A Collection of
Christmas Carols
selected, transcribed, and edited by
benjamin bloomfield
Sixth edition, 11 january 2016 This work is free of known copyright restrictions. Cover artwork, Song of the Angels, painted in 1881 by William-Andolphe Bouguereau; downloaded from wikipaintings.org Inside cover artwork illustrated by Arthur Hughes, as found in Christmas Carols, New and Old; downloaded from http://www.ccel.org/b/bramley/carols/jpg-hires/0001=i.jpg
preface Several years ago, I found an old collection of Christmas carols on the Internet, originally published in the late 1800s, called Christmas Carols, New and Old, the music edited by Sir John Stainer and the words by Henrey Ramsden Bramley. Just before Christmas 2010, I had this collection printed as a book through Lulu.com, and I enjoyed some of its more obscure carols enough that I thought I might combine them into a single volume containing Christmas carols from several different sources. So in early 2011, I set about creating such a book by simply taking pages from several old collections of Christmas music and combining them into a single volume. I thought briefly of taking the trouble of making new engravings of all the music, but it seemed an enormous task: though I had used a program called Lilypond to engrave music in the past, the amount of music I wanted to include would take many days of transcribing and proofreading, and it did not seem necessary at the time. I had this collection ready (and in its third edition, the first edition having been merely a draft, and the second edition lacking Gaudete) in time for Christmas 2011, but after giving a few away as Christmas gifts, I decided that the book in its current form was not ideal, and worthwhile improvements could be made by making new engravings of all the music. Thus, I have taken the trouble of transcribing everything into Lilypond for this new edition. In this way, I have also been able to add nearly 60 more songs to the collection, including a handful of Advent hymns and two songs, Ring Out Wild Bells and Auld Lang Syne, in celebration of the new year, which always begins a week after Christmas. To make the book more affordable, I have published it through CreateSpace instead of Lulu, and in hopes that others may also find it useful, I have made it available for purchase on Amazon.com, where it should be easier to find. In selecting the songs, I have tried to include all the public domain carols that are well-known, as well as those which I have found appealing. Some songs I sought out specifically, and others I had never heard before finding them in older collections while preparing the present volume, having looked through several such books, including The Cowley Carol Book (1919), The Cambridge Carol Book (1924), the aforementioned Christmas Carols, New and Old (1871), as well as the several Christmas carols found in Favorite Songs and Hymns for School and Home (1899). In a few cases I have slightly edited the music from the source arrangement, and in rarer cases I have slightly modified the text. In perhaps the rarest of cases, I have anonymously arranged a handful of the songs myself. In ordering the songs, I have attempted to interleave the more well-known songs with those tending further toward obscurity. However, the obscure carols seemed to outnumber those I expect to be well-known, which led to a section beginning not long after the middle of the book consisting entirely of carols of relative obscurity. This is followed by a handful of carols of foreign origin, which are followed by a few more carols and part songs. However, these sections are rather nebulous and songs may occasionally seem out of place within the book. In laying out the music, I have tried to avoid setting lyrics for additional verses too far below the music itself, because of the difficulty involved in continually glancing back and forth between the music and the words. Thus, some songs have the exact same music printed several times, sometimes with a chorus also doubled, though sometimes the chorus is given only once even when the verses are doubled. In a few cases I have included the original foreign-language words as well as an English translation, but in other cases this was impossible, for Bramley and Stainer, while noting which texts were translations, were not so thoughtful as to include the names of the original texts, and I have only been able to find the source texts for a few of them. There are also a few foreign-language carols for which I have not included any English translation. Benjamin Bloomfield Cincinnati, 2012
contents Ad cantus lætitiæ ..................................... 146 Adeste Fideles............................................12 All my heart this night rejoices...................64 All this night bright angels sing......................142 Alma Redemptoris Mater..........................196 Although at Yule it Bloweth Cool................79 The Angel Gabriel.....................................49 Angels from the Realms of Glory................77 Angels We Have Heard on High..................22 Angelus ad Virginem ................................. 50 As Jacob with travel was weary one day............167 As Lately We Watched................................85 As With Gladness Men of Old....................67 Auld Lang Syne ....................................... 206 Ave Jesu Deus ........................................... 121 Away in a Manger ................................. 28, 29 The Babe of Bethlehem.............................134 Behould a sely tender babe............................162 Blessed be that Maid Marie.........................99 The Boar’s Head Carol...............................76 Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella!...............48 Carol for Christmas Day...........................142 A Carol for Christmas Eve .......................... 58 Carol for Christmas Eve.............................26 Carol of the Bells......................................108 Carol of the Birds.......................................89 Carol of the Shepherds...............................54 A Child this day is born .............................. 15 Christ Was Born on Christmas Day.............36 Christians, Awake, Salute the Happy Morn..60 Christmas Bells.........................................113 Christmas Day .......................................... 84 Christmas is Coming.............................. 9, 10 A Christmas Round..................................192 Christmas Song ....................................... 164 Christmas Time is Come Again ................ 147 Chrystmasse of Olde................................144 Come All Ye Shepherds..................................54 Come Thou Long Expected Jesus..................4 Come! Tune Your Heart ........................... 126 Come Ye Lofty..........................................117 Conditor alme siderum................................9 Congaudeat turba fidelium.........................90 Corde Natus.............................................122 The Coventry Carol .............................. 62, 63 Cradle Hymn...........................................103 A Cradle-Song of the Blessed Virgin..........166 Creator alme siderum .................................. 8 Dashing through the snow.............................114 A Day, a Day of Glory...............................148 Deck the Hall...........................................112
Ding dong ding. ........................................... 33 Ding Dong Merrily on High........................32 Earth Today Rejoices................................149 Es ist ein Ros entsprungen..........................92 The first good joy that Mary had......................66 The First Noël............................................16 Flos de radice Jesse.....................................92 The Friendly Beasts ................................... 78 From Church to Church..............................91 From far away...........................................138 From Heaven High I Come to You..............76 Fum, Fum, Fum........................................176 Gaudete .................................................. 194 Glad Christmas Bells ............................... 104 Glorious, Beauteous, Golden-Bright .......... 194 Gloucestershire Wassail.............................74 God Loved the World................................135 God rest you Chrysten gentilmen...................144 God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen.................52 God’s dear Son ......................................... 132 The Golden Carol.....................................105 Good Christian Men, Rejoice ..................... 73 Good King Wenceslas .......................... 42, 43 Good people all, this Christmas time.................56 The Great God of Heaven is come down to earth.130 Hacia Belén va una burra..........................177 Hail! Holy Child, Lain In An Oxen Manger . 152 Hark! a Herald Voice is Calling .................... 6 Hark! how the bells.....................................108 Hark! the Herald Angels Sing......................18 Here we come a wassailing ............................. 75 Ho! Steward, Bid My Servants...................150 Hodie Christus natus est...............................192 The Holly and the Ivy...........................96, 97 How Great Our Joy!..................................136 Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber................103 Hymn for Christmas Day...........................40 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day ............ 89 I saw a fair Mayden syttin and sing.................186 I Saw Three Ships.......................................65 If angels sung a Savior’s birth.........................191 Il est né le divin Enfant.............................174 In Bethlehem, that noble place .................. 141 In Dulci Jubilo ................................ 70, 71, 72 In natali Domini ....................................... 44 In Terra Pax ............................................. 188 In the Bleak Midwinter.......................180, 182 The Incarnation........................................130 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly..........................173 Infant of days, yet Lord of Life ....................... 188 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear .............. 20
It was the very noon of night..........................168 Jacob’s Ladder..........................................167 Jesu, hail! O God most holy ...................... 120 Jesus in the Manger .................................. 136 Jesus our brother kind and good ...................... 78 Jesus the Light of the World........................19 Jingle Bells...............................................114 Jolly Old Saint Nicholas ............................ 116 Joseph, O Dear Joseph Mine ....................... 38 Joy to the World!....................................... 14 Kling Glöckchen......................................172 Lætentur Cæli .......................................... 183 Like silver lamps in a distant shrine.................118 Listen Lordings unto me................................26 Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming.................... 93 The Lord at first had Adam made....................58 Lullay, Thou Little Tiny Child ....................... 62 Make we joy now in this fest ...................... 153 The Manger Throne...................................118 Masters in This Hall...................................23 Methinks I see an heav’nly Host ..................... 184 Milford....................................................191 The moon shines bright.................................128 Myn Lyking ............................................. 186 New Prince, New Pompe...........................162 Noël Nouvelet.......................................... 175 Now the Holly bears a berry..........................143 O Christmas Tree.....................................110 O Come, All Ye Faithful..............................13 O Come, Divine Messiah..............................5 O Come, Little Children............................94 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel ...................... 2 O Du Fröhliche..........................................88 O Holy Night............................................80 O Little Town of Bethlehem ....................... 39 O Magnum Mysterium..............................198 O Tannenbaum.........................................111 Of the Father’s Love Begotten...................124 Oh how lovely is the evening...........................113 On Christmas Night all Christians Sing ........... 98 On Jordan’s Bank.........................................6 On the Birthday of the Lord.......................45 On the first day of Christmas..........................24 On yesternight I saw a sight............................86 Once again O blessed time............................164 Once in Royal David’s City ........................ 46 Orientis Partibus.......................................79 Past Three a Clock.....................................47 Pat-a-Pan..................................................68 Personent Hodie...............................201, 202 Puer Natus in Bethlehem .......................... 154 Puer nobis nascitur...................................158 Quem Pastores.........................................163
Ring Out, Wild Bells ........................ 203, 204 Rise Up, Shepherds, and Follow ................ 100 Riu Riu Chiu............................................178 The Sans Day Carol .................................. 143 Saw ye never in the twilight..........................107 See Amid the Winter’s Snow..........................40 The Seven Joys of Mary..............................66 Shepherds! Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep.....21 Shiloh ..................................................... 184 Should auld acquaintance be forgot................206 Silent Night...............................................35 Sleep, Holy Babe! ..................................... 101 The Son of God is born for all....................156 Still, Still, Still..........................................171 Stille Nacht...............................................34 The Story of the Shepherd.........................168 The Stranger Star ..................................... 107 The Sussex Carol........................................98 Sweet was the song the Virgin sung ........... 170 There’s a Song in the Air!............................95 There’s a star in the east ............................... 100 This Endris Night.......................................88 To us is born a little Child ......................... 159 To Us This Morn a Child is Born ............... 160 Tollite Hostias ......................................... 192 The Truth from Above..............................102 ’Twas in a Cave on Christmas Morn........... 161 ’Twas in the winter cold............................127 The Twelve Days of Christmas....................24 Unto us is born a Son ................................ 158 Up! Good Christen Folk and Listen.............33 Veni, Veni, Emmanuel.................................. 3 The Virgin and Child.................................86 The virgin stills the crying.............................166 A Virgin Unspotted ................................... 30 The Waits’ Song........................................128 Wake all music’s magic powers ........................ 84 Wake, O Wake! with Tidings Thrilling ......... 7 The Wassail Song.......................................75 Wassail, Wassail..........................................74 Watchman, Tell Us of the Night..................69 We saw a light shine out afar.........................105 We Three Kings of Orient Are...................106 We Wish You a Merry Christmas................113 The Wexford Carol .................................... 56 What Child is This?....................................41 When Angelick Host Entuned .................. 160 When Christ Was Born of Mary Free!..........17 Whence comes this rush of wings afar? .............. 89 While by the sheep we watched at night ........... 136 While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks.......55 Why Most Highest art Thou lying? ................. 136 Willie, get your little drum.............................68
2
advent
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4
ADVENT
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
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5
ADVENT
O Come, Divine Messiah Abbé Simon J. Pellegrin (1663–1745)
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6
ADVENT
On Jordan’s Bank Jordanis oras prævia, by Charles Coffin (1676–1749)
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ADVENT
Wake, O Wake! with Tidings Thrilling Wachet Auf ! by P. Nicolai (1556–1608)
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ing, ing. ing, ing! ces us,
The Bride groom comes in sight, Raise Now come, Thou pre cious Crown, Lord not give be Earth can The low
OO
O O O OO OO O
OO
8
ADVENT
Creator alme siderum O O O O O O O OO O OO O O O O O O O O O O OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO O O O O O
1. Cre á tor al me sí de rum, tér na lux cre dén ti um, Je su, Re dém ptor óm ni um, 2. Qui dæ mo nis ne fráu di bus Per í ret or bis, ím pe tu A mó ris ac tus, lán gui di 3. Com mú ne qui mun di ne fas Ut ex pi á res, ad cru cem E Vír gi nis sa crá ri o
O O OO OO O O O O O O O O O O O OO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO OO O O O OO OO OO OO O OO OO OO O OO OO OO
O O O O OO O O O O O O O O O O
O O O O O O O O O O OO OO
In tén de vo tis súp pli cum. 4. Cu jus po té stas gló ri æ, No mén que cum pri mum so nat, Mun di me dé la fac tus es. 5. Te de pre cá mur úl ti mæ Ma gnum di é i Jú di cem, In tác ta pro dis víc ti ma. 6. Vir tus, ho nor, laus, gló ri a De o Pa tri cum Fí li o,
O O O O O O O OO OO OO OO OO OO O O OO OO O O O O O O OO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
O O O OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO O OO OO OO OO O O O
Et cæ li tes et ín fe ri Tre mén te cur ván tur ge nu. Ar mis su pér næ grá ti æ De fén de nos ab hó sti bus. San cto si mul Pa rá cli to, In sæ cu ló rum sæ cu la.
O O O O OO O O O O O O O O O O
A
men.
O O O O O O O OO O O O O O O O
Creator of the Stars of Night
Translated by John Mason Neale (1818–1866)
OO
OO
O
O O
OO
O O O O
O O
O O O
OO
O O
OO
O O
O O
O OO O O O
O O
O O
O O
O O O O O O
OO
OO
OO
1. Cre tor of a the stars of night, Thy peo ple’s ev er last ing Light; 2. Thou, griev ing that the an cient curse Should doom to death a u ni verse, 3. Thou cam’st, the Bride groom of the bride, As drew the world to eve ning tide;
O O
OO
O O
OO
OO
OO
OO
OO
OO
OO
O O
O O
OO
O O
OO OO
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O O
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O O
O O
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O O
O O
O O
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Je all, And hear thy ser vants when they call. su, Re deem er, save us Hast found the med ’cine, full of grace, To save and heal a ru in’d race. Pro ceed ing from a vir gin shrine, The spot less Vic tim all di vine.
O O
O O
O O
O O
O O
ADVENT
OO
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O O
O O O O
O O
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4. At Whose dread Name, ma jes tic now, All knees must bend, all hearts must bow; 5. O Thou, Whose com ing is with dread To judge and doom the quick and dead, the Fa ther, God the Son, And God the Spi rit, Three in One, 6. To God
OO
OO OO OO
OO OO
OO OO
OO OO OO O O O
OO OO OO OO
OO
And things ce les tial Thee shall own, And things ter res trial, Lord a lone. Pre serve us, while we dwell be low, From ev ’ry in sult of the foe. A Laud, hon or, might, and glo ry be From age to age e ter nal ly.
O O
O O O O
O O O O O O
O O O O
OO O OO O
O O O O O O O O
OO
O O
men.
from Peters’ Sodality Hymn Book, 1914, via books.google.com
Conditor alme siderum Anonymous, 7th Century
1. Cón
di tor al me sí de rum,
O O O O OO OO OO O
O O OO OO OO O O OO
OO OO OO OO
tér na lux lux
O O O OO O O O
OO O O OO O O
lux
OO OO OO
Chri ste, Re dém ptor óm ni um,
Arranged by Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO O OO OO OO O
lux
O O O O O O
cre
dén ti
cre dén ti um, tium, dén
O O O O O O O O OO O O O O O
cre
cre
ti um,
dén
pre ces
OO OO OO OO
súp
Ex áu di pre ces
súp
O O O O O O O O
um,
pli
cum.
O O O O O OO OO
pli cum.
O O O O O O O OOO O O O O
Christmas is Coming
IO
Traditional
O
O
O
O O O O
Christ mas is com ing! The goose is get ting
7
old
O O man’s
hat,
III
O
O O O
Please to put a
fat;
O II
Edith Nesbitt (1858–1924)
O O O O O O O
Please to put a
O O O O
pen ny in the
old
pen ny in the
man’s
hat.
10
christmas
Christmas is Coming
Of 42 O O O
H. Walford Davies (1869–1941)
1. OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO O O OO O O O O O O O O O O O OO O O O O
Christ mas is com ing, the geese are get ting fat, Please to put a pen ny in the old man’s hat. O O O O O O O O 2 OO OO OO O O O O O O O O OO OO OO O OO OO OO OO O OO OO O 4
f
fat,
5
10
O OO O OO O O O O
old man’s hat. O O O O O O O
O O
2.
O O O O O O O O
ha’ p’ny ’ll do, O O O OO O O O
O O O O O O O OO OO O O OO OO O O O O O O
If you have n’t got a pen ny, a O O O O O O OO OO OO OO OO OO O O O
O
O O O O O O O O
ha’ p’ny ’ll do, O O O OO O O O
OO a
OO
cresc. pp ad lib O O O O OO O O O OO OO O
a ha’ p’ny ’ll do, two, O O OO OO O O OO O O O O O O O O O O OO O O O O 3
But a pen ny’s bet ter, A pen ny or two are bet ter, or
ff a tempo O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO OO OO OO OO OO OO O O O O O O O O O O O O O
three, four! Christ mas is com ing, the geese are get ting fat, Please to put a pen ny in the O O O O O O O O O O O O OO O O O O O O O OO OO O O OO OO OO OO O O O O O O O
ff fat, three! or four!
14
18
O O
mf (faster) O O O O OO OO O O O O OO OO O O O O
old man’s hat. If you have n’t got a pen ny, a mf O O OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO
O
OO OO OO OO O OO OO OO OO O
O O O O O ha’ p’ny ’lldo, Ifyou have n’t got a ha’ p’ny, a O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
christmas
22
28
p OO O O O O O O O OO O O
O O O
far thing ’ll do, If you have n’t got a far thing, O O O O O O O O O O O OO O O O
p O
bless
32
OO all
O
O
the mas
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the lit
36
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ter
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tle chil
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that round
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the ta
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the mis
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bless
God
like wise
this house,
p
11
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OO
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f
grow.
O O O O
OO OO
joy come to you, and to you your was sail too, And God bless you, and
O O O O
42
O OO O O
hap py new O O O O OO OO
OO OO
OO OO
OO OO OO OO
O OO OO OO O O O O O
year, And God send you a hap py new
OO OO
OO OO
O OO O
O O O O O OOO O O O
1.
year.
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too,
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God
tress
ble
f Quickly O
And
f OO
OO
Love
and
O O
O O
OO O O O O O O send you a
O O O O O O
O OO O 2.
Love and
Year.
O OO O
12
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Adeste Fideles John Francis Wade (1711–1786)
O = 100 OO
O
1. Ad és 2. De 3. Can 4. Er
te dé fi um de De tet nunc ‘I go qui na
OO
OO
OO
6 OO OO O OO OO
OO O
O O OO OO O O
O OO O
ní él au ti
te in Béth ví læ cæ lés la bi sit gló
OO mf Ve O
ní
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te
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ní
te
ad
ff
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ad
o
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les, o, o,’ tus
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ré
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mus,
ré
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f
ní
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te
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mus,
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te, ve tant pu tet nunc su,
ge non o ro
ló rum; fac tum. Gló ri a! fac tum.
O O O O O O OO O O O
O O
Ve
OO
te, Re gem an rum, gé ni tum So li De ni Ver bum ca
OO OO
O O
O O O O
phán tes, Ve ní lú mi ne, Ges ló rum ; Can ér na. Je
tum vi dé um ve ri a! tris æ tér
OO
o
O O O O O O
O O OO O O O
le hem; sce ra. ti um, ri a,
O
OO
O O O OO O O O
OO
from Cantus Diversi, 1751
O
from Christmas Carols and Hymns for School and Choir, 1910
O O
O O
O
O
ad
O O OO
o
O O
mi O O
O O
ré
mus,
O
num.
christmas
13
O Come, All Ye Faithful Translated by Frederick Oakley (1802–1880)
O = 100 OO
John Francis Wade (1711–1786)
O O O O O O O O
O OO
O O
O OO O O O O O O O O O O O O
O O
1. O come, all ye faith ful, Joy ful and tri um phant, O come ye, O come ye to Light Lo, He ab hors not the of 2. Light, God, of God, Sing, all ye cit i zens of 3. Sing, choirs of an gels, Sing with ex ul ta tions, sus, to Thee be Je 4. Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, Born this hap py morn ing,
7
OO OO
OO
OO O
O OO O
O O OO O
le gin’s a ry
Beth Vir heav’n glo
O OO O O O
hem; womb; bove; giv’n;
come,
O O
O O
OO
O O
OO O
come,
let
us
a
OO
OO
ff
O
O O
O
OO
us
a
O
Him,
dore
O O O
O O
O O
O O
O O
O O
OO OO
O O O let
OO O OO O O O O O O O
OO
Come and be hold Him, Born God, Be Ve got ry Glo Glo ry to God, ther, Now Word of the Fa
OO mf O O
O
OO
f
O O
O
O
come,
O
OO dore
O O
O
O
King not in flesh
O
us
Christ,
O
from Christmas Carols and Hymns for School and Choir, 1910
O O O O
O O O O
a
O O O
O O
gels; an ed: at high est; pear ing;
of cre the ap
O O O O O O
O O
Him,
O
the ten, ry in
let
O O O
OO OO
O O
O O
dore
Him,
O
the Lord!
