Cachers Hark! Traditional Cache
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This is a short series of four caches along the River Don in Beeley Woods. If you want a longer walk, there are other caches along the path into and around Oughtibridge.
HARK, HARK! WHAT NEWS THOSE ANGELS BRING.
Hark, hark! What news those angels bring,
Glad tidings of a new-born king; (repeat)
Born of a maid, a virgin pure,
Born without sin, from guilt secure (repeat)
Hail! Mighty Prince, Eternal King,
Let Heaven and Earth rejoice and sing; (repeat)
Angels and me with one accord
Break forth in song to praise the Lord. (repeat)
Behold, He comes and leaves the skies!
Awake, ye slumbering mortals, rise! (repeat)
Awake to joy, and hail the morn,
On which the Lord, the Christ, was born. (repeat)
This is a “local” South Yorkshire carol known as Good News, Swaine Hark or Oughtibridge, sung to the tune “Oughtibridge”. Other tunes used, but with slightly different words, are “Jo Greaves” and “Tyre Mill”. (visit link)
Carols and religious songs peculiar to South Yorkshire are sung throughout the Christmas season in many of the public houses of the villages of north Sheffield ( including Worrall, Oughtibridge, Dungworth, Grenoside, Ecclesfield and Bolsterstone and, a little further afield, Handsworth). Many are sung to tunes with local names such as Oughtibridge, Stannington, Tyre Mill, Spout Cottage and Back Lane. All are sung unaccompanied or with the help of the local brass band.
So if you are visiting one of the many pubs of north Sheffield to sing local carols, make sure you sing the right version!
Parking is suggested at the end of Claywheels Lane where a metalled path starts, which is wheelchair, buggy and cycle friendly. However you will have to leave the path to find the caches.
If coming by public transport, get off the Supertram shuttle bus at Stockarth Lane and cross the road. Walk towards Oughtibridge and as the houses finish, take the steps down to the river.
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