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Released on Decca Records, also Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones), Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) and La Vie en rose (Louis Armstrong)
Written by [traditional], also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), Milk Cow Blues (Aerosmith) and Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) (Harry Belafonte)
Part of The Holly and the Ivy, also Child in a Manger, Quelle est cette odeur agréable? and Gabriel's Message
Written by John Rutter, also Pie Jesu (Edward Saklatvala), Requiem for chorus & orchestra: "Requiem aeternam" (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge) and The Lord Is My Shepherd (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
[traditional] wrote 6 of Choir of Clare College, Cambridge’s top 10 songs
John Rutter wrote 4 of Choir of Clare College, Cambridge’s top 10 songs
John Rutter wrote 76 songs on fono
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- John Rutter and [traditional]
- Performed by
- Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
- Part of
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Released on
- Decca Records
- Written by
- John Rutter and [traditional]
- Performed by
- Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
- Part of
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Released on
- Decca Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: [traditional]
Same writer: John Rutter
PJSame label: Decca Records
Same release: The Holly and the Ivy
Same writer: [traditional]
Same writer: John Rutter
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: The Holly and the Ivy
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Cradle Song was performed by Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Cradle Song was performed by Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Cradle Song was written by John Rutter
3MusicBrainz Cradle Song was written by [traditional]
Cradle Song was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Cradle Song is part of the release The Holly and the Ivy
Cradle Song is part of the release The Holly and the Ivy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song Cradle Song
Decca Records is the label of the song Cradle Song
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Cradle Song was released on 1989