In reply to Timmd:
I actually recorded this as part of a choir from several local schools in Holmfirth Civic Hall when I was about 5-6 years of age. Sadly when my mother died she did not seem to have the EP still which also had such classics as "Once there was a dragon.."
I also for many years went to the Rag and Louse (Officially The Fountain) at Ingbirchworth, every boxing day, where the anthem was sung in amongst Whilst Shepherds watched, to seven different tunes(It was good not to have a good memory when you were well -oiled and yet know the words). Sadly when I last went to the pub the people working there knew nothing about it.