OO
O O
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Joy to the World! Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
OO
O 42 O
O = 70
to to rules
1. Joy 2. Joy 3. He
O O
2 OO 4 6 O O
OO
ceive songs na
O
OO
OO OO
heav’n and
sing, joy, love,
O O O O
heav’n and na
the sound
O O
is ior and
O
O
come; reigns; grace
ev fields glo
heart floods, of
O O
OO OO OO OO
na ture sing,
heav’n, peat, won
O O OO O O
ture sing, joy,
O O
O O
OO
and re ders,
O O
O O O
O O
heav’n peat won
O O
And heav’n Re peat
O OO OO O O O pare hills right
O O
Him and eous
O O
peat the sound ing won ders of His sing, joy,
O
O
And Re
OO
OO
ture and na the sound ing His ders of
O O O
and
O O
OO OO OO OO OO
heav’n and na ture
O O
re their the
O O
And Re And ture ing
OO OO O OO O
OO
earth men makes
pre rocks, His
OO OO
O O
OO
O O
O OO OO O
O O
Let Let And
OO
OO
’ry and ries
O
O
the sound ing joy, ders of His love, And heav’n and na peat Re the sound
And Re And
ing
Lord Sav truth
OO
O OO O O O O O
OO
OO
O OO OO O O
15
peat
O O
peat won
O O
Let While The
OO
the the with
O O
King; ploy; prove
Re And
O
OO
O O
O O
OO OO OO OO
room, And O O
OO
O O
11
plains ness,
the world! the world! the world
her em tions
O
OO
Lowell Mason (1792–1872)
O O
O
ture na the sound ing
from Hymns of the Kingdom of God, 1910, via HymnsAndCarolsOfChristmas.com
O
sing. joy. love.
sing. joy.
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15
A Child this day is born
OO Traditional
OO
O
OO
1. A Child this 2. These tid ings 3. Then was there
O O OO
Most ’Twas Of
OO
OO
Glad
O O OO
Be
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4. They 5. All
O O OO
All With
O O
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O
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O
O O
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wor thy of a by an An gel heav en ly bright
O
OO
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tid
ings
to
O O
all
O O
O O
O O
O O
cause
O O
O O
O
the
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O
praised glo
the ry
Lord be
O O O O
O O
OO
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glo ry be in prais es and with
O O
O OO
our to
O
O O
Pa tri
O O
God God,
O O
ra dise, umph great,
O
OO
O O
O O
O O
OO
OO
OO
O O
O O
O O
This And
OO
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
may,
O O
OO O O O
our ce sit teth
O O
Christ mas
OO
O O
O O
OO
O O
OO
O O
O O
O O
heav’n ly host joy ful mel
Day.
le stial still on
OO
OO
O O
we
O O O O
sing
on
OO
a crown. and told. est sent.
OO O O O O O
O O
ings
O O
OO
O
O O
OO
born
And That
O O
O O
OO
O O
OO O O O
OO
OO
O O O O O O
Was O OO OO
O O
O O
tid
kings
OO
OO
O
O O
OO O
O O
OO
scep tre and night re vealed from the high
OO
Glad
men,
OO
OO
O
O O O O
tre,
of
OO
O O
O
King
OO
Child of high re nown; watch ing o’er their fold, host in con nent ti
A Whilst An
A scep to them That un diers, All sol
OO O
O O O
born, heard gel
day is shep herds with the An
O O
O O
OO O
Traditional
OO
do o
O O
King: high,
sing. dy.
16
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The First Noël
mf 43 OO O O Traditional
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
The They And This Then Then
3 OO O 4 6 O
first look by star en let
OO
O O
shep herds East came hem ly to
O O
O O
11
OO
OO
keep ing gave their stop His earth
OO
OO
O OO O
O O
O
O O
OO
the and of to those with
O OO
OO OO OO O
OO
OO O OO
OO O O
OO
In And To And And That
O
O OO OO O
O O
OO OO OO
O O
O O O O OO O O ff No ël, No O O O O O
OO O ël,
No
O O
OO O OO OO OO O
ël,
No
fields to seek there of hath
O O O OO
O
their sheep On a cold win ter’s great light, And it con so tent, And to fol low the in stay Right and o ver the Their and pres ence, gold His of naught, And with
OO O
OO OO OO O O
O O
say, Was to cer tain poor an gel did Star Shin ing in saw a the wise Three that same Star men Beth the North West, O’er le rev Wise men three, Full ’rent prais cord, Sing one ac es
in fields as they lay; them far, yond be far; coun try from rest, took it its bend ed knee, on Lord, our Heav en ly
OO
OO
18th Century French Melody
O O OO OO OO O
ël No up ed the light drew nigh ter’d in all us
O OO OO OO O
O O
OO
night tin ued star place myrrh Blood
O O
O O
O OO
OO
O O O
where they earth the for a King did it there fer’d made Heav’n
O O O O
O
OO that both where where and man
O O
O O
lay it was both in and
OO
OO
O OO
was day e’er Je frank kind
so deep. and night. it went. sus lay. in cense. hath bought.
OO O OO O O
O OO OO OO O O OO O O OO ël,
Born is the King of
OO OO O O O O
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
O
Is
ra
O O OO O O OO
el.
christmas
17
When Christ was born of Mary free! 15th Century Middle English Harleian Manuscript
OO OO
x
f
O O
O O OO O O
OO O O
f OO
9 OO An Who There That
O O
O ff In
OO
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gels said fore we
O O
O
O O
17
In
OO
O O
O O
ex cél
OO
O O
O
sis
O O O
O OO O OO OO O ex
O O
O O
cél
sis
OO OO OO O O O O OO OO O
O
OO O OO
Ma An save Thy
O O
OO
sang there with is God’s Son this song we may sing to
13
born of held these come to Lord, for
OO OO
OO O OO
ry gels man great
O O
O
O
O
Gló
ri
O
O
O O
a,
O O
ri
O O O
O O OO O O
glee, night, mind, ace,
“In “In “In “In
O O O
ty, that fair ci ing with great light, ture truths we find, to see Thy face,
OO
O O
O
ex ex ex ex
Gló Gló Gló Gló
ri ri ri ri
OO
OO
OO
sis
Gló
ri
cél cél cél cél
sis sis sis sis
a.” a.” a.” a.”
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O
OO OO
ex cél O O O O
In
O O
a,
O
O
O O
O O
le hem, ap pear in scrip in bliss
O O OO O O
O
O OO O O O OO O O O O O O O p
OO
O OO O O O O Gló
O O
O O
mirth and born to have in Thy sol
O O
OO
In Beth free, bright, To them As kind, grace, Grant us
OO O O
OO O O OO O O O
O O O OO O OO O OO OOO OO O O O O O O O O
O O O
O O
O
1. When Christ was Herds men be 2. is 3. The King Then dear 4.
Arranged by Sir John Stainer (1840–1901)
O O O OO O O O OO O O
OO OO O O O O
O O O O
16th Century English Tune
O O
O O O O O O O O In
O O
ex
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
cél
O O
O O
O
OO
sis
Gló
O O O O O O
a,
O O
OO O ri
a.
O O O O
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Hark! the Herald Angels Sing Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
O = 112 O
OO
OO
OO
OO
OO O O
1. Hark! the her 2. Christ, by high 3. Mild He lays
OO
OO
OO
OO
OO
OO O O
9 O O
O O
O O
O
O
O
O
OO
O O
O O
O O O O
OO
13
OO
OO OO
O O
O O
O O
OO O O
OO
O O O
OO
OO
OO
O O
OO
OO
O O
OO
17
Hark
OO
O O
O O
O O OO the
OO
O O
O O
OO
OO OO
her ald
OO
OO
O O
an gels
OO
O O
O O
O O
O O
O O
OO
OO
OO
O O O
O O
sing,
O O
O O
OO
new born King! last ing Lord; more may die,
O O
O O
OO
God and sin Off spring of Born to give
O O
OO OO
ners re con ciled.” the Vir gin’s womb. them sec ond birth.
O
O
O O
O O
O O
O
O
O
O
OO
O O
O O
OO OO OO O O
Join the tri umph of the skies; ty, Hail th’In car nate De i Light and life to all He brings,
OO O OO
OO
With th’an gel ic hosts pro claim, Pleased as Man with man to dwell, Hail, the Sun of Right eous ness!
O O O OO O
O O
“Glo ry to the Christ, the ev er Born that man no
na tions, rise; God head see; in His wings,
O O
O O
OO
and mer cy mild; be hold Him come, the sons of earth,
Joy ful all ye Veil’d in flesh the Ris’n with heal ing
ald an gels sing, est heav’n a dored; His glo ry by,
5 O
Peace on earth, Late in time Born to raise
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
OO
“Christ is born Je sus, our Hail, the heav’n
in Beth le hem.” el! Em man u born Prince of Peace!
O O
OO O OO
O O
OO OO O O
to
OO
OO
OO O O
OO OO
Glo ry
O O O O
OO
O O
O O
OO
OO
O O
O O
the new born
from Christmas Carols and Hymns for School and Choir, 1910
King.
christmas
86 OO 1. Hark! 2. Joy 3. Christ, 4. Hail!
O 6 O 8 5
OO Glo Join Christ, Hail!
O O
OO
We’ll O O
OO
Shine
O O
Jesus, the Light of the World Arranged by George D. Elderkin O O OO OO OO OO O OO OO OO OO OO O O O O O
an gels sing, Her ald Je sus, the Light of the world;
the na tions rise, ful all ye by high est heav’n a dored, the heav’n born Prince of peace,
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walk in the light, O OO OO O O O
O O
O O
born the ing eous
ry to the new the tri umph of the ev er last the sun of right
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all a round us by O OO OO OO O OO
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day
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O O O O O O OO O O O O O O
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sus, sus, sus, sus,
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Come where O O O O
OO night,
O O
the the the the
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Je Je Je Je
King, skies, Lord, ness,
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and by O O O O
O O O O OO OO O O O O O
O
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OO
OO OO OO OO
beau ti ful light, O O O O O O O O
Je sus, the Light of the world; Je sus, the Light of the world; Je sus, the Light of the world;
of of of of
Light Light Light Light
the the the the
world. world. world. world.
O OO O O O O O O O O O O O O O the dew drops of mer cy are bright, O O O O OO OO OO O O OO O O
OO OO
Je sus, O O O O
from The Finest of the Wheat No. 2, 1894
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OO
the Light
O O
O O
OO OO
of the O O O O
world.
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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Edmund H. Sears (1810–1876) (1819–1900) Richard S. Willis O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 86 OO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
1. It came up on the mid night 2. Still through the clo ven skies they 3. O ye, be neath life’s crush ing 4. For lo! the days are hast ’ning
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From an
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O O O O
O O
O O
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gels bend ing near the
clear, That glo rious song come, With peace ful wings load, Whose forms are bend By pro phet bards on,
O O
OO
OO
O O
O O
O O
“Peace on the A bove its Look now, for When Peace shall
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O
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O O
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earth, sad glad o
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good and and ver
The world in And ev er O rest be And the whole
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will low gold all
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to ly en the
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gold: world: slow! gold;
of ry and of
men From heav’n’s all plains They bend on hours Come swift ly earth cient Its an
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O
sol To emn still ness lay Ba bel sounds The o’er its side the wea ry road And world send back the song Which
O OO OO O
To earth touch their harps And still their heav’n ly mu sic floats O’er all the wea Who toil ful steps a long the climb ing way With pain When with the ev er cir cling years Comes round the age
old, furl’d; low, told,
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of un ing fore
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O O
OO
gra hov on splen
King.” wing, wing; fling,
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O O
O OO O OO O O O
O O
hear the an bless ed an hear the an now the an
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cious ’ring the dors
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Shepherds! Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep Traditional
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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O O leave to snow sor Babe
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Tid As All Of All
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OO
ff Shep herds! the cho O O OO OO
O O
OO
ings if their this in
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O O
O O
rus come
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O O
O
OO
of win bright Heav’n Him
O
OO
OO
and swell!
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O O
O O
sleep, round, new, peace, way,
Rise Lis Think Strife Seek
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O O
O
poco rit.
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Sing
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No
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O O
and ten ing and the
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a round new songs a fresh the won of ev
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great
joy chains beams Prince find
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heav’n birds stars told hope
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OO
ter’s est born shall
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gels from An Hark! how the how the See Pro phets fore the is He
sheep; sound; dew; cease; day;
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O O
Arranged by Sir John Stainer (1840–1901)
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O
sy ring a of a
drow bells burst age quick
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O O
ly ry mer shall of
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OO
ing, ing, ing, ry tion,
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O O
your the all the and
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O
off now flow’rs length up
sil mer sum now break
O O
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O O O O O
sing mak glow sto na
O
shake ven the at then
your their is row ere
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Shep herds! Hark! e how See eth Com Shep herds!
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Besançon Carol
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are were be of sal
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loud are are drous ’ry
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bring break stow Glo va
ing. ing. ing. ry. tion.
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OO
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No ël! O sing O O O O OO O O O
from Carols Old and Carols New, 1916, via HymnsAndCarolsOfChristmas.com
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Angels We Have Heard on High Les Anges dans nos Campagnes, 18th Century
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Translated by Bishop James Chadwick (1813–1882)
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OO
we have 1. An gels 2. Shep herds, why this 3. Come to Beth le 4. See Him in a
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5 OO
O O
O O
And the moun What the glad Come a dore Ma ry, Jo
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O O
O O
heard ju hem man
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18th Century French Carol
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on high, bi lee? and see ger laid,
O O
O O
O O
OO O O O O
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O O
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Ech o ing Which in spire Christ, the Lord, While our hearts
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ri mf Gló a
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plains; long? sing; praise;
their joy ous strains. your heav’n ly song? our new born King. in love we raise.
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in ex cél sis
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Sweet ly sing ing o’er the Why your joy ous songs pro an gels Him whose birth the Whom the choirs of an gels
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in tains re ply ti dings be some bend ed knee on seph, lend your aid,
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OO
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Masters in This Hall William Morris (1834–1896)
86 O O
Andante
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f
No
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Born
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sea, in,
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No
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OO
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to day hath poor
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folk
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ev no
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O O O O
cast
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ël!
No
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a down O O O O
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pray, sad!
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en are OO O
Holp
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you be
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And
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day, glad!
er I folk should
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we clear!
O
to ye
O
OO
And And
is God’s Son so dear:
O O
Arranged by Edmund Sedding (1836–1868)
ye news ters be
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O O O O
ël sing OO O
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OO
Hear Mas
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OO
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hall, Lord,
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ver come
earth
this the
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O O O O
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from o mas is
Brought Christ
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ters in is Christ,
1. Mas 2. This
5
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Marche pour les Matelots, by Marin Marais (1656–1728)
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all folk OO O
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on
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O O O O O O O O
No ël, sing we O O O O O O
OO
the proud.
O O
from The Musical times and singing-class circular, Volume 52, November 1, 1911, via books.google.com
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The Twelve Days of Christmas Traditional O O O O O O OO OO OO OO OO OO OO O OO OO O O
1. On the first day of Christ mas my true love sent to me A par OO OO OO OO O OO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
4
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2. On O O O O
tree.
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O O O O
tur tle OO OO
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O
the
O O
O O O
sec ond OO OO
O O
doves
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and a O OO O
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O
OO OO
day of OO OO
O O par
O O
OO
OO
OO
OO
O O
OO
O O O O
in a OO OO
O O
tridge
O O
O O OO OO OO O O OO
3. On the third day of Christ mas my true love sent to me 4. On the fourth day of Christ mas my true love sent to me
O O O O
O O
13
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OO OO OO
O O O O O
OO
Three French hens,
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OO
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OO OO OO O OO OO
O O O O O O
two tur tle doves, O OO OO OO O
OO OO
and a O O O O
OO
mas my true
Christ
O O
O O par
O O
O O
Traditional O O O O O O O OO O
tridge in a pear O O O OO O O O
O O O O
love sent to O OO OO
O O
me
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pear
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3 O 4 O
O O O O O O
skip to next measure Four call ing birds,
3 OO 4
O O O O O O O OO O
tridge in a pear O O O OO O O O
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tree.
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O O
5. On 6–12. On
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the the
fifth etc.
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Twelve
3 OO 4
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my
true
love
sent
to
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11.
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O O
Elev’n
O O
rings,
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and a O O O O
O O O O
pip ers OO OO
7. O O OO O O O O O O
maids a milk ing, Sev’n OO OO OO O O O O
OO OO OO OO O
tur tle doves, two O O O O OO OO
29
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measure skip toappropriate 3 O O O 4 O O O
mas
O O gold
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Christ
drum mers drum ming,
Slower
Five
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of
9. O O 8. O O O OO OO O O O
Nine la dies dan cing, Eight O O O O OO OO OO OO
5.
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21
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O O
O O O O
par
tridge
(last time rall.)
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pip
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10. O O O O
ing, Ten OO OO
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birds,
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lords
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6. O O O O O O O O O O
swans a swim ming, Six OO OO OO O O O O
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Four call ing OO O O 3
4
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me
3 4
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a leap OO OO
ing,
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geese a lay ing, OO OO OO O O
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Three
French
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O O OO O O
in a pear O O OO O O
O O
tree.
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hens,
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O O
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Carol for Christmas Eve Rev. H. R. Bramley (1833–1917) Sir Frederick A. G. Ouseley (1825–1889) OO OO OO OO O O O O O O O OO O OO 42 O O O O
O O
un to me, a tale I will you tell; Which, as on this 1. Lis ten, Lord ings, Soon a Babe from 2. In the Inn they found no room; a scan ty bed they made: O O O O O O O OO O O O O O OO O OO O 2 O O O
O O O
4
6
O O OO O O O
OO O O OO O O O O
O O O
night of glee, in Da vid’s town be Ma ry’s womb was in the man ger
O O O O O O O OO OO OO OO OO
11
O OO O
O O
OO OO
O O OO O
OO
Sing
O O
OO
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O O OO O
OO
high, sing high, sing
OO
O OO OO OO O
O
O O
O O O O O O
O O
O O O O
OO
O O
O O
O
za Jo seph came from Na reth, with He through Forth He came as light glass:
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O OO O
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OO
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OO
O OO OO O
O O
O O
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O O
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OO
low, sing low, sing
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O
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O O O O
OO
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high, sing low, sing
O O
O O
O O O O
O O OO O OO O O O O O O O O O
O O O O O
Go tell it out with speed, Cry out and shout all round a bout, That O O O O O O O O O O O O OO OO O O OO O O O O O O O O
20
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O O
O O
O
OO
Wea ry were they, nigh to death; and for a lodg ing pray’d. In the sta ble be fore their Ma ker fall. ox and ass
Ma ry that sweet maid: came to save us all.
O OO OO O
O O
fell. laid.
O O
OO
OO OO O O O
O OO O
to and fro,
OO
OO O OO OO OO OO
Christ isborn in deed. O O OO O O O
O O O
26
O
O
O
O O
christmas
O O O
O O
OO O OO
3. Shep herds lay a field that night, to 4. On ward then the An gels sped, the
O
31
man ger
bed,
OO OO O OO
36
in
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O O
OO
you a Child is born, mas ters one and all,
O OO OO O OO O OO
OO
Sing
O O
45
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O O
OO
O OO OO OO O
O
O O
O O O O O O O O O
Go tell it out with
O
O O
OO O O OO O
O OO O
OO OO
O O O O
Pur er than the At the Al tar
OO OO
OO
high, sing high, sing
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O O
down from heav’n’s high steep. wor ship low they bent.
O OO O O O O
O OO O
O O
OO
O O
O O O O
O
O O
O O OO O O O
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O
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Ti dings! Ti dings! un to you: to In the morn ing see ye mind, my
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O O
O O
O OO OO OO O
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O O O O
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO O OO
speed, Cry out and shout all round a bout, That OO OO O OO OO O OO O O OO
O O O
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
O
OO
bright er than the morn. lay with in the stall.
high, sing low, sing
O O
OO
O OO O OO OO
OO
OO
Him to find, Who
OO
OO O OO O O
O O O O O O O
drops of dew, and
27
Hosts of An gels God was in His
low, sing low, sing
O O O
OO
O OO OO O O
O OO OO OO O
O O OO OO OO O O
O O O
keep the sil ly sheep, shep herds on ward went,
O O O O O O
O
O O OO O O OO O
in their sight came
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OO OO O O O
O OO O
to and fro,
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OO O OO OO OO OO
Christ isborn in deed. O O OO O O O
O O O
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Anonymous
43 OO 1. A 2. The 3. Be
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Away In A Manger
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down where He down from the Thy ten der
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OO
down His sweet cry ing He I love me,
Je sus Laid Je sus No ev er And
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OO
in man ger, No a tle are low ing, The me, Lord Je sus, I
way cat near
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6 OO OO OO OO OO OO
James Ramsey Murray (1841–1905)
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lay, sky, care,
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O The And And
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crib for His poor ba by ask Thee to
head: makes; pray:
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O OO O O
stars love all
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O O O O
The But Close
lit lit by
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in the Thee, Lord the dear
lit tle Lord Je sus A stay by my cra dle Till take us to heav en To
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bed, wakes, stay
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tle Lord tle Lord me for
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heav ens Look’d Je sus, Look chil dren In
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O O
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O O
O O
the sleep in mor ning is live with Thee
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hay. nigh. there.
