In the studio album, Carols for All Seasons, Jean Ritchie includes which song that originally owns the tune Good King Wenceslas, a carol that tells the story of a bohemian king going on a journey?
Good King Wenceslas "Good King Wenceslas" is a popular Christmas carol that tells a story of a Bohemian king going on a journey and braving harsh winter weather to give alms to a poor peasant on the Feast of Stephen (December 26, the First Day of Christmas). During the journey, his page is about to give up the struggle against the cold weather, but is enabled to continue by following the king's footprints, step for step, through the deep snow. The legend is based on the life of the historical Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia or "Svatý " in Czech (907–935). The name Wenceslas is a Latinised version of the modern Czech language "Václav".
Merry Christmas (Bing Crosby album) Merry Christmas is a compilation album by Bing Crosby that was released in 1945 on Decca Records. It has remained in print through the vinyl, CD, and downloadable file eras, currently as the disc and digital album "White Christmas" on MCA Records, a part of the Universal Music Group, (reissued in June 1995) and currently on vinyl as "Merry Christmas" on Geffen Records (re-issued in September 2014). It includes Crosby's signature song "White Christmas", the best-selling single of all time with estimated sales of over 50 million copies worldwide. The album has sold over 15 million copies and is the second best-selling Christmas album of all-time behind "Elvis' Christmas Album", which has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide.