A Sheffield carol

On moving to Sheffield, we discovered the Sheffield carol tradition.   In Victorian times, it is said, the church decided that certain carols were no longer to be sung.   People wanted to sing them, so they started singing them in pubs instead.   This continues to this day. 

A few of the carols in the tradition do still get sung in churches, to the same tune.  Others get sung in church, but to a different tune.   

Some are sung in church but are not carols ("All hail the power of Jesu's name", for one, known in the tradition as "Diadem").  

And a lot are not sung in church at all.  Many of those have tunes composed locally and therefore named after local places - Stannington and Malin Bridge, for two.

Here is a carol from the second of those categories - While Shepherds Watched, sung to the tune Pentonville.

The video was made by University of Sheffield Concerts, and gives you some information about the tradition.   Happy Christmas!