[2] It is traditionally sung to the tune "When Phoebus did rest", under which it is printed in the Pepys and Roxburgh collections and Playford’s The English Dancing Master.
[4] Traditional Elizabethan Christmas festivities alluded to in the carol include wassailing, feasting, and theatre performances.
[5] English folksinger Kate Rusby recorded the song under the title "Cold Winter" for her album The Frost Is All Over (2015).
[7] English folktronica artists Stick in the Wheel recorded the song as “Drive the Cold Winter Away” on their 2020 album Hold Fast.
The music of the carol has also been arranged by Pascale Boquet and Martin Wheeler for the main soundtrack title of the movie Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013) by French director Arnaud des Pallières.