Away In A Manger
Anonymous
43
O O O O O OO OO OO O O O O O O O O O O
William Kirkpatrick (1838–1921)
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O
OO O OO OO O O O O O OO OO O O OOO O
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1. A way in a man ger, No crib for His bed, The lit tle Lord Je sus Laid down His sweet head: The 2. The cat tle are low ing, The poor ba by wakes, But lit tle Lord Je sus No cry ing He makes; I ask Thee to stay Close by me for ev er And love me, I pray: Bless 3. Be near me, Lord Je sus, I
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O OO OO OO OO OO O O O
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stars in the heav ens Look’d down where He lay, The lit tle Lord Je sus A sleep in the hay. love Thee, Lord Je sus, Look down from the sky, And stay by my cra dle Till mor ning is nigh. Thy ten der care, And take us to heav en To live with Thee there. all the dear chil dren In
OO OO O O
O OO OO OO O
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Away In A Manger
p 43 O Anonymous
Jonathan E. Spilman (1812–1896)
OO OO OO O OO OO O O
OO
OO O O
O O OO O O O O O O O O O
O O
O O O O
OO
O O OO O O
O O O O O O
O O
O O OO O O
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man ger, No crib for His bed, The lit tle Lord Je sus Laid 1. A way in a ask Thee to stay Close by me for ev er And 2. Be near me, Lord Je sus, I
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O O O O
O
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O O
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down His sweet head: The stars in the heav ens Look’d down where He lay, The love me, I pray: Bless all the dear chil dren In Thy ten der care, And
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O
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O O OO O O O O O O O
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13
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lit tle Lord Je sus A sleep in the hay. The cat tle are low ing, The poor ba by take us to heav en To live with Thee there. A way in a man ger, No crib for His
O O O OO OO O O OO O OO O
O OO OO OO OO O
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O
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wakes, But lit tle Lord Je sus No cry ing He makes; bed, The lit tle Lord Je sus Laid down His sweet head:
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26
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O
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O O
O O
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Je sus, Look down from the sky, heav ens Look’d down where He lay,
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O O
O O
a tempo OO O O O O O
love I The stars
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p OO
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Thee, Lord in the
O O O O O OO
And stay by my cra dle Till mor ning is nigh. The lit tle Lord Je sus A sleep in the hay.
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from Christmas Carols and Hymns for School and Choir, 1910
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A Virgin Unspotted 17th Century English
English
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death, ma sub took
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hell ny stance it
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ff Aye and OO OO
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Christ
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now geth might used
which to so they
we er y for
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there
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deem tax Ma sim
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be our Re be for to Jo seph and so lodg ing
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be
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Arranged by Sir John Stainer (1840–1901)
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this
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The Then Then To
King God pres teach
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christmas
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of sent ent us
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world be heav en shep herds all this
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ing brought, high, so did spy was done,
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lin en to shep herds in an gels to thence haugh ty
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Son so sweet, row to stay, did sing: ly bove, from a
young sor sweet came
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and O O
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Christ
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an With in cause that Be God be “To The great God
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sus,
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was
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swad dled her long er in talk ed and dle Who cra
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ox man ger she our Sav ior was glo ry, our all mer cy, of of
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there
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But when she had And bade them no They joy ful ly A man ger His
wrap Him was sought, lie, fields where they the sky; stand in to shun; pride for
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laid born heav peace,
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set
sor
O O O O O O O O
OO O O O OO
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
a
row
O O
born
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OO
O O OO
Him on en and
on
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OO O O
this
O O
O O
to sleep. this day. ly King.” of love.
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side,
tide.
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Ding Dong Merrily on High George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
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9
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is by your
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O
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O O
in heav’n the bells are ring stee let ple bells be swung tin chime, ye ring your ma
O O
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O
Arranged by Charles Wood (1866–1926)
riv’n with priest and eve time
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gel an peo ple song, ye
sing sung sing
ing: en. ers;
ing. en. ers.
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O O
O O
O O O O O OO O O O
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O O OO OO O O
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dong! Ve ri ly the sky o, i o, i o i beau ti ful ly rime ye
Gló Gló
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dong! mer ri ly on high so here be low, be low, ye du ti ful ly prime
1. Ding 2. E’en 3. Pray
5
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16th century French melody
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ri a, ri a,
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in in
ex ex
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sán sán
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from The Cambridge Carol Book, 1924
na na
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cél cél
sis! sis!
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33
Up! Good Christen folk and listen George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
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ding Ding a dong a ding OO O OO O OO OO O
Ding dong,
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How the mer ry God came down at
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Ding a dong OO OO O
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of
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blest
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a
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ble
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O O O O O O O O O O O O O
(’tis no
fa ble),
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ther,
church Christ
bells ring mas tide
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born King. and wide.
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Chris tus na tus
from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
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gi
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ding.
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And from stee ple bid good peo ple Come a dore the new Bring ing glad ness, chas ing sad ness, show’r ing bless ings far
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Arranged by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
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1. Up! good Chris ten folk, and list en 2. Tell the sto ry how from glo ry
O quam mundum, from Piæ Cantiones, 1582
di
e.
ne
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Stille Nacht Joseph Möhr (1792–1848)
( = 90) Tranquillo 86 OO OO OO
1. Stil le p 2. Stil le 3. Stil le O 6 O O 8 O
4
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ein kund o
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der Kna be im es von laut uns die schlägt
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lock i gen Haar, fern und nah: ret ten de Stund’.
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te hoch trau gel En em dein
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das der aus
Nur Durch Lieb’
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li ge li ge li ge
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wacht. macht, lacht
hei hei hei
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sam ge wie
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Franz Gruber (1787–1863)
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li scher ter ist er Ge
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from Christmas Carols and Hymns for School and Choir, 1910
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les ten tes
schläft; erst Sohn,
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li ge Paar. ja! le lu Mund, tlich en
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in himm li scher der Ret ter ist in dein er Ge
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35
Silent Night Translated by John Freeman Young (1820–1885)
( = 90) Tranquillo 86 OO OO OO
lent 1. Si lent p 2. Si lent 3. Si O O 6 O 8 O
4
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7
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Ho Ho Ho
night! night! night!
is bright. the sight; pure light!
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10
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in the sus,
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mf
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en ly ior is at Thy
from Christmas Carols and Hymns for School and Choir, 1910
O O
calm, quake God,
er and en a ho ly
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heav Sav Lord,
is herds of
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ten der and mild, le lu Al ia; deem ing grace,
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All Shep Son
night! night! night!
Vir stream beams
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ly ly ly
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Round Glo Ra
Ho ly In fant, so Heav’n ly hosts sing With the dawn of re
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Franz Gruber (1787–1863)
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Child, far, face,
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O O O O O O
in heav en ly the Sav ior is sus, Lord, at Thy
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peace. born! birth!
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christmas
Christ Was Born on Christmas Day John Mason Neale (1818–1866)
86 OO
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1. Christ 2. He
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Chri stus na Ex Ma ri
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di e : gi ne :
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the hol is born
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the Son, the Lord,
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ly, twine our Lord
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the by
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ry. er.
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of Ma for ev
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ly One a dor’d
the bay; to be,
ly One of Ma a dor’d for ev
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Ho all
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Ev ’ry where in good ly show; ’Tis the birth day of a King,
O O O O
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di e : The Babe, the Son, the Ho gi ne : The God, the Lord, by all
O OO OO O O OO
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Arranged chiefly by G. R. Woodward (1848–1934)
Wreathe He
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3. Let the bright red ber ries glow 4. Chris tian men, re joice and sing;
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on Christ mas Day, to set us free,
was born is born
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5
14th Century German melody, Resonet in laudibus
ry. er.
O OO OO OO OO
5. Night of sad ness: Morn O O OO OO OO O O
19
OO OO OO
of glad ness O O O O O O
O O O O O O OO OO OO OO O
Draw ing to this ho ly morn, Ve O O O O O OO O O O O O O O O O
31
O OO OO O OO
ev er more: Ev er, O O O OO O O OOO O O
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er more and ev er more. O OO O O OO O O O O
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trou bles sore, Morn of glad ness ev O O O OO OO OO O O O O OO O
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christmas
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ry ear ly, ve O O OO OO O
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ev
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Af ter ma OO OO O O
er:
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6. Mid night scarce ly pass’d and o O O O O OO OO OO O O O O
OO OO OO OO OO O
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O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO O O O O O O OO OO O
Name is this: Em man u el: As was fore told in days of old By Ga bri el. O O O O O O O O O O OO OO OO OO O OO OO O OO O O O O O O O O O O
O O O OO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO OO OO
pass’d and o ver, Draw ing to this ho ly morn, Ve ry ear ly, O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO OO OO O OO O O OO O O O O
O O
from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
ny
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ver,
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7. Sing out with bliss, His O O O O O O
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37
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37
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ve ry ear O OO OO O
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8. Mid night scarce ly
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OO O O
OO OO OO O O
ly Christ was born. O O O O O O O O
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christmas
Joseph, O Dear Joseph Mine Resonet in laudibus, 14th Century O O O O OO OO O OO OO OO O O O OO OO
Josef, Lieber Josef Mein, 16th Century
86 OO mf
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1. Jo 2. I
mf 6 OO 8
5
9
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the moth er, the moth er,
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cresc.
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le hem.
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di vine, di vine,
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In the town of O O O OO O O O
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and thine, will shine,
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the Child the Child
me rock thee rock
Help Help
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far and wide, Love’s di
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f O O
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Christ mas time, O O O O O O
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both thee on thee
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re ward pure light
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la by.
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39
O Little Town of Bethlehem
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Phillips Brooks (1835–1893)
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A While So Where Cast
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bove mor God mis out
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thy dark streets in Yet morn ning stars, O to ear may hear His No ri ty stands Where cha hear the Christ mas We
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hem, How still And gath ry, The won ly to pray py hem! De scend
lie! we see thee er’d bove, all a drous gift is giv’n! the bless ed Child, to pray; us, we
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lent stars go si thy deep and dream less sleep The by; an gels keep Their watch of won d’ring tals sleep, the love. His Heav’n. bless ings of hu man hearts The im parts to to Thee, Son the mo ther of ry cries out e mild; us ter to born in in, en Be our sin, and day.
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lit 1. O tle town of 2. For Christ is born of si lent 3. How ly, how 4. Where chil dren pure and ho ly Child of 5. O
Lewis H. Redner (1831–1908)
hopes and fears sing prais es meek souls will dark night wakes, us, come to
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shin geth com watch an
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eth er ing, ing gels
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The Pro But and The
of all the years to God the King, re ceive Him still, ry breaks, the glo a bide with us,
O O O
O O
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O
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er last ing ev ly ho claim the in this world of faith holds wide the tid ings great glad
O O O OO O
Are And The and Our
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Light; birth! sin; door, tell;
in thee to night. met peace to men on earth! in. ters dear Christ en Christ mas comes once more el! u Lord Em man
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from Christmas Carols and Hymns for School and Choir, 1910
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christmas
Hymn for Christmas Day
Edward Caswall (1814–1878)
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mid the 1. See a 2. Lo, with in a ho 3. Say, ye ly 4. “As we watched at Sa cred In fant, 5. 6. Teach, O teach us,
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Sing through all OO O OO
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win ter’s snow, man ger lies Shep herds, say, dead of night, Di vine, all ly Child, Ho
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bless ed
morn!
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sa
lem,
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from mid lone of such sweet
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from Christmas Carols, New and Old
O
earth be low, star ry skies; news to day; won drous light; love was Thine; meek and mild,
O O O O O
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O O O O
is born O O O O
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e ter the Cher ly moun the Sav a world hu mil
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Christ
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on the ful a der so
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for who your we a Thy
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us built joy saw ten Face
Born He What Lo, What By
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Sir John Goss (1800–1880)
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nal u tain ior’s as i
years. bim! steep? Birth.” this! ty!
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hap
py
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dawn!
Beth le hem.
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41
What Child is This? William C. Dix (1837–1898)
86 O O
1. What mf 2. Why 3. So O 6 O 8
O O
O O O OO O O
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16th Century English Air
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OO
O O OO
Arranged by Sir John Stainer (1840–1901)
OO OO O O OO
O
OO O O
O
O O
is sleep ing? On Ma ry’s lap Child is this, Who, laid to rest, are feed ing? such mean es tate, Where ox and ass lies He in cense, gold, and myrrh, Come peas ant, king, to own Him; bring Him in
O O
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Whom an gels greet with an thems sweet, While shep herds watch are keep ing? Good Chris tian, fear: for sin ners here lent Word is plead ing: The si The King of kings, sal va tion brings; Let lov ing hearts en throne Him.
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13
Haste, Hail, Joy,
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haste hail joy
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to bring Him laud, the Word made flesh, for Christ is born,
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The The The
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from Christmas Carols, New and Old
the the
O O
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an gels sing: me, for you: lul la by:
O OO O
O O
O O OO O O O O O O
of Babe, the Son Babe, Babe,
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this is Christ the King; Whom shep herds guard and spear, shall pierce Him through, The Cross be borne, for high The Vir gin sings her raise the song on
O O
Son Son
of of
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Ma Ma Ma
ry! ry! ry!
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Good King Wenceslas John Mason Neale (1818–1866)
Arranged by Sir John Stainer (1840–1901)
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f
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las look’d 1. Good King Wen ces er, page, and stand by 2. “Hith 3. “Bring me flesh, and bring me is dark er 4. “Sire, the night his mas ter’s steps he 5. In
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When Yon Thou Fails Heat
Tempus adest floridum, from Piæ Cantiones, 1582
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9 O O
Bright “Sire, Page “Mark There
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13
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out me, wine, now, trod,
On If Bring And Where
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the snow lay round a bout, der peas ant, who is he? will and I see him dine my heart, I know not how, ry was in the ve sod
ly shone the he lives a and mon arch my foot steps, fore, Chris tian
O O
O
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When a poor Right a gainst Thro’ the rude Thou shalt find Ye who now
OO
OO
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OO
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man the wind’s the will
O O
came for wild win bless
OO
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in est la ter’s the
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the Feast of Ste phen, thou know’st it, tell ing; me hith er; pine logs the wind blows strong er; the dint ed; snow lay
OO
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O O
O O
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Deep and crisp and Where, and what his When we bear them I can go no Which the saint had
moon that night, good league hence, forth they went, my good page, men, be sure,
O O
O
OO
Tho’ Un Forth Tread Wealth
O O
poco più lento
O O
O O
sight, Gath ’ring fence, By Saint ment And the rage Freeze thy poor, Shall your
O O
OO
O
the der they thou or
frost neath went in rank
O O
O O
O O
win Ag bit blood selves
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
OO
OO
O O
ter nes’ ter less find
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OO
e dwell thith long print
cru was the moun geth to them bold pos sess
O O
ven; ing?” er.” er.” ed;
el, tain; er; ly: ing,
fu foun weath cold bless
el. tain. er. ly.” ing.
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Good King Wenceslas John Mason Neale (1818–1866)
Tempus adest floridum, from Piæ Cantiones, 1582 Arranged by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
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Moderato
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1. Good King Wen ces las look’d 2. “Hith er, page, and stand by 3. “Bring me flesh, and bring me is dark er 4. “Sire, the night 5. In his mas ter’s steps he
O O 5
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O O
9
O O Bright “Sire, Page “Mark There
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13
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the snow lay round a bout, he? der peas ant, who is I and will see him dine my heart, I know not how, ry sod was in the ve
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O O
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ly shone the lives he a and mon arch my foot steps, fore, Chris tian
O O
O O
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OO
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When a poor Right a gainst Thro’ the rude Thou shalt find Ye who now
OO
O O
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out me, wine, now, trod,
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O O
moon that night, good league hence, forth they went, my good page, men, be sure,
O O
O O
OO
OO
OO
man the wind’s the will
came for wild win bless
in est la ter’s the
O O
O O
O O
On If Bring And Where
Feast of Ste phen, the tell ing; thou know’st it, pine logs hith er; me wind blows strong er; the snow lay the dint ed;
OO
OO O O O
OO
O O O O O
O O
O O
O O O
O O
Tho’ Un Forth Tread Wealth
O O
OO
O O
from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
ven; ing?” er.” er.” ed;
OO OO OO O
OO
the der they thou or
frost neath went in rank
O O
O O
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sight, Gath ’ring win fence, By Saint Ag ment And the bit rage Freeze thy blood poor, Shall your selves
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OO
and crisp and e and what his dwell we bear them thith no can go long the saint had print
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el, tain; er; ly: ing,
fu foun weath cold bless
el. tain. er. ly.” ing.
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In natali Domini 14th Century
Melody from Nürnberg Gesangbuch, 1544
43
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1. In 2. Nun
tá á
li vit
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3 4 9
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cum ti
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17
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tis est con cép
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lo : tem
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Additional verses OO OO
ni, lus
O
jú bi vi tá
29
3. Na 4. Chris
mi ge
OO
OO
O O
OO
OO
Et can tant na Chris ti
OO
Arranged by G.H. Palmer
præ Ma
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A Ap
Pa pá
from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
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On the Birthday of the Lord In natali Domini, 14th Century
John Bacchus Dykes (1823–1876)
Translated by Rev. H. R. Bramley (1833–1917) from Latin
f
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Birth day news an now Em day is
the good is to
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of An man Christ
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cord, fold, el, filed,
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f
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And Told He, Born
sing they them of Whom Pro the King
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God
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bear;
is
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born
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ry
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to the His to
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ff O O O O O O
ry
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pp
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
ff
O O O O
fair,
tone Birth, test, own;
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er
in sweet est the Sav ior’s at phets old Lord we and
ry them eth ry
in joy gels shep herds the an nounced by ry Ma of
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of maid en
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An To He, Born
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p
Lord told el, Child,
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to God a lone, be the joy for earth, of from His Fa ther’s Breast, to God a lone, be
O O
O O
er
3 2
Sav
ior
pure.
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Once in Royal David’s City Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895)
O = 108 O
OO
OO OO OO O OO OO
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O O
O O O O O O O O O O
O O
1. Once in roy 2. He came down 3. And, through all 4. Je sus is 5. And our eyes
O O
O Where And Love, He For
O O
O O
OO
Henry J. Gauntlett (1805–1876)
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al to His our at
Da earth won child last
O O
Ma ry With the Chris tian And He And He
O O
was poor, chil feel leads
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low God hon day own
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cat Lord and us deem
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His bed: stall; a lay; He He knew: bove: a
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O O
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Je sus mild, low ly, Lived on Mild, o be sad ness, And He To the on
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tle shed, all, of bey, o He grew; ing love;
O O O OO O O O O O
her Ba man ger for a by In a sta ble, And His cra dle was ly maid en tle arms In whose gen and help less, Tears and smiles, like us, in heav’n and gen tle Is our Lord
that moth er and mean, and dren all must eth for our His chil dren
O O OO OO OO OO O O O O O
O
OO
a vid’s cit Stood y is Who from heav en, drous child hood, He would by hood’s pat tern, Day shall see Him, Through His
a moth er laid His shel ter was and watch the low lit was tle, weak, that Child so dear
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O
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O O OO OO O OO O OO OO
her lit Child. Christ tle earth be shar place
O O OO OOOO
our Sav dient, good eth in where He
ior ho ly. He. as our glad ness. gone. is
O O OO O O OO O O O
O O O
from Christmas Carols and Hymns for School and Choir, 1910
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Past Three a Clock George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
43 OO
OO OO
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O O O O O O O
And a cold frost OO OO O O O O O O
Past three a clock,
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Bring Lead In Up,
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of how to the
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Arranged by Charles Wood (1866–1926)
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ing, Past three a
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nal Fa ther su per nal. it, Time it, and chime it. well Ca rol ling No ël. ger Laid in the man ger.
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ter th’e they rime so fore high Stran
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London Waits
5. 6. 7. 8.
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ey, Him, den Him
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from The Cambridge Carol Book, 1924
tle as gel bell ing such y lawn
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clock;
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be, eth; ces ly
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ry land fer, you,
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D.C.
and hon ey. and greet Him. with hol den. and bless Him.
O O
O O
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Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella! Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle, by Émile Blémont (1839–1927) English by Edward Cuthbert Nunn (1868–1914) Brightly
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bel a so loud is sleep tle sta
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beau ti Come let see see how
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from The Home and Community Song-Book, 1922
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lage; of the vil on a plate Some er a round, sus, ing is Je
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is ful her us make good how fast He He smiles in
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ah! toc! hush! hush!
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a torch, to the a goes there wrong is to for a ly
O O
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la! Bring ly? Who ing, It ble, Soft
O O O O O O O O
and Christ Ma is born ve ry good cakes which I Lest your noise should wak How He is white, His cheeks
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13
Arranged by Edward Cuthbert Nunn (1868–1914)
O O O O O O
a torch, Jean nette, Is goes there a knock ing is wrong when the Child ly to lit the
1. Bring 2. Who 3. It 4. Soft
7 OO
16th Century French Carol
O O
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beau ti quick ly see see how
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O Son! cheer! sleeps! dreams.
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ful your how the
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The Angel Gabriel Translated and Adapted by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924) O O O O O OO 46 O OO O O O O O O
an know gen her,
1. The 2. “For 3. Then 4. Of
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eyes hon God,” Christ
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from CyberHymnal.org
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heav thou bowed Christ,
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vored vored vored vored
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said he, shall be shall laud tian folk
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as drif ne ra be as le hem,
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high high high high
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bri el sed Mo ry meek u el,
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gel Ga a bles tle Ma Em man
Basque Carol
a! a! a! a!
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ry, told, Name.” say,
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13th Century O O O O 86 O OO O O O O OO
Angelus ad virginem Anonymous, 13th Century O O O O O O O O O OO OO O OO O O O O O O O O O OO OO O O O O O O O
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li o. fe ro. li um.
