The Polish Christmas Carol was also handed down from the days before Christ. The word “carol” comes from the old French _carole_ which was a dance, and gave its name to the song by which it was accompanied. In the pagan time there were summer carols, winter carols, Easter carols and carols that celebrated a religious winter festival. As the winter festival occurred about the same time of the year as the Nativity or birthday of the Saviour, it was celebrated in the Christian Church as Christmas. In England, the old Yule-tide of the Druids has influenced the present celebration of Christmas with its fun, festivities and Christmas trees! Throughout Germany, Christmas Carols are still sung early every Christmas morning, and many of the old hymns have thus been preserved. The Christmas Carol in France is called _Noël_ and the old English word was _Nowell_. (3) LOVE SONGS It is safe to say that there are more love songs than any other kind of folk music, and among them is some of the most beautiful music in the world. You will find charming folk love songs of every nationality on earth. Different countries have different marriage customs which give an intimate picture of the life in different periods, of countries and tribes far apart. Again we can trace forgotten relationships in like customs of bygone days. Singing and dancing are very important in all marriage celebrations, and some wedding music is of great age. In Russia, for example, the marriage customs and wedding music are very beautiful and impressive. At the same time no folk dancing is wilder or gayer than that celebrating a peasant marriage. Before going to a wedding ceremony, the Polish bride sings one particular song built on the pentatonic scale, that has probably been sung for more than two thousand years! There are other wedding ceremony songs that can be traced back almost as far. In Brittany, during the 11th and 12th centuries, the priest demanded a “nuptial song” from the newly-weds on the Sunday following the wedding, as a wedding tax! In another place the feudal lord demanded that every new bride should dance and sing before him and in return he decorated her with a bonnet of flowers. You haven’t forgotten the Indian and his love music played on the flute, have you? (4) PATRIOTIC SONGS In the recent World War, we had examples of how folk songs were made. There were popular songs like _Over There_ (George Cohan), _The Long, Long Trail_ (by Zo Elliot), _Tipperary_, _Madelon_, that were sung by millions. They were songs of the people, by the people and for the people, and no one cared who wrote them.