Under The Greenwood Tree -Thomas Hardy
A Minor Masterpiece Recently heard the carol Remember Oh Thou Man performed by Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden during their excellent concert at Worthing Assembly Rooms on 13th December 2025. The audience were reminded that the carol singers in the opening chapters of Thomas Hardy's Under The Greenwood Tree or The Mellstock Quire A Rural Painting of the Dutch School trudge through the snow on Christmas Eve night to Farmer Shiner's house. They serenade the old grump with the carol Remember Oh Thou Man accompanied by some loud instrument playing. Also appears on the duos's CD Glad Christmas Comes (2023 ) with notes by Jon Boden, who advises "It is this song that is selected as their preferred weapon for waki...