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God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen Traditional
Traditional
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Re mem ber Christ our a And laid with in cer tain to And un
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gen tle men, Let ry, This Jew ther, A Fa
rest you mer ry, Beth le hem in God our Heav’n ly
1. God 2. In 3. From
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Arranged by Sir John Stainer (1840–1901)
O O
O OO
OO
OO
O O
O O
OO
noth ing you dis bless ed Babe was bless ed An gel
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O O OO O O
ff O ti dings of com fort and joy, comfort and joy, O O O O O O O O OO OO OO OO O O O O O O O O O
O OO
O O OO OO O O O O O O
Day, Morn; same:
OO O O
OO
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O O
O O
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may, born, came;
OO
To save all from Sa tan’s pow’r When we were gone a us The which His Moth er Did noth ing take in Ma ry, in Beth le The Son of God by How that hem was born
O O
stray; scorn. Name.
O O
O O OO OO O O O O OO OO OO OO O
ti dings of com fort and joy.
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
O
4. “Fear 5. The 6. And 7. Now
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not then,” said the gel, “Let noth ing you af An shep herds at those ti dings Re joic ed much in when they came to Beth le hem Where our dear Sav ior All to the Lord sing prais es, you with in this
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fright, mind, lay, place,
gin bright, This ior Sav Of day a pure Vir is born a And ing, feed In left their flocks a tem pest, storm, and wind: on man a They found Him ger, Where ox en hay; feed in And with true love and bro ther hood Each oth er now em brace;
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O O
Him way, down, mas
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O O OO O O
ff O ti dings of com fort and joy, comfort and joy, O O O O O O OO OO OO OO OO OO OO O O O O O
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might.” find. pray. face.
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ti dings of com fort and joy.
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
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Carol of the Shepherds
O 43 O
OO OO OO OO all we we
ye were have
3 O 4
O
O
English by Eda Lou Walton (1894–1961)
1. Come, 2. As 3. Now
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shep watch found
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OO O OO OO O where a the
the great glad
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and our in
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herds ing Him
17th Century Bohemian Carol
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dis they hem
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laid; day. all!
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mayed, lay, stall,
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arms will glitt
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In Christ Christ
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O joy. come. come.
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While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
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O O
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O O
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Nahum Tate (1652–1715)
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Adapted from George F. Handel
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OO O O OO OO O O OO O OO OO OO O O O
1. While shep herds watch’d their flocks by night; All seat ed on the Da vid’s town, this day Is born of Da vid’s you, in 2. “To Babe you there shall find, To hu man view dis 3. The heav’n ly be to God on high, And to the earth be glo ry 4. “All
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an gel of the Lord came down, And glo ry shone a Sav ior, Who is Christ the Lord, And this shall be the mean ly wrapp’d in swad dling bands, And in a man ger will hence forth from heav’n to men Be gin, and nev er
ground; line, play’d, peace;
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OO O
The A All Good
OO O
round, And glo ry shone a round. sign, And this shall be the sign: laid, And in a man ger laid.” cease! Be gin, and nev er cease!”
from Sunday School Hymns No. 1, 1903, via HymnsAndCarolsOfChristmas.com
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Nahum Tate (1652–1715)
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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The “Glad A All Of Good
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Winchester Old, by George Kirbye (c. 1565–1634)
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While shep herds watch’d their “Fear not,” said he, for “To you, in Da vid’s “The heav’n ly Babe you Thus spake the ser aph, “All glo be ry to
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flocks by night, might y dread town, this day, there shall find and forth with God on high
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seat seized born hu peared to
ed their of man a the
on the ground, troub led mind; Da vid’s line, view dis play’d, shin ing throng earth be peace;
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O O
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gel of the Lord came down, And glo an ry shone a I To you tid ings of great joy bring and all man Sav Christ the Lord; And this shall be the ior, Who is mean ly wrapp’d in swad dling clothes, And in a man ger Ad dressed their joy ful an God, Who thus gels prais ing forth to Be will hence from men, heav’n gin and nev er
from Church Sunday School Hymn-Book, 1892, via HymnsAndCarolsOfChristmas.com
round, kind, sign, laid, song, cease,
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The Wexford Carol Traditional, 16th Century or earlier O O 43 O O OO O OO O OO OO OO O O OO OO O O O
1. Good peo ple all, 2. The night be fore all your songs 3. Let
3 O 4
this Christ mas time, that hap py tide, and prais es be,
O O OO O O OO
O O O
O O
OO
O O OO O OO O OO OO O
What our good God Were long time seek And ev er more,
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O O O O O O O O O O OO
O
O O O O O O O O
O O OO O OO O OO O
In As Ac
Beth le hem long fore told cord ing un
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3 O O O O O O O O O O
To God with pass: From ev ’ry mild, Was safe de
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O
be In send ing His To find a lodg ing Re mem ber Christ our
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OO O O
O O
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OO O OO O
O OO
OO OO
love this Christ mas day; door re pelled A las! a child; liv er’d of
O O O O O O O O O O OO O O OO O O
O O O O
O O
lov ed Son. in the town. Sav ior’s birth.
O O O O O OO OO OO O O
O O O O O O O O OO OO O OO
O
With Ma ry ho ly, we should pray But mark how all things came to That night the Vir gin Ma ry
bear in mind, and her guide Ma je sty;
and Con sid er well, gin The no ble Vir Un to His Heav’n ly
for us has done, ing up and down a mongst our mirth,
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
Traditional
O O O OO OO OO O OO OO O O O O O O O
OO
O OO OO OO
3
O O O O O O O O
OO OO
OO O
O
O OO O O OO O OO O O
OO OO
up on that morn, There was a bless ed Mes si ah born. ble ox ’s stall. their ref uge all Was but a hum tion for to be. to Heav’n’s de cree, Man’s sweet sal va
O O O O O O O O O O O
O
O
O O
OO
O O OO
O
O O OO O OO O O O
4. Near Beth le hem 5. With thank ful heart 6. See how the Lord
O
OO
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O O
OO
O OO OO OO OO O OO OO O
O O
O O O O OO OO OO OO O O O O
O
For At Sing
O OO O OO OO O
there you’ll find tend ing on prais es to
O O
O
O O
O O
O OO OO OO
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O OO OO O OO O OO OO OO
O O O O O O O O O O
OO
O O O O O O O O O
3 O O O O O O O O O O
“To Beth le ger He was laid, And by His gels did re joice, Well may man
O O O O O O O OO O OO O
O
O O
OO O
O
OO
O OO O
great fear.
gels did ap pear, Which put the shep herds in gels had fore told, They did our Sav ior Christ be hold. ple for man kind, To learn to bear a hum ble mind.
O O O O O O O O O OO OO O OO
“Pre pare and go,” the an gels said, With in a man If quires of An
O O
O O
O O
O O
did shep herds keep Their flocks of lambs and feed ing sheep; and joy ful mind, The shep herds went the babe to find, of Heav’n and earth, Show’d Him self low ly in His birth;
O O O O O OO O
O O O
To whom God’s an And as God’s an A sweet ex am
O O
O O
OO OO OO
O O
OO
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O OO
O O
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not a fraid hem. Be vir gin maid side the kind with heart and voice
O O O O OO OO OO OO
3
O O O O O O O O
O O O O O O
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O
A prince ly babe sweet Je sus born.” this hap py morn Who came to earth to end all strife. the Lord of Life His Son has giv’n. the God of Heav’n, That un to us
O O O O OO O O O O
O OO O O O
OO
O O O O O OO O O O O O
OO OO
from free-scores.com, with additional verses from Some Ancient Christmas Carols with the Tunes To Which They Were Formerly Sung in the West of England, 1822, via books.google.com
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A Carol for Christmas Eve
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the Scrip tures as life, E’en ed him These words the Lord did to ly there of, Then thou shalt sure
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good Chris tians
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in E den’s which in the dam he did
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first 1. The Lord at 2. And thus with in 3. “For in the day
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dise He Pa ra gar den grows To take no heed Un
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all
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clay, stay; nigh,
say. say: die.”
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should re main, To dress and keep it midst there of, Of which thou shalt not ho was wrapt in ly Law, And so
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dwell, meat, thing,
well. eat.” sin.
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live,
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to
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bore; well: came;
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deem our souls From death and hell and thrall, do the thing that’s right, do be lieve, And it hun gry souls. And such as do crave;
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re store: to tend, Lost man for ex dear Son, We are re deemed from Hell. of In keep ing the same; be ry
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re ly we tru the poor and
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is
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good ness of the Lord, Which He to man kind now is brought to pass: Chris tians, be lieve it nigh at hand, In which our Sav ior tide is
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there fore to if feed
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this
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mer cy soon He did by the death of God’s us re joice and mer
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ry
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said His own dear He Then by His mer its And when we die, in
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mark the 4. Now 5. Which prom ise now the 6. And
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all. us Son should be The Sav ior of last Shall live in heav en bright. we at we Our sure re ward shall have. heav en
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from Christmas Carols, New and Old
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Christians, Awake, Salute the Happy Morn John Byrom (1692–1763)
John Wainwright (1723–1768)
Majestically
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O O
O OO O
OO OO OO
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1. Christ ians, a wake, sa lute the hap py morn, 2. Then to the watch ful shep herds it was told, 3. He spake; and straight way the ce les tial choir
7
kind voice: fore,
13
was “Be con
O O
born; hold, spire:
Rise to a I bring good The prais es
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Of God ti dings first be gun fill’d His prom ised word, This day was their an them still, Peace up
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bove; earth: rang:
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With them the joy ful This day hath God ful God’s high est glo ry
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car nate and the Vir gin’s born a Sav ior, Christ, the earth, and un to men, good
O O
O O
the mys ter y of love, dings of a Sav ior’s birth re deem ing love they sang,
dore ti of
of an gels chant ed from a Which hosts To you and all the na tions up on And heav’n’s whole arch with al le lu ias
OO OO OO
Where on the Sav ior of man Who heard th’an gel ic her ald’s In hymns of joy, un known be
O O O O OO
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Son. Lord.” will.
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4. To Beth l’hem straight the hap py shep herds ran, 5. Let us, like these good shep herds, then em ploy 6. Then may we hope, th’an gel ic thrones a mong,
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wrought for claim the um phal
37
O O
man: joy; song;
And found, with Trace we the He, that was
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Her Son, the Sav ior in a man ger From His poor man ger to His bit ter all His glo ry shall dis A round us
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O O O O O O O O
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sto ry they pro claim, sist ed by His grace, ces sant we shall sing
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The Till Of
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To see the won der God had Our grate ful voi ces to pro To sing, re deemed, a glad tri
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laid; Cross; play;
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O O
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A mazed the won drous Tread ing His steps, as Saved by His love, in
OO OO OO OO O OO O OO O
from The English Hymnal, 1906
O O
O O
O O
O OO
liest ear her alds of the Sav ior’s man’s first heav’n ly state a gain takes an gels and of an gel men, the
O O
O O O O O O
seph and the bless ed maid, Who hath re trieved our loss, up on this joy ful day,
Jo Babe, borne
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name. place. King.
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The Coventry Carol Robert Croo, 1534
43
3 4 6
p OO OO p
Adapted and Arranged by Sir John Stainer (1840–1901)
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16th Centry English Carol
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O O
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O
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By, For Charg And
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dim.
ti whom his say
dim.
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by, lul to pre ed he ev er
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ny we own nor
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1. Lul 2. O 3. Her 4. Then
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ly, serve hath mourn
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lul this this and
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lay, sis od, woe
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child, sing, sight, sing,
By, By, All By,
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O O
lay; day; day; say;
OO by, by, chil by,
rall.
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tle how in poor
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from Christmas Carols, New and Old
Child, do, ing, Thee,
OO lay, poor men Thy
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ny we rag for
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ti may his Child,
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rall.
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The Coventry Carol Robert Croo, 1534
16th Centry English Carol
43 OO OO OO Lul ly,
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8
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1. O 2. Her 3. Then
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sing sight, sing,
lay,
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ters the is
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may his Child,
how in poor
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day; day; say;
this this and
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poor men Thy
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from ChristmasCarolMusic.org
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pre he er
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for in nor
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ling might, ing
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we rag for
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sis od, woe
Arranged by Martin Fallas Shaw (1875–1958)
whom his say
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we own nor
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lay? slay. lay.
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All my heart this night rejoices Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen, by Paul Gerhardt, 1653
Johann Georg Ebeling (1637–1676)
Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1858
1. All 2. Hark! 3. Come 4. Thee,
my a then dear
heart voice let Lord,
5
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O O
As I Soft and Here let Live to
9
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hear, sweet, all, thee,
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“Christ Breth Love But
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the air, are freed; the star on high,
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this from us with
night yon hast thee
re der en I
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born,” come; who swell
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Far and near, Doth en treat, Great and small, and with thee,
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is ren Him shall
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are that is for
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ces, ger, der; ish;
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Sweet est an “Flee from woe Kneel in awe Dy ing shall
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choirs all love thee
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joi man yon cher
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their from with with
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gel and and not
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sing grieves yearn ev
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with joy is will sure ly with hope is can al ter
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I Saw Three Ships Traditional Traditional English (Derbyshire) Briskly. O O O O 6 O O O O O O 8 O OO OO O O O O O O O O OO OO O O OO O
saw three
ships
come
in, On
Christ mas
day,
day, on Christ mas
sail ing 1. I those ships all three, On Christ mas day, on Christ mas day, 2. And what was in 3. The Vir gin Ma ry and Christ were there, On Christ mas day, on Christ mas day, 4. Pray, whith er sailed those ships all three, On Christ mas day, on Christ mas day,
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6 8
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saw three ships come sail ing in,
OO
OO OO
On And what was in those ships all three, On The Vir gin Ma ry and Christ were there, On Pray, whith er sailed those ships all three, On
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O OO
5. O they 6. 7. 8. 9.
And And And Then
all all all let
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all all all let
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sailed in the the the us
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to Beth
bells An gels souls all
on in on re
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sailed in the bells the An gels the souls us all
to on in on re
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Beth le hem, earth shall ring, Heav’n shall sing, earth shall sing, joice a main,
OO OO O O O O
OO OO OO OO OO O
mas day in the morn ing.
Christ Christ mas day in the morn ing. Christ mas day in the morn ing. Christ mas day in the morn ing.
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On Christ mas day, OO
On On On On On
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hem, earth shall ring, On Christ Heav’n shall sing, On Christ earth shall sing, On Christ a main, On Christ joice
OO
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O O
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
mas mas mas mas
day, day, day, day,
OO OO
mas mas mas mas mas
day day day day day
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O O O O O O O
on Christ mas day, on on on on
O
OO OO OO
O
Christ Christ Christ Christ
mas mas mas mas
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in the in the in the in the in the
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day, day, day, day,
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morn morn morn morn morn
ing. ing. ing. ing. ing.
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first next
1. The 2–7. The
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good good
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4 OO 1. 2. 3. 4–7.
one; two; three; four, five, etc.;
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Good Lord; And hap py may we O O O O O O O O O O OO O
her to to ble to ci to
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see see see see
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first lame blind Bi dead Cru in
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that that
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the her her her
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had, had,
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was was
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joy joy
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sus sus sus sus
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the the
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her
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Son, to go, to see, ble o’er, to life, ci fix, to heav’n,
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be; Praise Fa ther, Son, and Ho ly Ghost To all e ter ni ty. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO O O O O O O O O OO OO OO
ff
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
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As With Gladness Men of Old William C. Dix (1837–1898)
= 100 OO OO O OO
OO
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
As As As Ho In
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star man rude nar a
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Lead Him Pure Bring Thou
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Konrad Kocher (1786–1872)
O O
God, will trea star may
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with with they ly the
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glad ness joy ful of fer’d sus, Je heav’n ly
hold; bed, bare; way; light;
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ing whom and our its
may ing sures to we
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of they most ’ry try
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with to may when its
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on ward, heav’n and free from ran somed Sun which
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men steps gifts ev coun
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be ger and row ted
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we feet bring, guide, sing
beam earth sin’s souls goes
ing a al at not
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old sped rare day bright
Did To At Keep Need
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joy bend we earth Light,
they the with ly its
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more seek Thee, clouds lu
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led mer heav’n glo to
from Christmas Carols and Hymns for School and Choir, 1910
OO
guid low man in no
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its be ly are its
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ing ly ger the cre
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light, fore joy, past, Crown,
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be Thy our Thy ias
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hail’d knee ho things Joy,
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the that that us they
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bright; dore; loy, last down;
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most may our they for
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cious we with cost liest need no ev er
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Thee. seat. King. hide. King.
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Pat-a-Pan Burgundian carol, 1720
Guilló, pran ton tamborin
OO
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OO
O O O O O O O O
O O
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Aren’t they They had the Let
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When you And al As the
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fun to play up pipes to play up joy ous tune play
O O O O
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O O
O O
O O
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get your lit tle drum, Rob in, bring your flute men of old en days Gave the King of Kings man to day be come Close ly joined as flute
1. Wil lie, 2. When the 3. God and
O O
Arranged by Charles Wood (1866–1926)
O OO O
O
on? on. on!
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O O O OO O
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Music from The Cambridge Carol Book, 1924
O O
pat a pat a pat a pat a pat a pat a
O O
OO OO
one Christ Christ
O O O O O O
OO OO
O O O O
y play your fife and drum, How can an so the drums they’d play, Full of joy, on in stru ments you play, We will sing, this
OO
O O O O
O OO O O O
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Tu re lu re lu, Tu re lu re lu, Tu re lu re lu,
come. praise, drum.
and their and
pan, pan, pan,
O be mas mas
glum? Day. Day.
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Watchman, Tell Us of the Night
John Bowring (1792–1872)
O O
O O OO OO OO O
O O OO OO OO OO O O Trav ’ler, Trav ’ler, Trav ’ler,
O O
OO
O O OO O
OO O
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O O
O O OOO
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O O O
ray Watch man, does its beau teous lone Watch man, will its beams a Watch man, let thy wan d’rings cease;
O O
13
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Trav ’ler, yes, it Trav ’ler, a ges Trav ’ler, lo! the
O O
O
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brings the day, are its own; Prince of Peace,
OO
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O O
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What its signs of yet that High er For the morn ing
OO
o’er yon moun tain’s height, ness and light, bless ed dark ness takes its flight,
OO OO OO O OO
9
of the night, of the night; of the night,
O O O O OO O O
O O O O O
OO
OO OO
tell us tell us tell us
1. Watch man, 2. Watch man, 3. Watch man,
5
Aberystwyth, Joseph Parry (1841–1903)
OO
O O
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OO
OO OO OO
OO
OO O OO
prom ise are. star as cends. seems to dawn.
OO O OO
OO
OO
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See that glo ry beam ing star. Peace and truth its course por tends. Doubt and ter ror are with drawn.
O O
O O OO O O
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O
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O O O O O O O O O
hope Aught of joy or Gild the spot that gave Hie thee to thy qui
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O O OO OO OO O
Prom ised See, it Lo! the
day of bursts o’er Son of
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from ChristmasCarolMusic.org
fore tell? them birth? et home.
OO OO
Is ra all the God is
O O OO O
el. earth. come!
OOO O
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In dulci jubilo Heinrich Seuse (1300–1366)
46 O O 1. 2. 3. 4.
OO
In dul ci jú O Je su, pár O Pa tris cá U bi sunt gáu
O O
bi vu ri di
lo le, tas! a
Arranged by J.S. Bach (1685–1750)
O
Nun sing et und seid ist mir Nach Dir so ti na O lé ni Nir gend mehr denn
O O O O OO 6 OO O O OO O O OOOO O 4 5
O O
un le mir mein all en die Eng
Al Tröst wär Wo
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o, me, na; ca
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in ceps rum gis
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gré gló gáu cú
leuch Durch hat Und
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tet all er die
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O O O OO tris Prin ló Re
Won mü lor sing
So
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ser Ge ver el
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mi ri di ri
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o æ. a. a
Liegt
Wir
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præ sé Puer óp tra crí va cán
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O O O O O Al Tra Quan E
O! Te! a! da!
O O O O OO O O
pha he ta ia,
O O
O O O O
OO
O O O O O O O! Te! a! da!
et post ti wir
es me grá wär’n
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from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
O O O O
In dulci jubilo Heinrich Seuse (1300–1366) 14th century German melody O O O O O O O O O O 86 O OO O OO O OO O O O O OO O OO O OO O O O O O OO O O O O
1. 2. 3. 4.
In dul ci jú O Je su, pár O Pa tris cá U bi sunt gáu
bi vu ri di
lo le, tas! a
Now sing with hearts a For thee I long al lé na ti ni O an y place but In
O O O O O O O O O 6 O O O O O O O O OO 8
6
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11
O O
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
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præ sé Puer óp tra crí va cán
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in ceps rum gis
gré mi gló ri gáu di cú ri
o æ. a. a
Al Tra O O
pha he that that
O O O O
Like sun shine is With all Thy lov But Thou for us And there the bells
o, me, na; ca
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tris Prin ló Re
Our Com Deep There
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OO OO OO OO OO O OO OO
plea sure Lies in O blind ness stain ed Per nos No sing ing
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glow! way; tas! there?
es O! et me post Te! we were there! we were there!
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
O O
O O O O
OO
our ing hast are
O O
O O O O
Al Tra O O
pha he that that
O O
OO OO O
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O O O OO
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trea sure Ma kind ness, O gain ed Cæ ring ing In
O O O OO O O O O O
O
es et O! me post Te! we were there! we were there!
