Blog Archives

MERRY CHRISTMAS – By Des Kelly My grateful thanks to Chris Lawton, on behalf of e’Lanka, for the story behind one of most famous Carols sung during every Christmas that I can remember, from the year 1950 when I formed my own Carol party at the age of just 14, when I sang this beautiful Carol along with many others, after starting off at Lorensz Rd., Bambalapitiya, covering our local areas on foot, from dusk till dawn, for three nights from the 22nd of December. This particular Carol was always one of our favourites, but I didn’t know the actual story behind the song, so my thanks and best wishes again, to Chris. Desmond Kelly (Mr.Music) (Editor-in-Chief)  e’Lanka.   MERRY CHRISTMAS This song was written over three centuries ago by Isaac Watts in 1719. Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and ...