Falantidingdido

Out of the orient, crystal skies
A blazing star did shine,
Showing the place where poorly lies
A blessed Babe divine

The shepherds dwelling thee about,
Where they this news did know,
Came singing all even in a rout,
"Falantidingdido, falantidingdido, falantidingdido!"

1st and 6th verse of "Out of the orient, crystal skies"
William Byrd (1540 - 1623)

I was at the annual Edinburgh Renaissance Band Christmas Party and these members of the Edinburgh Early Dancers were kind enough to pose for a photo.

The band and the dancers hold a concert every year at Christmas and it's always a fun affair. The band play music from the period 1200 - 1600 on reproduction period instruments that include such wonderfully named things as sackbuts and crumhorns.