O O O O O O O O O O
from ChristmasCarolMusic.org
de light and fort my heart’s ly were we are an gels
O O
OO
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In dulci jubilo Heinrich Seuse (1300–1366)
14th century German melody
Translated by Robert Lucas de Pearsall (1795–1856)
46 OO 1. 2. 3. 4.
dul Je Pa bi
In O O U
6 OO 4 5
OO
O O OO
OO
OO
ci jú su, pár tris cá sunt gáu
O O
OO
O O
O Ma tris O Prin Cæ ló In Re
OO O
Ma tris O Prin Cæ ló In Re
O O
OO OO in ceps rum gis
gré gló gáu cú
in ceps rum gis
mi ri di ri
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mi ri di ri
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In præ sé O Puer óp nos tra crí No va cán
pi ti mi ti
o æ. a. a
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o æ. a. a
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Let us I yearn na O If
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eth Thee, ed Per ing
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O O
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Our heart’s joy re clin Hear me, I be seech Deep ly were we stain There are an gels sing
O O
lo le, tas! a
bi vu ri di
Arranged by Robert Lucas de Pearsall (1795–1856)
O
Al pha Tra he Qua lis O that
OO
OO Al pha Tra he Qua lis O that
O O
O O
O
es et me post gló ri we were
O! Te! a! there!
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es et O! me post Te! gló ri a! we were there!
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from CantateDomino.org
like pray Thou there
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show: way; tas! there?
age al ni not
O O
And My But And
o, me, na; ca;
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O O
our hom for Thee ti lé they be
O O
O
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a bright star shin ing let it reach for us hast gain the bells are ring
O O
OO OO
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es et O! me post Te! gló ri a! we were there!
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Good Christian Men, Rejoice John Mason Neale (1818–1866) 14th Century German Melody O O OO O OO O OO O O O OO OO O 86 O O O O O O O O O O O O
O O O O
joice 1. Good Chris tian men, re With heart, and soul and voice; With heart, and soul and voice; mf 2. Good Chris tian men, re joice joice With heart, and soul and voice; 3. Good Chris tian men, re O O OO OO O OO OO O O OO OO OO O OO OO O O 6 OO O O 8
5
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ye heed ye hear ye need
O O
O O O O
O O
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to what of end not fear
O O
OO
O O
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we say: less bliss: the grave:
O O
OO
O O
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Ox and ass be fore Him bow, He hath ope’d the heav’n ly door, Calls you one and calls you all,
O O
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O
Christ Christ Christ
OO
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O
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is born was born was born
OO
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to for to
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O O
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O O
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f
sus Christ sus Christ sus Christ
Je Je Je
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And He And man To gain
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O
is born was born was born
O O
is in is bless His ev
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OO OO
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to day: for this! to save!
O
the man ger now. ed ev er more. er last ing hall.
O O O O O O O O O
OO
OO
is born was born was born
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from Christmas Carols, New and Old
O O
OO
OO
O
O O
to day! for this! to save!
O O
OO
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Gloucestershire Wassail 18th Century English Allegro
43 O
OO OO OO
OO OO OO OO OO OO
O O OO
3 OO 4
OO OO O O
OO O OO O OO O O O O
O O OO
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1. Was sail, was sail all 2. So here is to Cher ry and 3. And here is to Dob bin and
7 OO OO OO OO OO
O O
ale it is brown; Our good piece of beef, A good Christ mas pie, A
O
13
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O O
OO OO
O O
18th Century English
OO
OO
OO
O OO O
O O
O O
O O
O OO
o ver the town, Our toast it is white and our to his right cheek, Pray God send our mas ter a Pray God send our mas ter a to his right eye,
OO
O O O O O O
OO OO OO OO OO O
O OO
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With the
is made of the white ma ple tree, bowl it good piece of beef that may we all see, With the good Christ mas pie that may we all see, With the
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was sail ing bowl we’ll drink un to thee. 4. And here is to Fill pail and to her left was sail ing bowl we’ll drink un to thee. 5. Come but ler, come fill us a bowl of the was sail ing bowl we’ll drink un to thee. 6. Then here’s to the maid in the li ly white
O O O
19 O O OO
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God send our mas ter a ear, Pray best, Then we hope that your soul in smock, Who tripp’d to the door and
O O OO
25 O O O O
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OO O OO O OO O O O O
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O OO OO O OO OO O O O
py New Year, A hap hap py New heav en may rest, But if you do slipp’d back the lock, Who tripp’d to the
OO
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Year as e’er he did see, With the was sail ing bowl we’ll drink un to thee. draw us a bowl of the small, Then down shall go but ler, bowl and all. door and pulled back the pin, For to let ly was these sail ers in. jol
O OO O O OO OO O
O O O O
O O
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The Wassail Song O O O O O O OO OO OO O O O O O O
17th Century English
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75
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Here we come a was sail ing
O O O O OO O O O O
O O OO 6 OO O O 8
Chorus 6 O OO OO OO OO O
wan d’ring, So to be seen. fair chil dren Whom you have seen be fore. f Love and chil dren Who wan der in the mire. O OO OO OO O OO OO OO OO OO OO
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10
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you your was sail
O O
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O O O O O
O O
O OO O
O O OO OO OO O OO
ratch ing leath er on his gol den spread it with a wise the mis tress
O O
OO
joy come to
you, And to
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O OO O
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year.
O O O OO O O O
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hap py new O O OO OO O
you a
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6 8
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20
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Additional Verses O O OO OO
O O O O O O OO O O
O O O O
send
O O
O O
OO
OO O O O O OO
OO
too, And God bless you, and
year, And God send you a hap py new
OO
A mong the leaves so green, Here we come a 1. 2. We are not dai ly beg gars That beg from door to door, But we are neigh bors’ 3. Good Mas ter and good Mis tress, As you sit by the fire, Pray think of us poor
O O
OO O O O O
17th Century English
OO O OO OO
4. We have a lit tle 5. Call up the but ler 6. Bring us out a 7. God bless the mas ter
OO
purse Made of of this house, Put ta ble And of this house, Like
O O O 6 OO OO O O O OO 8
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skin; We want some of your small change To line it well with in. ring; Let him bring us a glass of beer, The bet ter we shall sing. Bring us out a cheese, cloth; And of your Christ mas loaf. round the ta ble go. lit all the too; And tle chil That dren
O O O O OO OO O O O O
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O O
O OO OO OO
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from Christmas Carols, New and Old
O O
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From Heaven High I Come to You Martin Luther (1483–1546)
Old German Melody Attributed to Martin Luther
Translated by Catherine Winkworth (1827–1878)
O O
O O
O O OO O O O O
O O OO O O O OO O O OO O
O O
O O OO O
O
Very slow and dignified ( = 46)
OO
OO O OO
O O
OO O OO
1. From heav en high I 2. To you this night is 3. Glo ry to God in
O O
O O
OO O OO OO Glad This While
OO
Adapted by J.S. Bach (1685–1750)
OO OO OO
ti dings of great Child, of lit tle an gels sing with
OO OO O
O O
OO
OO
come to you, To bring you ti dings, strange and true. born a Child Of Ma ry, chos en Moth er mild; high est Heav’n, Who un to us His Son hath giv’n!
OO O OO O O joy I low ly pi ous
OO O OO OO O O
O O O OO O OO O OO O OO O OO OO OO
bring, Where birth, Shall mirth A
O O O O O O O OO O O O O O O O O O O O O O
O O OO OO OO O
of I now be the joy glad New Year
will of to
say and sing. all the earth. all the earth.
OO O O O O O O O OO OO OO O O O O OOOO OO
from The English Hymnal, 1906
The Boar’s Head Carol 15th Century English Traditional English O O O O O O O O OO O O O O O O O OO O O O O OO OO OO O O O O
head in hand bear I Be decked with bays and rose ma ry; 1. The boar’s f 2. The boar’s head as I un der stand Is the rar est dish in all this land, or of the King of bliss, 3. Our stew ard hath pro vid ed this In hon O O O O O OO OO OO O O OO O O O O O O O O OO OO OO OO OO O O O
O
O OO OO O
O O O O O O
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O O OO O O
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OO OO O O
O O O
ters mer ry be; Quot es And I pray you my mas us Which is thus be decked with a gay gar land, Let In Re on is, this to be serv Which day ed
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tis in ser ví re gi nén si
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des Dó mi no. O O O O O O O O
Angels, from the Realms of Glory James Montgomery (1771–1854)
O = 104
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O O O O
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Henry Smart (1813–1879)
O
O O
O O
O O
O O
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O O
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O O
O O
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all the earth, Wing your flight o’er 1. An gels, from the realms of glo ry, the field a bid ing, Watch ing o’er your flocks by night, 2. Shep herds, in vis ions beam a 3. Sa ges, leave your con tem pla tions, Bright er far; tar bend ing, Watch ing long in hope and fear, al 4. Saints be fore the
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Ye, who sang God with man Seek the great Sud den ly
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come and O O O O
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si Mes the in His na ple shall
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O OO
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O O
O O O O O O O OO O
wor ship, Wor ship Christ, the
OO
O O
O O OO OO O
OO
a tion’s sto ry, Now pro claim now re sid ing; Yon der shines sire of na tions, Ye have seen Lord, de scend ing, In His tem
OO O OO
O OO O O
and wor ship, OO OO OO
OO
O O
OO OO OO
from Christmas Carols and Hymns for School and Choir, 1910
ah’s birth; fant light; tal star; ap pear;
O O
O O
new born King. O O O O
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The Friendly Beasts Robert Davis (1881–1950)
43 O OO OO O
OO OO
OO OO
Adapted from Orientis Partibus, 12th Century French
O O
OO OO OO
O O
O O O O O O
O OO O OO O O
O O
1. Je sus, our bro ther, kind and good, Was hum bly born in a sta ble rude, And the 2. “I,” said the don key, shag gy and brown, “I car ried His Moth er up hill and down; I 3. “I,” said the cow, all white and red, “I gave Him my man ger for His bed, I
3 OO OO OO 4 9
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O O O O O O O O O O O O
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curl y with
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Orientis Partibus
Attributed to Pierre de Corbeil, Bishop of Sens (d. 1222)
12th Century French
O O OO OO O O O O O O O
OO OO OO OO OO OO
O ri én tis pár ti
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Although at Yule it Bloweth Cool George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
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And nip the nose, and numb the toes, Of out door Car ol To wish you all, both great and small, The bless ings of the Of these our lays, be stow His praise, And one day be our from The Cambridge Carol Book, 1924
sing sea guer
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O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël) Placide Cappeau (1808–1877)
Adolphe Adam (1803–1856)
Translated by John Sullivan Dwight (1813–1893)
O
Andante maestoso ( = 72)
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Christmas Day Translated by Rev. H.R. Bramley (1833–1917) from Latin Allegro vivace.
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The Virgin and Child Adapted from Thys endris nyzth, 15th Century
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Charles Steggall (1826–1905)
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on this
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5. “My Mother Mary, thine I be, 6. “Now tell me, sweetest Lord, I pray, Though I be laid in stall, Thou art my love and dear, Both lords and dukes shall worship Me, How shall I nurse Thee to Thy mind, And so shall monarchs all: And make Thee glad of cheer? Ye shall well see For all Thy will That princes three, I would fulfil, Shall come on the twelfth day: I need no more to say; Then let Me rest And for all this Upon thy breast, I will Thee kiss, And sing by by, lullay.” And sing by by, lullay,” 7. “My Mother dear, when time it be, Then take Me up aloft, And set Me up upon thy knee, And handle Me full soft; And in thy arm, Thou wilt Me warm, And keep Me night and day: And if I weep, And may not sleep, Thou sing by by, lullay.” from Christmas Carols, New and Old
To
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This Endris Night Adapted from Thys endris nyzth, 15th Century
46 O 1. 2. 3. 4.
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And “My But “Yea, And
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se se se
li ge, li ge, li ge,
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Sicilian Hymn
O OO O
Gna den bring en de Weih nachts zeit! Gna den bring en de Weih nachts zeit! Gna den bring en de Weih nachts zeit!
O OO O
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from The English Carol Book, Second Series, 1913, via HymnsAndCarolsOfChristmas.com
f
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Johannes Daniel Falk (1768–1826)
15th Century English
freu e dich, o Christ en freu e dich, o Christ en freu e dich, o Christ en
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from The Wartburg Hymnal, 1918, via HymnsAndCarolsOfChristmas.com
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heit! heit! heit!
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Carol of the Birds OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO
Bas-Quercey Carol
OO OO OO
1. Whence comes this rush of wings a far, Fol low ing straight the No ël star? us, ye birds, why come ye here, In 2. “Tell to this sta ble, poor and drear?” 3. Hark how the Green finch bears his part, Phi lo mel, too, with ten der heart, gels and shep herds, birds of the sky, Come where the Son of God doth lie; 4. An
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from Carols Old and Carols New, 1916, via HymnsAndCarolsOfChristmas.com
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
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wild and sweet the words rolled a long th’un bro is strong, and mocks hate wrong shall fail, the right voice, a chime, a chant
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re peat Of
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John Baptiste Calkin (1827–1905)
song song vail, lime,
OO OO
Of Of With Of
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peace peace peace peace peace
on on on on on
earth, earth, earth, earth, earth,
good good good good good
O O
from HymnsAndCarolsOfChristmas.com
O O
O O
O O
O O O O O O
car ols play, Chris ten dom earth,” I said, doth He sleep; night to day,
OO OO OO
O OO O
will will will will will
to to to to to
men. men. men. men. men.
O OO OO O
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Congaudeat turba fidelium Old Melody in Hypo-Dorian Mode
from an 11th Century Manuscript
46 O
O O OO O O O
1. Con 2. Ad 3. Lo 4. Ad
gáu pa que præ
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O
go cens e gno
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O O OO O O O sus gén stus
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Arranged by G. H. Palmer
O O OO O O OO
O O
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O O
O O OO O O O
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fi dit res et
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in in in in
dé án ín á
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li ge vi si
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O O OO O O O O
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cum cí dant mú cum néc
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di ne ta
Words from Piæ Cantiones, 1582
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the West: they bring, then praise,
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Es ist ein Ros entsprungen 15th Century German
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Arranged by Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
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Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming 15th Century German
Arranged by Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
Translated by Theodore Baker (1851–1934)
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There’s a Song in the Air!
43 O O O O
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Josiah G. Holland (1819–1881)
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sky! birth, pearled, song
cry! earth. world. throng.
sing, sing, sing bring,
King! King! King! King!
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The Holly and the Ivy 17th Century English
43 OO mf
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The Holly and the Ivy Old French Carol OO O OO OO OO O OO O OO O O O O O O O
and the I vy, Now both are full well grown,
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from Christmas Carols, New and Old
17th Century English
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The Sussex Carol
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Traditional English (17th century or earlier)
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1. On Christ mas night all Chris tians sing To hear the news the an gels bring. an gels bring: 2. Then why should men on earth be so sad, Since our Re deem er made us glad? made us glad?
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see the new born King. ev er more, A men.”
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Blessed be that Maid Marie 15th Century Middle English Carol, modernized
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Arranged by Charles Wood (1866–1926)
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duc ti soil and
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from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
myrrh in na tus
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Rise Up, Shepherds, and Follow Traditional
Spiritual
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lead to the place where the Sav ior’s born, get your flocks, you’ll for get your herds,
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Sleep, Holy Babe! Edward Caswall (1814–1878)
42 O O O O p 4 2 6
pp 1. 2. 3. 4.
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from Christmas Carols, New and Old
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such a place of rev ’rent awe pro there di vine ly death a lone shall
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The Truth From Above (Herefordshire Carol)
Traditional
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This is The first Then, af But they Thus we
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Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
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Sleep, my babe; thy food
Soft and Was there Yet to See the ’Twas to I could
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Cradle Hymn from Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813 O O O O O O OO O O O OO OO O O O
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is but shame Babe child, thou
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and rai ment, thy cra dle, a man ger ful sto ry, a dress ing; from dy ing, sand kiss es,
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care or was a heav’n ly Lord of mo ther’s end less fond est
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an Son fair, song won horn love
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and ed His ly my ing
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thy pay ment: All sta ble, And His Stran ger? Did they glo ry, Makes me bless ing Soothed and cry ing, That thy wish es Can to
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House and home, thy
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guard thy bed, God could be, vine ly bright! seem too hard; from the sky! ox en fed: all thy days;
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on child bear be mo near sing
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thy like the thy ther thy his
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head. thee! sight? guard. by. bed. praise!
friends pro vide; hard thy Sav ior lay: sin ners could af ford foes a bused their King; in fant, how He smiled! dear from burn ing flame, what I most de sire;
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wants soft thus an hush’d blest great
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well bed front while ho deem joys
O O
sup was their I ly er a
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Glad Christmas Bells OO OO OO OO O OO OO OO O OO OO OO OO O
43 O O Anonymous
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Glad Christ mas bells, pal ace hall No rai ment gay, Nor from a far, But Where on the hill,
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earth, stood Child night air
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tells tall lay, star still,
mu sic ceil ing there He splen did safe and
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news I bring, the prom ised King is, man ger rude His dwell ing mul ti tude, and with Him stood, ve ry sky with their cry the will to men, and peace a gain
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The Lord of life and The heav’n ly Babe to a She laid Him in bove His birth place A On wing of flame came
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and pleas ant sto ly head spread o fant Stran the in men west ward turn ed flocks were ly
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trem bling ly for Babe Di vine the in lines of flame, with tongues of fire for ev er be,
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sweet king dorn’d wise fold
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low ly birth, in a sta ble rude of moth er mild, saw pure and bright, an an gel fair
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The His A The The
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O OO OO O O
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from Franklin Square Song Collection, No. 1, 1881, via HymnsAndCarolsOfChristmas.com
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The Golden Carol of Melchior, Casper and Balthazar
Traditional
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1. We saw 2. Oh! ev
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far, a light shine out a er thought be of His Name,
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English Arranged by Sir John Stainer (1840–1901)
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On Christ mas in On Christ mas in
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the morn the morn
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Then did And may
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on bend we fall we die (when death
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ed knee, shall come,)
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O O
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the morn the morn
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ing, ing,
O O O O
O O
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And prais’d the Lord, who’d let us its dawn ing. see, His glo ry at in heav’n, our glo rious of And see Christ mas morn ing. home, That Star
OO
OO
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OO
O O
O O
O O
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from Carols Old and Carols New, 1916, via HymnsAndCarolsOfChristmas.com
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O O
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We Three Kings of Orient Are John H. Hopkins (1820–1891) John H. Hopkins (1820–1891) 83 O O O OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO O OO OO OO O OO OO OO O
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All Melchior Casper Balthazar All
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ri ent are; 1. We three kings of O Bear ing gifts we 2. Born a King on Beth le hem’s plain, Gold I bring, to 3. Frank in cense to of fer have In cense owns a I, 4. Myrrh is mine, its bit ter per fume, Breathes a life of 5. Glo rious now be hold Him a rise, King and God and
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O O O O
O O O O O O O O O O O O OO
OO OO OO OO
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tra verse a far, Field and foun tain, moor and ev er, ceas ing crown Him a gain, King for i ty nigh, Pray’r and prais ing, all men De gath er ing gloom; Sor rowing, sigh ing, bleed ing, lu ia, Al le ri fice, Al le Sac
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West
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ward lead
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a tempo
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ing, still
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pro ceed
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moun tain, Fol low ing yon der star. nev er, O ver us all to reign. rais ing Wor ship Him, God most High. dy ing, Seal’d in the stone cold tomb. lu ia, Earth to heav’n re plies.
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Star with roy
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us to Thy per OO O O O O O
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from Christmas Carols, New and Old
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ing, Guide
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O O O OO O O O O
of won der, star of night,
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fect light.
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1. Saw ye nev er Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895)
The Stranger Star OO OO OO OO OO OO O OO OO
in
2. Heard ye nev er of 3. Know ye not that low
the the ly
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in heav’n the clear Up Jour neyed on by plain He who came to light
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J. A. Shultze, 1780
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twi light, When the sun had left the sto ry, How they crossed the des ert Ba by Was the bright and Morn ing
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stars shin ing Thro’ the gloom like lov ing and moun tain, Till they found the Ho ly the Gen tiles, And the dark ened isles a
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eyes? Child? far?
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skies, wild, Star,
O O O O O O O O
So ing stran ger star, of old the wise men watch ing, Saw a blaz How they o pen’d all fant King, that In their trea sure, Kneel ing to And we too may seek His cra dle, There our hearts’ best trea sures bring,
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And they knew the King was giv en, And they fol lowed it from far. Gave the gold and fra grant in cense, Gave the myrrh in fer ing? of Love and faith and true de vo tion, For our Sav ior, God, and King.
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OO
OO
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from Favorite Songs and Hymns for School and Home, 1899, via books.google.com
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Carol of the Bells (Ukrainian Carol) Peter J. Wilhousky (1902–1978)
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Hark! how the bells,
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Christ mas is here, O O O O Ding!
Ding, O Ding!
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All seem to say,
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throw cares a way.
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words
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all
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ca rol ing.
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ev ’ry where
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of good cheer,
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rais ing the O O O O O O
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is their song.
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that
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seems to hear
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bring ing good cheer, To young and old, meek and the bold,
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sweet sil ver bells,
dong, ding, dong,
Mikola Dmytrovitch Leontovych (1877–1921)
fill
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ing the air.
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tell
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Songs
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mas!
dong, ding, dong,
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mas is here. OO OO OO
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mer ry,
dong, ding, dong,
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Their joy ful tone
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1. to ev ’ry home! Hark! how the bells, sweet sil ver bells All seems to say throw cares away.
O O O O Dong!
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mer ry Christ O O O O O Ding,
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dong, ding, dong,
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peo ple sing OO OO O O
O O O O Ding!
O O O O Dong!
O O O O Ding!
2.
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rall.
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Dong! Ding, dong, ding dong! Dong! Ding! Ding! On, Dong! on they send on with out end Their joy ful tone to ev ’ryhome.
