hi there, I’m Ellis, here with you for half an hour of music that I call ‘Easy Listening With Ellis’. Join me every Friday between 6.30pm– 7pm only on Coventry Hospital Radio.
Give this playlist a listen: BROWNS,COVENTRY 90s 3:SITARS,WAH-WAHS,HAMMONDS,HORNS … open.spotify.com/playlist/5e6...
BROWNS,COVENTRY 90s 3:SITARS,WAH-WAHS,HAMMONDS,HORNS …
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December 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Give this playlist a listen: BROWNS,COVENTRY 90s 3:SITARS,WAH-WAHS,HAMMONDS,HORNS … open.spotify.com/playlist/5e6...
At 11:15 AM EST, 2 NE Coventry [Orleans Co, VT] AWOS reports Non-Tstm Wnd Gst of M49 MPH. AWOS station KEFK Northeast Kingdom International Airport. #vtwx Link
December 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
At 11:15 AM EST, 2 NE Coventry [Orleans Co, VT] AWOS reports Non-Tstm Wnd Gst of M49 MPH. AWOS station KEFK Northeast Kingdom International Airport. #vtwx Link
Coventry Hospital Radio is here to keep you company all through the Christmas and New Year Period. So we are delighted to announce our festive schedule & look out for some special #PUSB Shows - highlights from Coventry City FC festive football action:
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December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Coventry Hospital Radio is here to keep you company all through the Christmas and New Year Period. So we are delighted to announce our festive schedule & look out for some special #PUSB Shows - highlights from Coventry City FC festive football action:
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One rainy Saturday after revealing a Chuck Berry fact in Coventry I said Kylie would be no 1… you said not a chance!
One rainy Saturday after revealing a Chuck Berry fact in Coventry I said Kylie would be no 1… you said not a chance!
December 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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One rainy Saturday after revealing a Chuck Berry fact in Coventry I said Kylie would be no 1… you said not a chance!
One rainy Saturday after revealing a Chuck Berry fact in Coventry I said Kylie would be no 1… you said not a chance!
They can then send him elsewhere apparently.... maybe Coventry with Super Frank and the Toffee contingent or perhaps PSV !
December 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
They can then send him elsewhere apparently.... maybe Coventry with Super Frank and the Toffee contingent or perhaps PSV !
Did you know
a) There’s a super dark Christmas song called Coventry Carol with lyrics from the POV of moms singing a lullaby to their children murdered by Herod, and
b) It likely originated as a tongue-in-cheek song for medieval, multi-day passion plays that were more like drunken summer festivals?
a) There’s a super dark Christmas song called Coventry Carol with lyrics from the POV of moms singing a lullaby to their children murdered by Herod, and
b) It likely originated as a tongue-in-cheek song for medieval, multi-day passion plays that were more like drunken summer festivals?
December 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Did you know
a) There’s a super dark Christmas song called Coventry Carol with lyrics from the POV of moms singing a lullaby to their children murdered by Herod, and
b) It likely originated as a tongue-in-cheek song for medieval, multi-day passion plays that were more like drunken summer festivals?
a) There’s a super dark Christmas song called Coventry Carol with lyrics from the POV of moms singing a lullaby to their children murdered by Herod, and
b) It likely originated as a tongue-in-cheek song for medieval, multi-day passion plays that were more like drunken summer festivals?
Last folk events listing of the year for Coventry and Warwickshire. May peace and merriment prevail 🙂🎄🎶
December 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Last folk events listing of the year for Coventry and Warwickshire. May peace and merriment prevail 🙂🎄🎶
The sun will rise in #Coventry #England tomorrow at 8:13, 35 seconds later than the day before.
It will set at 15:53, 21 seconds later than the day before.
It will set at 15:53, 21 seconds later than the day before.
December 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The sun will rise in #Coventry #England tomorrow at 8:13, 35 seconds later than the day before.
It will set at 15:53, 21 seconds later than the day before.
It will set at 15:53, 21 seconds later than the day before.
🐘 Hats for Coventry fans this Christmas & Winter!
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December 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🐘 Hats for Coventry fans this Christmas & Winter!
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🚨 Get 25% OFF another hat with your purchase of a bobble!
#CCFC #PUSB
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🚨 Get 25% OFF another hat with your purchase of a bobble!
#CCFC #PUSB
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ClassicalLive
Emily Hazrati, BBC Singers & Sofi Jeannin:
🎵 Coventry Carol
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December 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ClassicalLive
Emily Hazrati, BBC Singers & Sofi Jeannin:
🎵 Coventry Carol
#BBCRadio3 #EmilyHazrati #BBCSingers #SofiJeannin
“Coventry Carol” by Emily Hazrati #nowplaying #radio3
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“Coventry Carol” by Emily Hazrati #nowplaying #radio3
BBC Radio 3
Classical Live
Now Playing
Emily Hazrati, BBC Singers & Sofi Jeannin
Coventry Carol
Classical Live
Now Playing
Emily Hazrati, BBC Singers & Sofi Jeannin
Coventry Carol
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
BBC Radio 3
Classical Live
Now Playing
Emily Hazrati, BBC Singers & Sofi Jeannin
Coventry Carol
Classical Live
Now Playing
Emily Hazrati, BBC Singers & Sofi Jeannin
Coventry Carol
Just Coventry things.
