Track A2: An Appalachian carol of the late eighteen hundreds. Collected by the eminent folklorist John Jacob Niles.
Track A3: inspired by an arrangement by guitarist David Qualey.
Track A5: a nineteenth Century Ukrainian carol.
Track A6
Minstrels was inspired by St. Basil's Hymn, a traditional Greek childrens New Year's carol based upon a rendition by Malcolm Dalglish, from his album Thunderhead, on Flying Fish Records.
Track B1: composed circa 1699, the Kanon was originally an organ piece.
Track B2: an eighteenth Century English carol based upon an earlier French carol.
Track B3: composed in 1951 by Jazz trumpeter Alfred S. Burt [1921 - 1954]. Some Children See Him was one of fifteen carols written as gifts for friends. The piece was originally a song with lyrics by Wilha Hutson expressing the unconditional love of children.