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O from HymnsAndCarolsOfChristmas.com
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O Christmas Tree Traditional
43
Moderately
mp O
1. 2. 3. 4.
O O O O
Christ Christ Christ Christ
mp O 3 O 4
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6 O O
al ford on trust
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Christ Christ Christ Christ
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Tree! Tree! Tree! Tree!
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Tree! Tree! Tree! Tree!
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mas mas mas mas
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Christ Christ Christ Christ
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so ed ly in
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chan give bright decked
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cold and drear. great est glee! for the sight. chan ging ly.
’tis the dor un
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plea can rich
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leaves are O O
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so thou shine God
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Christ Christ Christ Christ
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mas Tree! mas Tree! mas Tree!
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chan give bright decked
But Af There’s And
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un canst so has
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when sum mer’s here, the Christ mas tree gay and bright, mit be, and faith ful
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O O
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Thy leaves are so Much plea sure thou Thy can dles shine How rich ly God
Tree! Tree! Tree! Tree!
ly green on oft en has base to sum bidst us true
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German Folk Song
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O O
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ging. me. ly. thee.
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O Tannenbaum Traditional
43 O mp
Moderately
1. O 2. O 3. O
mp O 3 O 4
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Blät fal lehr
O O
6 O O
auch Baum Mut
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Tan Tan Tan
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Tan Tan Tan
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treu kannst Kleid
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sind mir will
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wenn es schneit. hoch er freut! je der Zeit!
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treu sind dei Wie Du kannst mir sehr Dein Kleid will mich
nicht nur hat schon nung und
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German Folk Song
O O
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O O
O O
Som mer zeit, Win ter zeit ständ ig keit
Nein, Ein Gibt
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nen baum, nen baum, nen baum,
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Traditional
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O O 5
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9
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Don Fol Sing
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13
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O O O O
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Deck the Hall OO OO OO OO OO OO
the hall with the blaz ing a way the
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O O
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O O
we now our in low me we joy ous
OO OO
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O OO O
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O O
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the sea son the harp and the new, ye
O O
boughs of hol ly, Yule be fore us, old year pass es,
OO
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O O
O O
OO
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be jol ly, to join the cho rus, lads and lass es,
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ap par el; ry mea sure, to geth er,
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Troll the an cient Yule tide car ol, While I tell of Yule tide trea sure, Heed less of the wind and weath er,
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16th Century Welsh Tune
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la la la
Fa la la la la, Fa la la la la, Fa la la la la,
O O O O
O O O O OO O O O O
OO OO
OO OO OO
OO OO
Fa la la la la, Fa la la la la, Fa la la la la,
la la la
Fa la la, Fa la la, Fa la la,
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OO OO
OO OO OO
la la la, la la la, la la la,
Fa la la la la, Fa la la la la, Fa la la la la,
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O O
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la la la
O O
O O
la la la
la la la
O O
OO OO
OO O O O O
OO OO OO
la la la
la la la
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O O O O OO O O O O
OO OO OO
la la la
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la la la
la la la
O OO O
from Favorite Songs and Hymns for School and Home, 1899, via books.google.com
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la la la
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la. la. la.
la. la. la.
la. la. la.
la. la. la.
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We Wish You a Merry Christmas O O O O O O O OO O O O O O OO O O O O O O O O O O O O
Traditional
43 O mf
OO
wish bring won’t
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English Folk Song
O
O
wish you a Mer ry Christ mas, We wish you a Mer ry Christ mas, We bring us a fig gy pud ding, Oh, bring us a fig gy pud ding, Oh, won’t go un til we get some, We won’t go un til we get some, We
1, 4. We 2. Oh, 3. We
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O O OO O O O O
O O O O O O O O
you a Mer ry us a fig gy go un til we
O O O OO O O O
OO OO OO OO mp Good ti dings to O O O O O O O
O O
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O O
O O
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mas, ding, some,
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O O O O O OO O O
O O
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And a and a so
O O O O
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hap cup bring
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O O
O O O O O O O O
O O
OO O O O O O O
O O
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Fine
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New good right
Year! cheer. here.
O O
Fine
O O O O OO O OO
O O O OO O OO O O O O
you wher ev er you are; Good ti dings for Christ mas and a hap py New Year!
O O O O O O O O
Christmas Bells (Lovely Evening) Somewhat quickly
43 9
I.
O
O
Oh, how love ly
O O O O
bells are
is
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the
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ning, is
O O O O
ring ing, sweet ly
III.
ring ing! Ding,
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O O O
the
eve
dong,
II.
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O
ning, When the Christ mas
ding,
dong,
ding,
dong.
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Jingle Bells (The One Horse Open Sleigh) James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) Allegro
James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893)
O O O O O O O O O O OOO O O OO O OOO O OO OOO O O
42 O O O O O y 2 OOO 4
O OO O O OOO OOO
O O O
O O O O O O O
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thro’ the snow In a one horse o
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1. Dash ing go 2. A day or two a 3. Now the ground is white,
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14
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O
O O
O
O O
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O O O O
O’er the fields we
pen sleigh, I thought I’d take a ride, And soon Miss Fan nie it while you’re young, Take the girls to Go
OO
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O O
O O O
OOO OOO OO OO OO OOO
O
O O
OOO
O
O O O O
O Bells on bob tail ring,
O
O O O
OO
O O O
O O
O O
spi rits
go, Laugh ing all the way; Mak ing Bright Was seat ed by my side; The horse was lean and lank, Mis for tune seem’d his night, And sing this sleigh ing song; Just get a bob tailed bay, Two for ty as his
y
20
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bright; lot. speed,
O
He
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O
O O
sport to
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to to
O O O
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O O O
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song to
ride and sing A sleigh ing we got up we, a drift ed bank, And o pen sleigh And crack, you’ll take the an
O O
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to you, To For as we wan dered far and wide, What Un der a bent when the night was deep,
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tell of great ti dings strange and true, From far a way we come to forth on the floor, Stand forth on the floor.
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dim.
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and true. be tide? ing their sheep.
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pp OO OO O O O O OO OO OO O OO OO OO OO O OO O O O O O
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pp
p O O O O O O O OO O O
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sor row and
heal your teen?” Maid with out a flaw, A Babe and a His hair was white, and his hood was wide,
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Stand
with out a flaw, Babe and a Maid “In an ox stall hair was white, and his hood was wide, There was an old
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have ye seen, this night we saw, man there be side;
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dim.
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your teen?” a flaw. was wide.
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thing up on,
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we gazed this 7. And as 8. And a mar vel lous song we straight did hear, The snow in the street, and the wind on the door, News of a fair and a mar vel lous thing, 9.
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53
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lit tle One, sor row and healed our care,” ël, No ël, we sing!
our No
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Stand
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we gazed this thing And as up on, And a mar vel lous song we straight did hear, That News of a fair and a mar vel lous thing, No
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forth on the floor.
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we gazed this thing up on, Those twain knelt down to the lit tle One, And as slew our sor row and healed our care,” And a mar vel lous song we straight did hear, No ël, we sing! ël, No ël, News of afair and a mar vel lous thing,
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O
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O O O
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Those twain knelt down to the lit That slew our sor row and healed No ël, ël, No ël, No
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O O O O O O
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dim.
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tle One. our care,” we sing!
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O O
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
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In Bethlehem, that noble place James Ryman, 1492 Sir Frederick A. G. Ouseley (1825–1889) cresc. O O O O 2 O O O 4 O O O O O OO O O O O O O O OO O OO OO O OO OO O O O O
was, no ble place, As by the Pro phet said it 1. In Beth le hem, that mf 2. On Christ mas night an An gel told The shep herds watch ing by their fold, 3. The shep herds were en com passed right, A bout them shone a glo rious light, O O O O O O 2 OO OO OO OO OO O OO O O OO OO O O O O O O O O 4
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f
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Ma ry, filled with Grace, Sal vá tor Of the Vir gin hem, full nigh the wold, “Sal vá tor Beth le In “Dread ye naught,” said the An gel bright, “Sal vá tor
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ff Be we mer ry in this Fest, In quo Sal O O O OO O OO O OO O OO O OO O OO O O O O
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17
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is an
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mun di vá tor
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vá tor a Sal
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
est. est.” est.”
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fraid, For why? this shall Laid poor ly
lap, that gen tle maid: Sal The shep herds then laud ed God all, Qui
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tus tus tus
tus tus
est. est.
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Carol for Christmas Day William Austin (1587–1634) Sir Arthur S. Sullivan (1842–1900) mf OO OO OO O O OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO O O
1. All this night bright an gels sing, Nev er was such ca rol ing, Hark! a voice which 2. Wake, O earth, wake ev ’ry thing, Wake and hear the joy I bring: Wake and joy; for O O O OO mfO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO O O O O O
p cresc. 6 O O O O OO O O OO O OO O OO OO
loud ly cries, “Mor tals, mor tals, wake and all this night, Heav’n and ev ’ry twink ling
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cresc.
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p
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3. Hail! O Sun, O
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heav’n ly Pow’rs, O O O O
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Lo! to glad ness Turns your All a maz ing, Still stand
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sad ness: From the earth is ris’n a Sun, Shines all night though day gaz ing; An gels, Pow’rs, and all that be, Wake, and joy this Sun
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rise. light,
ly
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God and man, we do con fess: Hail, O Sun of ffOO OO OO OO f O O O O O O O O O O O O
from Christmas Carols, New and Old OO OO
be done.” to see.
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O O O O
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Sent in to this world by night;
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bless ed Light,
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ness!
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1. 2. 3. 4.
Now Now Now Now
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the the the the
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The Sans Day Carol O OO O O OO O O OO OO O O
bears bears bears bears
a a a a
ber ber ber ber
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Je Je Je Je
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sus sus sus sus
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white green red black
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Who was Who Who Who
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as as as as
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wrapt died died died
up on on for
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Traditional Cornish
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the the the a
milk, grass, blood, coal,
in the the us
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And And And And
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silk; Cross. Rood. all.
O O O O O O O O O O OO OO O O O OO OO OO OO O O O OO O O OO OO OO OO OO O
And Ma ry bore Je sus Christ Our Sav ior for to be; And the first tree of the green wood It O O O O O O O O O OO O O O OO O O O OO OO OO OO OO O O O O O O O O O O O OO OO O O
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15
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was the Hol ly, Hol ly, Hol ly,
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O O O O OO OO O O O O OO OO OO
And the first tree ofthe green wood It O O OO O O O OO OO OO OO O O O
from The Cornish Song Book, 1929, via HymnsAndCarolsOfChristmas.com
OO O O O O O
was the Hol ly.
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Chrystmasse of Olde O O O O O OO O O O O O OO O OO O
3 4 OO OO OO
Eugene Field (1850–1895)
1. God rest you, Chryst en gen til shep herds in ye 2. Last night ye
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4 OO
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you may be, God rest you won drous thing; Ye sky last
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on that
men, east
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ye storm y sea; ye stars did sing,
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O O O O OO
in fielde or flamed pass ing
all night
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Swiss Air
Wher ev er you may be, Wher ev er Saw ma ny a won drous thing, Saw ma ny a
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hall, bright
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10 O O OO OO OO O O OO O OO OO OO OO OO O O O O O O O O O
born, is born, That sav eth you and me, That sav eth you and me. For on this oure Kyng, Of Je sus Chryst, oure Kyng. And an gels name, ye name Of Je sus Chryst, O O O O O OO OO OO O O O OO OO OO OO OO O OO O OO OO OO O O
13 O O O O OO OO OO O O O O O O OO OO OO O O O O O
me. born oure Chryst is That sav eth you and morn to bless Of Je sus Chryst, oure Kyng. came ye name O O O O O O O O O O O OO O O O O O O O O O
OO OO OO
christmas O O O O O O O O O O OO O OO OO O
OO OO
en gen til men, Far ing wher e’er you may, ye gen til Lord That died up on ye tree, O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO OO
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3. God rest you, Chryst 4. But think ing on
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19
e’er on
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you
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may; In
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ye
tree,
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Let
no blesse troub lings
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22
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na ment no playe, in Chryst an tie;
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do and
court cease
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thou no deeds of
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145
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Far ing wher That died up
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sport, peace
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hold thou, hold
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thou thy In Pay nim lands Chryst For on this morn, oure morn, is this
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hands, thy hands From bloud y works this daye, From bloud y works this daye. In Pay nim born, is born, That sav eth you and me, That sav eth you and me. For on this O O O O OO OO OO O O O O O OO O OO OO OO OO OO OO OO O
O O O
28 O O O O O O O OO OO OO OO O O O O O OO OO O O O
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25
lands morn
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hold thou thy oure Chryst is
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hands born
From That
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bloud sav
y works this eth you and
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from Favorite Songs and Hymns for School and Home, 1899, via books.google.com
daye. me.
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146
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Ad cantus lætitiæ 13th Century Manuscript at Stuttgart
As found in Piæ Cantiones, 1582
English by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934) Alto
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O
can tus go
1. Ad 2. Na 3. Er Basso
4
di bri ti
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11
can tus go
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tus est nos
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1. Ad 2. Na 3. Er
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1. Love 2. Born 3. Where Basso
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such Ga and
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1. Love 2. Born 3. Where
as bri cho
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hope our let
and is fore
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and is fore
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fest el, ral,
as fest To bri el, E’en cho ral, Je
O
læ E cum
O
tus est nos
tí má gáu
ti nu di
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hope our let
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tri ni mi
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heav’n man sem
ly u bly
of E th’as
ly u bly
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tri ni mi
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of heav’n E man th’as sem
O
pá Dá Dó
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O
a mor san ctus dí cat
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O
ti nu di
O
O
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O
tí má gáu
Spes et Un de Be ne
O
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O
us bid doth Saint this on
day bid us do as doth Saint Dan this fes sus on
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O
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And As Bless,
rest, el, all
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in præ stra
O
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rest, el, all
O
ví dí si
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in præ stra
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the fore in
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song told ca
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song told ca
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from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
best En el As al, And
deav sev ev
deav sev ev
tat xit mul
O
O
our best En As i el tiv al, And
O
tis. stis. lo.
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do Dan fes
hó Gá cón
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such Ga and
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of by rol
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147
Christmas Time is Come Again O 43 OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO O OO O O
Christ mas plea sures bring ing; 1. Christ mas time is come a gain, 2. An gels sang; let men re ply, And chil dren join their voi ces; O O O O O O OO OO O O O O O O O 3 O O O O O O O O O 4
6
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O
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O OO O O OO O
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O
voi ces now, And Christ mas songs be sing ing. Earth and heav’n re joi ces. loud and high,
O O O O O O
11
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O O O OO OO O O O
O OO OO OO OO O OO
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Chorus
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heav en. sing ing. OO OO
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21
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the Lord
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O O
born O O
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is
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to
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God O O
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on high!
O O OO to night, O O O O
O O
one star ry night, that hap py place,
O O O O OO O O O
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O O
OO OO
the songs of
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O O O OO OO O O
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O O
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Years a go, When we reach
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Raise the cho rus
o’er Beth lem’s plains, Sang our Fa ther’s face, We shall still be
An gel bands Then, be fore
Thus the sto ry’s giv en, Joy ous prais es bring ing,
16
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O OO O O O O
Let us join our
Anonymous, 1863
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Heav’n OO
O
O
OO
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throws wide
O O
O O
O O
O O
to mor tals!
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OO
Peace, good will
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O O O O
O O O O O O
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its
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from Favorite Songs and Hymns for School and Home, 1899, via books.google.com
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por tals. OO OO
148
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A Day, a Day of Glory John Mason Neale (1818–1866)
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day, 1. A Glo 2. With 3. He comes, bar 4. Then
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up
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day a glo ry! of in ria cel sis ex His throne the man ger; the gates, that hence forth
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that tells e ri and ass the Prince
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woe! tell their mirth: shrine the stall; pas sage win,
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from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
O O
O O
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the
O O
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O O
To De this And mor tals The Prince of His rious glo
van quish’d foe! on earth: up all: gov erns en ter’d in:
our swer and hath
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O O
O OO OO O
A gainst Men an Who made A lone
est sun rise, the tri umph, His birth place, the o cean
your gates, ye Prin
O O
O
O O
O O OO OO
that ends our
Arranged by Dr. Charles Wood (1866–1926)
day A gels Arch an He comes, His None thus may
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OO
tri umph of lei e son His cour tiers, Is of rael
mer’s bright gels swell of Bread” the sky,
Old French
OO
OO
cem ber raise the wine and way a
O O
O O
OO OO
Child be O O O O
morn: horn, corn: dorn:
born!
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149
Earth Today Rejoices John Mason Neale (1818–1866)
Ave maris stella lucens, from Piæ Cantiones, 1582
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OO OO
OO OO OO O
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OO O O
O O O O O O
Arranged by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
O OO OO OO OO OO O O
OO O O O O O O O O O O
1. Earth to day re joi ces, Al le lu ia, Al le lu 2. Re con ci tion, Al le lu ia, Al le lu li a 3. Though the cold grows stron ger, Al le lu ia, Al le lu
8 O O
O O
O O
O O
OO OO OO
OO OO O O O
O O
OO OO O O
O O O O
O O O O O O
O O
Death can hurt no more; And ce les tial voi Peace that lasts for aye, Glad ness and sal va Though the world loves night, Yet the days grow lon
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14
ia, ia, ia,
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OO O OO O
OO OO OO O O OO
Sam son lays the tem ple low: War and strife are done, God and man are Sol o mon is crown’d a new: War and strife are done, God and man are Burns the Bush that is not burnt: War and strife are done, God and man are
ia, ia, ia,
ia, Tell that sin is o’er. Da vid’s sling de stroys the foe: ia, Came on Christ mas Day. Gid eon’s Fleece is wet with dew, ia, Christ is born our Light. Now the Di al’s type is learnt,
O
21
ia, ia, ia,
OOO O O
OOO O O
from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
one. one. one.
O O OO OO O O O O
150
christmas
Ho! Steward, Bid My Servants John Mason Neale (1818–1866)
O O O
stew ard, bid my shall I bid the bid in shall I
OO
O O O
OO O
OO
OO
OO
O O
OO
OO
OO
OO
For guests, my friends and With pur ple and fine If ye give him a
OO O
O O
O O
O O
O O
That, at ‘Nay, bid ‘Nay, bid
OO O OO We But But
O O
O O
O O
O O
OO
OO
OO
O O
OO
O
this bless ed me not the not hith er
O O
OO
OO
OO
may, as folk in bring me in the the go a mong
OO O O
O O
OO
O O
O O
sea no Di
neigh lin ban
O
OO
bors, en, quet,
O O
OO
O O O O O O OO old en days, Re
OO
OO
OO
O O
O O OO
OO
O O
O O
comes but he hath it shall
O O
hall; plate?’ gain?’
once a got e ne’er be
year, now; thus,
OO O OO
O O O O O O O O O O O O
O O
O O
O
OO
joice, and make good coun try man, That liv eth by the al ley And fetch La lanes, za in
O O O O O O OO
call, state, plain,
O O
O O
OO
O O
with me in and sil ver quet you a
OO
O O
OO OO
O O
OO
O O
son, Which For ble, For vès,
OO
O O
To sup With gold He’ll ban
O O
O O
OO
forth, and hith er ban quets in his it ve ry is
vants Go ble, That vès, For
ser no Di
Arranged by Charles Wood (1866–1926)
O O O OO
OO
OO
OO
OO
O
1. ‘Ho! 2. ‘Sire, 3. ‘Sire,
Ancient ecclesiastical pre-Reformation melody
cheer.’ plow.’ rus.’
christmas
O O O O
OO
O O OO O
OO
4. ‘Sire, 5. ‘And 6. ‘For
OO O His And And
OO
OO
OO
ra fleets of ca where fore seek the these, His poor er
O O
O O
‘Nay, bid ‘Man, lay in So,
O OO O O
O O
OO
OO
O O
OO
O mer rea cem
me not the to heart the this bleak De
O O
OO
OO
OO
That with the ban dog Though rich, grew poor, for When, for the sake of
OO O O
O OO O
vel poor breth
O O
OO
O O
O O
O O
O O
O O
OO
OO
OO
O O
OO
OO
OO
O O
O O
OO
OO
seas shall I bid on the the mer chant, That hath up where fore must I no turn me From ble and from rich? these be they, good stew ard, Whom God doth chief ly choose,
OO O
O O O O O
OO
OO
OO
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las, man, ren,
O
O O
O O
O O
OO
OO
OO
And right great ar go That dwells in lane and No man may dare re
O O
O O
O O
O O
O O
OO
chant, But Be son, ber, Then
O O
O O OO
OO
O O
O O
O O O O O O O O O O O O
eth with the sake. And born was in a su, poor The we wel come
from The Cambridge Carol Book, 1924
OO O OO
OO
O O
sies?’ ditch?’ fuse.
clerk, all, cheer,
O O O O O O OO O
goes to rest, And ris
O O O O O O OO
fetch the King of best good
go and cause the make we
O O
mor tal Babe Je
O O
OO
O O OO
OO
lark.’ stall. here.’