December 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Just Coventry things.
BBC Radio 3 Unwind
Mindful Mix: Peaceful Classical Sounds for Christmas
Now Playing
Trad.
Coventry Carol
Mindful Mix: Peaceful Classical Sounds for Christmas
Now Playing
Trad.
Coventry Carol
December 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
BBC Radio 3 Unwind
Mindful Mix: Peaceful Classical Sounds for Christmas
Now Playing
Trad.
Coventry Carol
Mindful Mix: Peaceful Classical Sounds for Christmas
Now Playing
Trad.
Coventry Carol
Our Harley Benton Resonator has been set up by John at Noise Works in Coventry. Nice.
Bear photo bomb…
Bear photo bomb…
December 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Our Harley Benton Resonator has been set up by John at Noise Works in Coventry. Nice.
Bear photo bomb…
Bear photo bomb…
Down the rabbit hole. This kinda reminds me of Ruby Montana's Pinto Pony ( no longer in business ) and Archie McPhee ( still doing business ) Remember Big Fun and High Tide Rock Bottom on Coventry Rd. in the groovy neighborhood. timetravelmart.com
Time Travel Mart
We are the convenience store for time travelers! All proceeds help support the free writing programs for students at 826LA.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Down the rabbit hole. This kinda reminds me of Ruby Montana's Pinto Pony ( no longer in business ) and Archie McPhee ( still doing business ) Remember Big Fun and High Tide Rock Bottom on Coventry Rd. in the groovy neighborhood. timetravelmart.com
This was the festive Home Alone-themed minigolf hole at Teezers Retro Golf course in Coventry.
We visited the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour on Easter Sunday in 2019 hamandeggerfiles.blogspot.com/2019/04/teez...
It's now a lost course.
#Minigolf #CrazyGolf #CrazyWorldOfMinigolfTour
We visited the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour on Easter Sunday in 2019 hamandeggerfiles.blogspot.com/2019/04/teez...
It's now a lost course.
#Minigolf #CrazyGolf #CrazyWorldOfMinigolfTour
December 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This was the festive Home Alone-themed minigolf hole at Teezers Retro Golf course in Coventry.
We visited the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour on Easter Sunday in 2019 hamandeggerfiles.blogspot.com/2019/04/teez...
It's now a lost course.
#Minigolf #CrazyGolf #CrazyWorldOfMinigolfTour
We visited the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour on Easter Sunday in 2019 hamandeggerfiles.blogspot.com/2019/04/teez...
It's now a lost course.
#Minigolf #CrazyGolf #CrazyWorldOfMinigolfTour
Wow, didn't even know it was around their observations of Glasgow, I'd always assumed they were talking about Coventry.
December 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Wow, didn't even know it was around their observations of Glasgow, I'd always assumed they were talking about Coventry.
Join Kaydon Gaylor from 2pm with Kaydon's Kind Of Music. It is 10 decades of music from the 1920s to the 2020s alongside your afternoon news headlines. Listen in for FREE on your bedside unit across UHCW or online on our website or the Coventry Hospital Radio App.
December 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Join Kaydon Gaylor from 2pm with Kaydon's Kind Of Music. It is 10 decades of music from the 1920s to the 2020s alongside your afternoon news headlines. Listen in for FREE on your bedside unit across UHCW or online on our website or the Coventry Hospital Radio App.
Siaradwr Cernyweg wedi sefydlu paned a sgwrs yn y Gymraeg yng Nghernyw
Dechreuodd Kim Hopewell, sy’n wreiddiol o Coventry ac wedi symud i Gernyw ddeunaw mlynedd yn ôl, ddysgu Cymraeg ar-lein gyda Phrifysgol Bangor
✍️ Rhiannon Heledd Williams
Dechreuodd Kim Hopewell, sy’n wreiddiol o Coventry ac wedi symud i Gernyw ddeunaw mlynedd yn ôl, ddysgu Cymraeg ar-lein gyda Phrifysgol Bangor
✍️ Rhiannon Heledd Williams
Siaradwr Cernyweg wedi sefydlu paned a sgwrs yn y Gymraeg yng Nghernyw
Dechreuodd Kim Hopewell, sy’n wreiddiol o Coventry ac wedi symud i Gernyw ddeunaw mlynedd yn ôl, ddysgu Cymraeg ar-lein gyda Phrifysgol Bangor
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December 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Siaradwr Cernyweg wedi sefydlu paned a sgwrs yn y Gymraeg yng Nghernyw
Dechreuodd Kim Hopewell, sy’n wreiddiol o Coventry ac wedi symud i Gernyw ddeunaw mlynedd yn ôl, ddysgu Cymraeg ar-lein gyda Phrifysgol Bangor
✍️ Rhiannon Heledd Williams
Dechreuodd Kim Hopewell, sy’n wreiddiol o Coventry ac wedi symud i Gernyw ddeunaw mlynedd yn ôl, ddysgu Cymraeg ar-lein gyda Phrifysgol Bangor
✍️ Rhiannon Heledd Williams