Some years ago I wrote a musical review, called, "Speak First, It's Your Dime, a musical adaptation of the Saint Louis Telephone book with excerpts from the Boston directory, in one act." While figuring out the music I taped all the harmonies for the show-stopper, "Broken up, Me and Ma Bell," on my dual cassette recorder. Thus was born the "Dannettes."

In 1987, after making my first harp album, the engineer offered me free studio time if he could use the results to make a Christmas tape to give his friends. The Dannettes resurfaced for this adventure, thanks to his amazing 32 track capabilities (I think we used four or five).

Here's that 1987 recording of "Glocestershire Wassail" plus another recorded at home, a 2003 redo of "Broken Up." The 2006 recording of "Twa Corbies" is a bit gross -- it's about two crows that eat a dead knight. Delicious!