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Hail! Holy Child, Lain in an Oxen Manger George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
OO
Child, stand flute cept
O O 7
OO
OO
OO
O O
O
1. Hail! Ho ly 2. Me thinks I 3. What if my 4. Thou wilt ac
OO
O O
scorn’d at Beth le Da vid’s Son and Al to of yon earth ly things, I
OO
O O
OO
OO
Flemish, Quittez, pasteurs, vos brebis et houlette
O OO
OO OO OO
OO
O OO OO O
Lain To Break My
OO
OO
in an day in time with song, nor
hem, In win Lord: If, harp ass; What if love: And, tho’
O
O O
O O
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inn to lul la reft of coun ter
O O
O O
O
O O
dwell, by, grace, point,
wild, hand, lute ept
As I Be my
OO
ne’er make pluck’d lay,
O O
side, say, flat, make,
O O O O O O
O O O O
O O
out side as say now flat, canst make
O O a my now my
OO
from The Cambridge Carol Book, 1924
OO
to but with Thou
O O
O
stem, chord pass bove
O O O O
OO OO O O OO
fore tune art wilt
was less less a
stran ger, ty, dit fin gers, mend it,
O O
O O
O O
O O
O O
O O
O O O O OO O O
O O
O
churl ish inn best, a lul sharp, be reft false true coun
OO
Yet For The All
O
O O
side a churl ish say my best, a flat, now sharp, be make my false true
out as now canst
OO
O
O O O O
Out As Now Canst
ger, Of Je se ty, And twang the ers, Or not sur it: For Thee, a
O
O
O O OO O
side, Out say, As flat, Now Canst make,
OO OO OO OO
OO
O
ox en man Da vid’s Ci An gel sing rep re hend
ter in my in
Con strain’d, as I hear tell, Yet, Babe, Thou know’st that I if voice be Base, Or my out of joint, And where ’tis
O O O O
O OO O O
OO
Arranged by Charles Wood (1866–1926)
OO
to la of ter
O
O O
dwell. by. grace. point.
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153
Make we joy now in this fest Old English Carol
43
Chorus
Arranged by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
O O
OO
OO O
Make we joy now in this fest
O O
O O
3 4 O 43 O
Verse
O O
1. A Pa 2. A gnós 3. A so
tre cat lis
OO
OO O
In quo Chris tus na tus
OO
U o or
ni gén mne sæ tus cár
O 3 OO O O OO O O O 4 O
OO
est.
O O OO O O O
O O
O O
a be
4. Ma rí 5. O lux
OO
O O
O O O O O O
OO
OO
OO
OO
O O O O O O
O O OO
O O
O O
OO
14 4
OO
O
O O O O
O O OO
OO
OO
Of her in Beth Be side His moth
O O
O O
OO O
tre ta
con Trí
OO OO
OO OO O O
cé ni
pit, The Ho tas, He lay
OO
OO O OO O
OO
dém ptor pér num rens quod
3
4
is, Con sors pa free, Gló ri a
OO OO
from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
O O
gén ti pród i pól lu
um. ens. it.
O O
OO
ly Ghost be tween
O O O O
OO OO
O O O OO O O O O
OO
lem born He er maid en
O O OO O
OO O
3 4
through a maid en come to us: i tus Is bright star made three kings to come, cu lum, A di ne So might y a Lord is none as He;
OO ven á
ia.
OO O
Sing we of Him and say Wel come, Ve ni, Re Him for to seek with their pre sen’s, Ver bum su And to our kind He hath Him knit, A dam pa
O O
E
OO
OO O
OO
OOOO OO
14 4
OO OO
Fine.
was ay an ox
O O OO
tér ni Ti bi,
OO
her with, and ass,
O O
O O
lú mi Dó mi
O O O OO O O
OO
D.C. nis. ne.
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christmas
Puer natus in Bethlehem (A Babe is Born in Bethlehem) 14th century or earlier
43 O 1. 2. 3. 4.
Pu As Per De
er súm Ga ma
OO
Un Ver Vir Si
O
de bum go ne
gau Pa con vi
O O
O
De Pec Pro Qui
O
OO
OO
in Béth nem hó lis nún tus vír
tus car é na
O O OO
det Je tris al cé pit rí li
OO
rú tís Fí sé
ser pén ne no spon sus cet in
OO
sa si li mi
O O
lem, mi, um, ne,
hem, nis, um, ne,
tis bis de præ
OO OO
OO
OO
O O
OO
OO
Al Al Al Al
le le le le
Al Al Al Al
le le le le
O
O
OO vúl sí thá sé
O O
O
O
nos tro ve nit sán gui ne, cá to sed dis sí mi lis, cés sit ma tris ú te ro, re gnat si ne tér mi no.
O O
le mi ti gi
OO
OO
OO
O
O
OO
na psit bri tre
OO
ne 5. Si car 6. In 7. Tam quam ja 8. Hic
OO
OO
O
3 O 4
From Piæ Cantiones*, 1582
ne mi la pi
re, lis, mo, o,
OO
Al Al Al Al
O
le le le le
lú lú lú lú
O O O
O O
OO
Al Al Al Al
le le le le
O
O
ia. ia. ia. ia.
O O
O O
O
OO
OO
OO
lú lú lú lú
O O
OO lú lú lú lú
O O
ia. ia. ia. ia.
ia. ia. ia. ia.
OO
O
O O
OO
lú lú lú lú
O O
ia. ia. ia. ia.
christmas
O 9. Co 10. Et 11. Ma
OO
gnó án gi
vit ge de
O
OO bos lus lon
OO
O
O O
á tó vé
et pas ge
O O
O
OO
OO si ri ni
OO
OO
OO
O 12. In 13. In 14. Lau
trán hoc dé
OO
OO
O
O O
Na tum sa Be ne di De o di
tes na tur
OO do tá san
OO
Al Al Al
le le le
O
O
O
OO
mum ín gáu li cta Trí
O O
O
O
OO
vi di ni
cem, o, tas,
OO
OO
O O
lú tant Hó mi nem, cá mus Dó mi no, cá mus grá ti as,
OO
Al Al Al
O
le le le
OO lú lú lú
O O
O
O O
OO
le le le
Al Al Al
O
O
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ia. ia. ia.
O O
OO
lú lú lú
O O
O
O O
OO
le le le
O
Quod Pu er e rat Dó mi nus. Re vé lat Quis sit Dó mi nus, Au rum, thus, myr rham óf fe runt.
Al Al Al
nus bus, unt,
O O
OO
O O
OO
O O
ia. ia. ia.
OO lú lú lú
O O
ia. ia. ia.
O O
O OO
OO
lú lú lú
O O
ia. ia. ia.
from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919 *In Piæ Cantiones only a tenor and bass part were given, and in The Cowley Carol Book (and here), the bass line from Piæ Cantiones is found in the soprano, while the tenor is retained as the tenor.
156
christmas
The Son of God is born for all (Geborn ist Gottes Sönelein) Variation of Puer nobis nascitur from Piæ Cantiones
Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
Arranged by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
43 O O
O O
OO O O OO
O O OO
O O O O O O O OO O O O
O O O O OO
O O
OO
OO
is born for Je
1. The Son of God 2. Re joice to day
3 OO 4
O O
OO
a cat tle stall: At Beth lem in for all su’s sake, With in your hearts His cra dle make:
O O
OO
O O
O O
OO
OO
O O O O O O
OO
O O
OO
eth in a crib full small, And wrapt in swad dling clothes with al. He li a wake. or A shrine, where in the Babe may take His rest, in slum ber
O O
OO
O O
O O
OO
OO
3. Be neath Him set 4. In bod ies pure
OO
OO
of de
His crib, and un
O O O O O O O O O O O O
OO
O O
O O
O O
OO
O O OO O O OO O O
O O
O O O O OO
O O
tree; Let fil’d Pre
Hope the lit pare a cham
O O
OO
O O
O O
O O
OO
5. Draw nigh, the Son 6. Come rock His cra
OO
O O
OO
O O
OO of God dle cheer
O O O O O O
O O
to i
O O O O O O
O OO O O O
O O
OO
ri ty. of Cha and drink with hold.
O O O O
O O O O
O O OO
O O
kiss, Greet Ma ry’s Child (the Lord He ly, As doth His moth er, so do
O O O O OO
tle mat tress be, ber for the Child:
OO
His pil low Faith, full fair to see, With cov er let To Him give in cense, myrrh and gold, Nor rai ment, meat
OO
O O O O
O O
O O
is) ye,
OO
O O
O O
OO
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157
O O
OO
OO
O O
OO
on those love ly lips of His: Je sus, your hearts’ de sire Up was by pro Who nurs’d Him sweet ly on her knee, As told it
OO
O O
O O
O O
OO
OO
OO
O O
O O
OO
Till all the place with mu sic Thy rud dy coun te nance I
OO
O O
O O
O O
9. Sleep, in my soul 10. Now chant we mer
OO
O O
O O
en shrin ri ly
ed i
O O O O O O O O O O O O
OO O O
OO
O O O O OO
O O
OO
OO
O O
O O
O O
O O
O O
OO
OO
O O O O
O O O O
O O O O
O OO OO O O OO O
O O
O O O O OO
O O
O O
OO
from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
OO nu di
O O
OO el, cá
dle neat ly drest: in ór ga no ;
rest: Here find Thy cra o With such as play
For sake me not, when sore dis trest, Em ma in cho ro Be ne And with the sing ers
OO
OO
O O OO
ring; And bid one prayer to Christ the King. see, And ti ny hands out stretch’d to me.
OO
OO
and bliss. phe cy.
Him sing; Go, wind the horn, and pluck the string, to Thee, E’en as Thine An gels wait on me:
O O O O O O O O O O O O
OO
OO
O O O O O O O O
OO O O OO
O O
be fore i ster
7. By, by, lul lay 8. Thus, Babe, I min
O O
my Bro mus Dó
OO
ther blest. mi no.
O O O O O O O O O O
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christmas
Puer nobis nascitur Words and tune (14th cent.) from Piæ Cantiones, 1582
O O O O
To be sung in Unison.
er no 1. Pu 2. In præ sé 3. Hunc He ró 4. Qui na tus 5. Te Sal vá
OO OO
O
O
O O
O O
Rec tor bis ná sci tur pe pó si tum Sub f no des tí mu it Ma gno a ex Ma rí Di e tor A et O Can té
O
O O O O O
O
An a cum ho mus
OO
O O O O
O OO O O
OO
O O O O O O
O OO
ge ló si nó tre mó di ér in cho
O O OO
O O
6 O O OO pá Dó ír grá ór
Arranged by G.H. Palmer
hoc gno in nos té
O
OO
mun do vé runt fán tes tu a mus in
O O O O O O
O OO
OO
O O O O
O O
O OO
(The same, in English)
O O OO OO O O O
O
O O O O O OO OO O O O O O
O
1. Un King of Quires su per to us is born a Son, 2. Christ, from heav’n de scend ing low, Comes on earth a stran 3. This did Her od sore af fray, And griev ous ly be wil 4. Of This the Christ mas sto His love and mer cy mild 5. O et A et A et O, Cum cán ti bus in cho
O
6 O O
In Co In Duc Can
O O O O
rum, Dó mi nus do mi nó sci tur Dó mi nus do mi nó rum. rum, Chris tum Re gem cæ ló mi num Chris tum Re gem cæ ló rum. re, Hos cæ dens in fu ru it Hos cæ dens in fu ró ró re. Ad gáu di a su pér na, Ad gáu di a su ti a pér na. ga no, Be ne di cá mus Dó mi no, Be ne di cá mus Dó mi no.
O O
life Own word gen ór
O O
O
OO OO O
rum, rum re, na ro,
O O
be er to tle ga
O OO
O
O O O O
O O
OO
OO
OO
O
O O
O
O
O O
OO
O O OO OO O
O
O O
OO
gun, Of lords the Lord e ter know Be cra dled in the man slay, And slew the lit tle chil Child Might lead us up to glo no, ne di cá mus Dó mi Be
O O
O O
nal: ger: der; ry: And ro, Cum
nal, Of ger, Be der, And ry, Might no. Be
from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
O O
OO
O O
See on earth His Ox and ass their So he gave the O that Ma ry’s cán ti cis et
O O O OO O O OO
lords the Lord e ter cra dled in the man slew the lit tle chil lead us up to glo ne di cá mus Dó mi
O
O
O O
O O
nal, ger. der. ry! no.
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159
To us is born a little Child (Parvulus nobis nascitur) 15th Century
Ach! bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ
OO O OO O O OO O O O
Translated by Wm. John Blew (1808–1894)
O O O O O O O
O O OO O O O O O O O O O O OO
en mo ther mild; Ma ry, maid
1. To us lit tle Child Of born a is 2. Our King Glo ry, Him have we, The Li on lord of 3. That dear, through Him, to God we be, From death de liv 4. Now, mas ters all, full sweet ly sing Ho san na to
O OO O
O O
O O
An Fa death hath
OO
O O
O O
us ’ning dark straw
O O
OO
OO
OO
OO
O
gels ther’s wounds but
laud sole heal’d man
with be by ger
O
His the old where
OO O OO
ser got His, for
O O O
O O
O O
poor ges gon’s to
O O
OO O O
ser vants as they dead ly lay His
OO O O O O O O
OO O O O O O
OO O O O OO
OOO O O O O
O
own a Dra on
OO
vice ten de His
O
O
ry: free: king;
O O
sweet, Son spite bed,
O O
greet. run. bite. head.
OO O O OO OO
O O O O O O OO OO O O O O O O O O
O O
And there fore Fa ther, Son, a
O O
O O
of vic to er’d and set our Ba by
OO OO O O O O O OO O OO O OO OO
O OO O O
O O
O O O OO
Let Light That And
O O
O
OO
Whom The Our That
O OO O O O O
J.S. Bach (1685–1750)
O O OO OO
dore, With Ho ly
OO
Ghost,
for ev er more.
OO O OO O OO OO OO OO OO O O OO OO O
from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
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christmas
To Us This Morn a Child is Born George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
86 O
O O O
OO
OO
OO O OO
us this morn a Child 1. To by all 2. Her Babe is Lord 3. When Her od heard the Ma 4. Now, faith ful quire, bless God
6 OO 8
O
OO
OO
O O
OO
OO OO O OO O O OO
His Fa I sa He smote Bless God
O O
OO OO
OO
OO
O O
OO
O O
O
O O
O O O O
OO
OO
OO
O O
O O
O O
a fore years old in man
OO OO
OO
their Own and un ger low
OO
ther her: der ly,
O O
OO
O O O OO O OO OO O O O
Ma ry is His Mo
OO
ther is none o iah had fore shown the babes a sun the Spi rit Ho
O O
of ev ’ry thing, Maid Than God the King and ass Bow’d down Now came’t to pass that ox all that coast, a blame less host, From two In ere time be gun, Now lain Bless God, the Son
Arranged by Charles Wood (1866–1926)
is born, a dored ges’ word, the Sire,
O O O O O O O
OO O OO OO O OO OO
O O
Jog on, jog on the footpath way
O O
O
ther. er. der. ly.
OO
When Angelick Host Entuned George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
OO
O
OO
O O
1. 2. 3. 4.
O’er To Of Was
OO
OO OO
an An gel When When, with hon ey, When three pil grim ry be to ‘Glo
5 O O O
OO O
the the no the
O O
Heinz, wiltu Christa han, 1582
O O
O O
Child, One thing lay
meek Ho for on
O O
OO
host herd kings God
O
Arranged by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
O O
and ly this that
O O
OO
OO mild, Son King, day
O O
O O
OO
OO
O
O O
An them sweet But ter from Each his cas God, who can
en tuned men brought un lockt on high,
OO O
OO
Of Born God, Sung
O O
OO
OO
OO
the Vir gin of Maid en the Son of by Bless èd
O O
from The Cambridge Carol Book, 1924
O O
O O
and the ket, not
ai dai spa va
O O
O O
O O
Ma Ma Ma Ma
ry ry ry ry!’
ry; ry; ry. ry.
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161
’Twas in a Cave on Christmas Morn George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
43 OO
OO
OO
OO
OO
1. ’Twas in a 2. See in a 3. Thi ther ward
3 OO 4
7 O O O O O O
OO
Dich grüssen wir, O Jesulein, 1623
OO
OO
cave crib kings
on the and
O O
O
OO
O O O O
OO
was ful ies An a ri
OO
O O O O O O
21
OO
fill’d gel ti
OO
OO
O O
thing sang Dó
O O
O O O O
In ho ly writ by bards Mar vel lous glad o’er Je Qui na tus pro hó es
OO OO OO
the ic bi,
O O
mas ly men
OO
morn, Child, drew
No Lul ra
O
el. lay. tha.
O O O
O O
E tre
O O O
from The Cambridge Carol Book, 1924
ia, Ma le
O O
O O ia, Ma le
O O O O
E Cum Al
O O ia, E Ma ri lu
OO
el, lay, tha,
No el, No Lul lay, Lul lem Eph ra
OO
O
O O
O O
OO
el, lay, Eph
O O
fore told, for mirth mi ne,
of old, E su’s birth Ex mi ne, Al
OO
No Lul To
OO
O O
O O O O
O O
O O
OO
OO
Verses Additional OO OO OO OO OO
OO
OO
was born, No el, en mild, Lul lay, At Beth Je su,
O O
15
4. Then 5. Arm 6. Gló
Christ heav’n herd
O
Je sus, the Son of God Cra dled by Ma ry, Maid For to a dore the Babe
OO OO OO
Arranged by Charles Wood (1866–1926)
E ri lu
ia. a. ia.
ia, a, ia,
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New Prince, New Pompe Robert Southwell (1560–1593)
Tune of We are poor frozen-out gardeners
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trem of of hum
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are full, no man His cribbe, His wod sons in that poor ap proch, O Christ
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Babe there, courte, wighte,
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In home ly man ger An or ient perle is The beastes are par cell And high ly prise this
ten der ly ing Prin ce’s Christ en
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In First The Do
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Arranged by Charles Wood (1866–1926)
O O O O O O
ing win ter en is He His chaire of to thy age
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pit ious bling lies: las, a A dir ten found ty In depth of His pompe, The wod den dishe His ble pompe, Which He from heav’n doth
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will yelde den dishe, at tire en wighte,
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from The Cambridge Carol Book, 1924
sighte: mire. plate. bring:
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Pil grime bedd: by Him feede: live ries weare: to thy Kinge:
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tle lit This Nor beastes that His roy all Do hom age
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But forced He is with se ly beastes In cribbe to shroude Waye not His Moth er’s poore at Jo sephe’s sim tire, Nor pris The Prince Him self is come from heav’n, This pompe is And high ly prise this hum ble pompe, Which He from heav’n
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nighte, quire: state: Kinge:
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His ple èd doth
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headd. weede. there. bring.
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Quem Pastores Anonymous, 14th Century
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3 4
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14th Century German
OO O O OO OO O O
1. Quem pas tó res 2. Ad quem ma gi 3. Ex ul té mus 4. Chris to re gi,
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vo lá pro to
lau am cum De
da bu Ma o
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bis jam ti mé re, bant hæc sin cé re mat vo ce pi a ré so net ve re
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est ni nor cum
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di xé ge li án
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vé re, lá bant, rí a na to,
Arranged by Rev. J.R. Lunn, B.D.
Rex vic et me
re, “Ab sit por tá bant, Im mo rár chi a Na tum bis da to, Mé ri
O OO O O O O OO O O O O O OO
OO O O OO
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ri gló
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gló tó gló ló
ri ri di
tó gló ló
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æ.” æ. a. a.
Music from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919, Words from HymnsAndCarolsOfChristmas.com
Quem Pastores
43
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O O OO
1. Quem pas tó res lau 2. Ad quem ma gi am 3. Ex ul té mus cum re gi, De 4. Chris to
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3 4 9
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“Ab sit vo bis jam Im mo lá bant hæc Na tum pro mat vo Mé ri to so ré
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Arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
da vé bu lá Ma rí o na
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re, bant, a to,
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ti sin ce net
mé cé pi ve
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bus án rum, thus, cæ lés rí Ma
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di xé re, li ge myr rham por tá bant, ti hie rár chi a am no bis da to,
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re, Na tus est re Le ó ni a Laus, ho nor re Dul ci cum
from ChristmasCarolMusic.org
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rex gló vic tó et gló me ló
ri ri ri di
æ.” æ. a. a.
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William Bright (1824–1901)
O
86 mf
= 144
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bless ed time, thank ful hearts em Ho ly Night Breathes its bless ing souls a thirst, less Fount of end
gain O 1. Once a gain the 2. Once a 3. Wel come Thou to
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Christmas Song John Bacchus Dykes (1823–1876) O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO O O O O O O O OO O O
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O O O O O O O O O O O O 9 O O O OO O OO OO
re place tle splen our Trea
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thee? dor; sure:
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p O OO OO OO
O O
ta tri
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tion al,
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ma ny a day, Ma ny a bond dis An gels taught Speak our ex ul age like this Puts Thy Name on
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f O O O O O O
OO O pp OO O O O O O O
O O O O O O O O O O O O
way, But the “Great Joy” nev In the Vir gin’s Child that brought All man kind Sal va And the Truth that makes our bliss Pleads a gainst de ni
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O O O O O OO O OO O O O OO O O OO O OO O
er, But the “Great Joy” nev tion, ff All man kind Sal va al, Pleads a gainst de ni O OOO O O O O O O O O O O OO O O O O O O O
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dor, Sheds its sure, While we
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pp OO OO OO O OO O O OO OO OO OO
Change will dark en O could tongues by Wel come, though an
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er; Ma ny ® a joy shall pass a sev OO
thee: der; sure;
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O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO OO OO OO O O O O O O O
thee?
What could thy fes tal chime, What could e’er re place
If we lost Once a gain the Man ger Light Sheds its gen tle splen Gates of Hell may do their worst, we clasp our Trea While
e’er gen clasp
brace ten plea
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f O O
OO O OO O O OO
dim.
But the “Great All man kind Pleads a gainst
er! tion. al!
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O O O OO OO O OO O OO O
Joy” Sal de
nev va ni
er! tion. al!
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4. Yea, if oth ers stand a part, 5. So we yield Thee all we can, 6. Thou that once, ’mid sta ble cold,
O OO O O O O
O O O O
We will press the near Wor ship, thanks, and bless Wast in babe clothes ly
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dear fess dy
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p O O OO OO O er; ing; ing,
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cresc.
