1. The hymn "Christians, Awake, Salute the Happy Morn" is often used at the start of the service at Christmas. To what rousing hymn tune with a geographical name are the words usually set?
From Quiz A Christmas Carol For You
Answer:
Yorkshire
The words of this hymn were written by John Byrom around 1750 and on the original manuscript one finds the words, "Christmas Day. For Dolly", Dolly being Byrom's daughter. By the 1760s the six verses of the hymn were set to a memorable tune from the North of England, called "Yorkshire". The other options are all Christmas connected: "St Louis" to "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "Winchester Old" to "While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night", and "Regent Square" to "Angels from the Realms of Glory".
A personal memory: my first Christmas away from home, I was in the U.K. and taken by my hosts to their local church for the midnight service, and this was the opening hymn. It is much more common in the U.K. than in America, and I had never heard it before. It was a marvellous experience, as the procession made its way around the candle-lit church to the accompaniment of this powerful tune.
(Submitted by Ampelos)