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File:God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen.ogg

God_Rest_You_Merry,_Gentlemen.ogg ‎(Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 3 min 56 s, 104 kbps, file size: 2.92 MB)

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"God rest you merry, gentlemen" (or "God rest ye merry, gentlemen") is an ancient Christmas carol, believed to date from about the 15th century.

Edison Blue Amberol #3346, Edison Diamond Disc matrix #5677
Date Recording, 1917; Music, c. 15th century.
Source University of California Santa Barbara Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project (using unrestored version that no copyright is claimed upon)
Author "The Carol Singers"
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May be copyrighted in some countries 		The assets of Edison Records have been transferred to the National Park Service. These recordings may be considered public domain through the donation (this is unclear), or otherwise orphan works as copyright has not been asserted by the National Park Service or any successors to Edison Records.

Sound recordings that were first published prior to January 1, 1924 are in the public domain in the United States. For Edison Records recordings that were published before 1924 and that do not incorporate preexisting copyrighted material, the template {{PD-US-record-expired}} may be applicable.


Note: The restored MP3 versions of the recordings from the University of California Santa Barbara Library are available only under an unacceptable non-commercial license.[1] Unedited raw (.wav) versions were formerly available from that site under a dedication into the public domain; while they are no longer available, those .wav files downloaded before the change in policy (dated June 2009) can still be used freely.

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While the original file is public domain, this restorer lives in the United Kingdom, where sweat of brow is sufficient to create a new copyright. Hence:

© The copyright holder of this file, Adam Cuerden, allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the copyright holder is properly attributed. Redistribution, derivative work, commercial use, and all other use is permitted.
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All uses of this file outside of the Wikimedia Foundation must credit http://commons.wikimedia.org and Adam Cuerden.
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