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ing, On our ing, Pow’r and
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an swer thus morn we greet stows a worth
pp O OO
Yea, O best fra Thee true God, and Thou whose Al tar
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OO O O O O O O
hold knees Life
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Thee con un
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all faith less To With our best de On each poor en
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with us, Born on Christ mas morn ing. and sweet! In Thy Mer cy’s o cean. Birth In our Thy praise for ev er.
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Born on Christ mas morn ing, ff In Thy Mer cy’s o cean, In our praise for ev er, OO OO O O OO OO O O O O O O O O O O O
O O
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Faith lips shall ful While Thy Birth day Thou whose Love be
ing, “Je sus Christ is God tion, Bathe us, O most true or, Have Thou joy of this
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er, We will will hold Thee dear
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f O O
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Born on Christ In Thy Mer In our praise
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morn ing.” mas cy’s for
o ev
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from Christmas Carols, New and Old
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A Cradle-Song of the Blessed Virgin Translated by Rev. H.R. Bramley (1833–1917) from Latin Allegretto non troppo.
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1. The Vir 2. O Lamb, 3. My Child,
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gin stills the cry in vit my love of Might in dwell
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And sing ing for His plea O Flow’r of mine own bear Of bliss the Foun tain flow
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piu lento.
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sus, sleep my soul all sweets
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up on her Trea
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sleep!”
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ther, O lis ten to Thy ing? Ho! An gels, raise your O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
O O O
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ing; ing, ing,
sure, ing! ing,
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My spi rit’s Or love of
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sure, Thus calls ing, O Jew el past com par ing, The Day spring ev er glow
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Joseph Barnby (1838–1896)
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la meet
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tion; ness?
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Mo chant
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Jacob’s Ladder O O O O O OO O OO O OO O O O O OO O
At ry one day, tra vel was wea
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Ja cob with 1. As Traditional
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for stone and years cob Ja words, “Come
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lad reached faith man
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Hal O O
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der so Si on’s we pass sions of
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on a
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high, hill, o’er, bliss:”
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pil low a not yet is are guard ing hi ther, up
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le lu O OO O
21 O O OO OO O
lad der of O OO OO O
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Traditional
night is long, it is strong and well made, Has stood hun dreds of a scend: all may climb it who will; For the An gels of We shall ven of rest ar rive at the ha hear the glad
der 2. This lad us 3. Come let 4. And when we
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a sion a he lay, vi He saw in de cayed; Ma ny mil lions have climbed it and it still: And re mem ber each step, that by ye blest, Here are re gions of light, here are
O OO OO OO O OO
O O O O O O O O
That its foot was
And Some O,
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O O O O O O O O OO O
on thou sands by Pro phet or who would not
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earth, and its are faith tyr hath Mar climb such a
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from Christmas Carols, New and Old
OO
O O O O
OO OO
top in the sky. climb ing it still. trod it be fore. lad der as this?
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jah to Je who sus, Tree, And hath died on the O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO O O
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
mer cy for me, And hath rais’d up a lad der of mer O O O O O O O O OO OO OO OO OO O O O O O OO O O OO
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rais’d up a OO O O O O O
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cy for me. O O O O O O
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The Story of the Shepherd Gongora, a Spanish Carol
Translated by Archdeacon Churton
O O
O O O O
O
Joseph Barnby (1838–1896)
O O
O
OO OO OO OO
O
O
O O
O O
1. It was the ve ry noon of night: the stars a bove the fold, More sure than clock or 2. O ne’er could night in gale at dawn sa lute the ris ing day With sweet ness like that at the pier cing strain, but shrunk as from the ray Of sum mer light ning; 3. I roused me
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chim ing bell, the hour of mid night told: bird of song in his im mor tal lay: all a round so bright the splen dor lay.
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forms were seen to banks with pop lar see that glo ry
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vine. made; vine,
O O O,
O O
When from the heav’ns there came a voice, and O ne’er were wood notes heard at eve by For oh, it mas tered sight and sense, to
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O O
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O O
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O O O O O O O O O O O O
O O
Still bright ’ning as the mu sic rose with light and love di So thrill ing as the con cert sweet by heav’n ly harp ings To hear that min strel in the clouds, who sang of Love Di
shine, shade shine,
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With love di vine the song be gan; there shone a light se rene: For love di vine was in each chord, and fill’d each pause be tween: To see that form with bird like wings, of more than mor tal mien:
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heard what
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heard, or
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seen what I have
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seen?
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heard what
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seen what I
have heard, or
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once the rapt urous trance was past, that low roofed hast en’d to a shed, for
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seen?
have
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so my sense could so the An gel
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I left my sheep to Him whose care breathed in the west ern And bowed be fore the low ly rack where Love Di vine was
O OO O
169 Fine.
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who hath
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blade in stead of snow, I trod on and left them, for new born Babe, like ten der Lamb, with Li on’s strength there
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bind, bade;
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veal Love
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O O
O O
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ing Di
where vine
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on in
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O O O OO O O O
OO O O OO earth child
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the like
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steps form
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O O
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of had
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O O
O O
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Love God
O O
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
OO
O O O flow’r, smiled;
OO O O
O O
Di vine for ev
O O O O
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had er
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wind; laid:
OO OO O O
O
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And ice dis solved in star ry rays at morn ing’s gra cious hour, For Li on’s strength, im mort al might, was in that new born Child;
Re That
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D.S. al Fine
been; been:
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Sweet was the song the Virgin sung From William Ballet’s Lute Book, c. 1600 At a moderate pace.
Arranged by Charles Wood (1866–1926) cres.
OO OO O O O O O O O O O O O OO OO O O O O O O O OO O O
mp Sweet was the song the Vir gin sung, When she, when she to Beth lem Ju da came, And O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
6
O O O O O O OO O OO OO OO was de liv er’d
O OO OO O OO
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a
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Son,
Lul la, lul la,
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pp
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lu la, lul la by, OO OO OO OO
O O OO O OO O a tempo
mp
of
rall.
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OO O O
O
OO OO
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Je sus hath
That bless ed
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To vis
it
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us
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us
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that were for
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OO OO OO O
lorn; La lu
O O
name.
O O O f O OO O O OO OO O O O
lu la, lul la by, sweet Babe, sung O O O O O OO O O O O OO O O O
OO OO O O f To vis it vis it us O OO O O O O
to
cres.
cres. O O O O O OO OO OO OO O O O O OO O O O
she, mf My Son, and eke a Sav ior born, Who hast vouch saf OO OO O O O OO O OO OO OO OO O O O O
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la,
O O O O OO OO O O O O
OO O OO
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dim.
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dim. e rall. O O OO O O O O O O OO OO OO O O O
And rock’d Him sweet ly by, p sweet babe, sang she, on her OO O O O O OO O OO OO OO OO O O
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And rock’d Him
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ly
sweet
171
her knee.
on
from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
knee.
Still, Still, Still Traditional Austrian
O
O
O
OO
OO
OO OO OO
O
O O
O O
O O
O O
OO
still, schlaf, groß, wir,
Eng ri hat uns
lein a den des
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si dar der ben
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zier bring Straß müss
en. en. en. en.
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OO O
Still, Schlaf, Groß, Wir,
Die Ma Gott Tu
8
O
1. 2. 3. 4.
Salzburg Melody, c. 1819
Weil’s Mein Die Wir
still, schlaf, groß wir,
O O
tun schön tut es Him mels Him mels
OO O OO
OO O
O O
O O
O O
Kind lieb Lieb’ ruf
OO
OO OO OO
O O
O O
ju nie thron Reich
O O O O Still, Schlaf, Groß, Wir,
OO
still, schlaf, groß, wir,
lier bi sing der ver las auf schließ
OO
still, schlaf, groß wir,
lein es ist en
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en, en sen en,
O O
schlaf Kind ü all
O O
en lein ber zu
will. schlaf! groß! dir:
OO
OO
OO OO
O
O O
O O
O O
O O
Bei Ihr Und Wenn
dem e muss wir
Krip plein keu sche en reis mal ein
OO O
OO OO O O O O O O
O O
O O O O
Weil’s Kind lein schlaf en Mein lieb es Kind lein Lieb’ ist ü ber Die Wir ruf en all zu
from Salzburgische Volks-Lieder, 1865
O O O O
will. schlaf! groß. dir.
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Kling Glöckchen OO O OO O OO O O
Kling, kling e ling e ling! OO OO OO O OO
O
Karl Enslin (1819–1875)
Glöck chen
Kling,
1. Laßt 2. Mäd 3. Hell
O O
9 OO
Öff Bring Will
O O
13
Kling,
O O
OO
5 OO
O O
O O
OO
OO
mich ein, chen, hört, er glühn
OO
ihr und die
O O
O O
OO
OO OO
net euch drin
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O O
mir die le vie woh nen
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OO
O O
Glöck chen
OO
OO
O O
Kind Büb Ker
Tü Ga fröh
er! chen, zen,
ren! ben, lich,
O O
OO
Ist Macht Öff
so mir net
kalt auf mir
der das die
O
O O
Laßt mich Sollt euch From mes
O O
O O
O O
O
O
OO Kling,
from The Wartburg Hymnal, 1918
O O
O O
nicht dran Kind,
er er wie
Win Stüb Her
frie la se
O O
Glöck chen
O O
kling!
O O
OO
O O
Glöck chen
O O
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O O
ter! chen! zen,
O O
O O
ren! ben! lig!
kling!
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Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (W Żłobie Leży) Traditional Polish Carol
43 O
Translated by Edith M. G. Reed (1885–1933)
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Arranged by Edith M. G. Reed (1885–1933)
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ing, tle know lit ry, heard the sto
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in fant low ly shep herds keep ing
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Traditional Polish Carol
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O O
cat tle stall; morn ing new
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O O
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No ëls Prais es
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all. all.
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Noël Nouvelet 15th Century French Carol from Le Grande Bible des Noels
Translated by P.S.B.
42 O
1. “No 2. Prais
5
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Fum, Fum, Fum Catalonian
O = 88
43 OO
1. Twen 2. Praise
O OO OO O OO OO OO O
ty fifth day of De we now the Lord a
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ty fifth day of De we now the Lord a
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Shiloh
from The Suffolk Harmony (1786)
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1st Angel 2. Let 1st Angel 3. Lay 1st Angel 4. Seek
O
O O OO O OO O OO
6 4
sing. blood.
O O O OO O OO O OO O
OO
cheer ful notes, so Realms of Joy, to
O O
Glad to
OO OO
O O
OO O OO
Me Who
and Je sus is His name. by yon der shin ing Star. ex tend ed on the Straw.
O O OO O O
O O
O O O OO
O O OO O
OO
OO
OO O OO
O O
gen’ rous Soul of ult ing in the first and last, the
O O
O O
OO
O OO O OO OO
30
des ti thus ad ter nal
O O O low en
OO
38
for joy, ter tain
O O O
ye is
O O
OO O
O ye is
O
OO
O O O
O O OO O
O O
OO
OO O
tute of Grace, des ti thus ad dress their song, ford, ter nal praise af
O O
6 4
Ten ants of not of com
the mon
O O O O O O
ye al
Ox guest
en, you
O O O O O O O
O O O O O O
O
O O O O O O
Pay but
Stall, Birth,
and and E
O O O O
ult Roy
O O O O O
O O O O
O O
1st Angel 7. Ex 1st Angel 8. The
O O
O O
O O
OO
your o bei ond to sec
O O O O O O O O
sance; the
OO
O
O O O O O O O O O O O OO O O OO O
OO O O O O O O O O O O
on your knees U nan i mous ly fall, Great I Am; the God of heav’n and earth,
O O OO O OO O
O O O OO O O O OO
6 4
O O O OO O OO O OO O ye is
OO OO OO O OO
sav age mold, and three fold God, and E last and first,
tute of Grace. dress their song. praise af ford.
34
O O OO O O O O O
OO
O O OO O O
O O
26
O O
185
mas ter of the inn re fus’d a more com mo dious place; Un sud den ly a Heav’n ly Host a round the Shep herds throng. Ex God the Fa ther, Christ the Son, and Ho ly Ghost ac cord; The
Narrator 6. The Narrator 9. Then Grand Chorus 10. To
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U the
fall. nan i mous ly God of heav’n and earth.
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Myn Lyking 15th Century
Richard R. Terry (1865–1938)
moderato (O = 112) Allegro
OO O O O O O O O O OO O O O Õ f O O OOOOOO O O O
6
y
O
O
O
O
and sing.
OO O OOO O
O
x
O
syt tin
a tempo O O O O OO O O O Lul la Lul la
lay. lay.
pp O O O O
OO O OO
O O
O
O
O O O OO O O O
OO mf O
O O
O O O O
O
lèd a lyt tel Childe, a
OO O
saw a fair May den
swee té Lord
O O
O O
O
O
ing.
O O O O O O O O O O
dim. rall. O O O O O OO O O O O O OO O O O OO O OO O O O
la lay. Lul lay my dere herte, myn own dere der ling.
Lul lay myn lyk ing, my dere sonne, my sweet ing. Lul lay my dere herte, myn own dere der ling.
9
1. I
OOO O O O OO O OO O OO O OO O OO OO OO OO O O O
O
O
O
O O O O O O lul
She
OO O O O O O
O
mf O O O O O O OO
Lul la
O O O O
pp a tempo O O
lay.
O
Lul Lul
O
O
Lul
la
O
cresc. e rall.
la lay. Lul lay my dere herte, myn own
O O O O OO O O O O O
lay.
Lul
O OO O OO O O O O O OO O O rall.
lay, myn
O O O O
OO
O O OO
dere der ling. O O O O O O O O O O
own dere der ling.
OO O O OO O O
O O O O O O O O O O
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O OOO OOO mf a tempo O OO O O O 17
O
21
O O O O
OO O
O
O OOO OOO
OO mf O 25
O O
O O
OOO OOO O OO O OO O O O OO O
OO O O O O O
O
O
O
O O
O
O O O
O O
O
O
O
OO O OO O O O O
O
2. That Fine.
O
al lé lord is He is Lord, of al lé kyng es Kyng.
O
cresc.
O
O
O O
rall.
O
O O O O O O O OO O
al Fine moltoOrall. D.S. O cresc. O O O O O O O O O O
All that were in heav’n ly bliss, they made mick le mirth.
O O O
mf O OO OO O O O O O O
O O
OO O OO
OO O O O OOO OOO O OO O O O O O O O OO O O
mf O
Fine.
O D.S. al Fine O rall. O cresc. O O O O O O O O O O
O O O O
3. There was mick le mel o dy at that Chyld é’s birth.
O O
OO
O OOOO O
mf O O O O O OO O O
OOO O O O OO O O O O
same Lord is He that made al lé thing, Of
O O mf O
187
O
OO O OO
O O
O O
cresc. molto rall.
O
O
O O O O O O O OO O
cresc. molto rit. O alO Fine O O O O D.S. O O OO O OO
4. An gels bright sang their song to that Chyld; Blyss id be Thou, and so be She, so meek and so mild.
O O
mf O
OO O OOO O O O O OO OO O O O O
O
O
OO O O O O O O OO O O O
O
O
OO O OO
O O
O O
cresc. molto rit.
O
O
from Twelve Christmas Carols, 1912, via HymnsAndCarolsOfChristmas.com
OO O OO O O OO O
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In Terra Pax Mrs. Alderson
mf O 46 O OO O
cresc.
OO O O OO
p
1. In fant of days, yet Lord of Life, 2. “Peace I leave with you,” was a gain 3. O ol ive Branch! O Dove of Peace!
O O 6 OO O O 4 mf 5
OO O O O O O O
cresc. OO OO OO O O OO O O OO
O O f O O
O O O
the tale Thy Birth; and daugh
O O OO O O O
p
O
“In ter
p O OO In ter ra
Pax
OO OO
p
O O
O
O O
O
OO
ra
O O
hail! earth; wa ters!
O O
OO O O OO O O OO
The din with which earth’s fields are rife, Of Christ mas morn, the glad re frain y con flict cease, When shall the drear
O O O O
O O O O
O O O O
O
O O O O O O
OO
O O OO
O O
O O O
O O
O O O O
That chimes its Christ mas news When An gel choirs hymned forth ters With glad hearts hail Thy word
O
Pax
O O O O
Sweet Prince of Peace, All to dy ing Gift Thy Brood ing o’er storm y
O O O
O O O O O O O O
And we would list Of An thems at And earth’s sad sons
OO f
O O
O O O O OO O O
O
dim.
Oh! we are wea ry of the strife, Sweet ech o of the lin g’ring strain When shall the flood of woe de crease?
O
John Bacchus Dykes (1823–1876)
Pax,
O
O O OO
In ter
OO
OO
O O
ra Pax, Pax,
OO
Pax
O
Pax,
for us, to us to us,
Pax In ter ra
mf O O
Pax,
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ho mí Pax ho mí
mf In ter ra Pax ho mí ni O O O O O O OO
O
ni bus, ni bus,
O
Pax, ho mí
O OO OO
OO O O OO
OO OO O O
OO O O O O O O
25
4. O hear Thy Church, with one
30
O O OO to
O O
O O O
O
Thy word:
O O O sto
dim.
Pax ni bus
O O
Pax
pp Pax.” 8 8 8 8
In ter ra Pax, In ter ra
O
ni bus, In ter ra Pax.
O
O O O OO O O O
O
O O
O OO OO OO O O O
ac cord, Her long lost Peace im plor ing:
OO O O OO
O O
f
O OO O O OO O O OO
pp
O
O O O O O O O O
And Peace
pp
O O
E
ter
O O O O
nal,
Be it ac cord ing
O O O O O O O O O O
O O
Thy Reign of Peace bring in, dear Lord; Heav’n’s Peace
O O O
ring.
bus,
O O O OO O
ho mí
189
f
Je
rall.
OO
O O O O O
to earth re
O O O O O O O
OO
OO
O O
pray.
OO
su, grant, we
190
f O
8
48
8
54
8
“In Cæ
lo
Pax,
“In Cæ
lo
Gló
O
sis, Et in
cél
cél
cél
sis,
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O
ff
a,
Pax,
Pax,
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OO
sis,
Gló
ri
a.
O
In
Et in Ex cél
a.
O
O
O
O
Et in Ex cél
O
O
O
O
sis,
Ex
cél
in
Ex
cél
O O
a,
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
lo
In Cæ
sis,
O
Gló
Gló
O
Gló
O sis,
OO O
O
O
O
Pax, Et in Ex
Et in Ex
Gló
O
ri
ri
ri
O
ri
a.”
a.”
a.”
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ri
sis, Gló
Gló
O O
Et in Ex
Ex cél
sis,
O
sis,
sis,
Ex cél
sis,
sis,
in
Ex cél sis, in
Pax, Et in
O
O
O
sis,
cél
Ex cél
Et in
Et in Ex cél
O O
O
lo,
cél
Et in
cæ
O
OO
sis Gló ri
in Ex
in Ex
O O
Gló ri a,
O
sis,
O
Et
OO
a,
ri
O
Et
Ex cél sis, Gló ri
O
O
OO O
O OO OO
Et
Pax,
a,
O
Et in Ex cél
a,
O
O
ri
a, Et in Ex cél
O O O O a,
O
cresc.
ri
Gló
O
lo
Gló
lo
O
“In Cæ
“In Cæ
O
8
42
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ri
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Milford Jeremiah Clarke (1674–1707)
8
Joseph Stephenson (1728–1810)
If
a
O O an gels
8
ior’s birth, On that au
Sav
O O
13
O
well may
O
19
O O
O
i
cious morn,
Now He a gain is
O O OO OO He
a
O O O O
Now He a gain is
O O O O
He a gain is
morn,
born,
If an gels sung a
O
O O O
OO
O O
born, Now He a
is
1. born.
is
OO
born.
their mirth,
O
O O
O O
O OO O
gain
gain, Now He a
O
O
O O
gain
OO
born, Now He a
Now He
a
O O gain
O i
O
born,
OO
We
Now He a gain is O O O O O O O O O O
their mirth, Now He a gain is
O
O
We well may im i tate their mirth, We
tate
O
We well may im
O O O O O O O
their mirth,
tate
Now
O
ior’s,
ior’s birth,
their mirth,
born,
O
morn,
tate
O
im
spi cious
O O O O O i
spi cious
tate
well may
8
spi
tate their mirth, We well may im i
8
O
cious morn,
O O O O O
im
Sav
spi
We well may im i
O
OO
a Sav
sung
O O O O O O O O O If an gels sung a Sav ior’s, O O O O O O
a
sung
ior’s birth, On that au
an gels
ior’s birth,
O O O O O
O O O O O
ior’s birth, On that au Sav O O O O O Sav
O
Sav
ior’s birth, On that au 7 Sav O O O O O O O O
If
O O O O O O O O
Sav ior’s birth, If an gels sung a
a
O O OO O OO O OO O O OO O OO O O O OO
O O
If an gels sung
sung
an gels
If
gain
O O
is
O
is
O
Now 2. born.
born.
born.
born.
born.
born.
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A Christmas Round Denis Mason I. II. O O O O O 86 O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 5
Chris tus
di e
Hó
O O O
III. O
O
ri a in
Gló
ex
na
O
cél
hó di e sal vá tor
tus est,
O O O
IV.
sis De o,
O O O O
O
ex cél
in
ap pá ru it.
O
sis
O
De
o.
from cpdl.org
Tollite Hostias
O O O OO O O O
li te hós ti as. O O OO OO O O
Maestoso
f
Tól
OOO OO OO O O f 4 O O O O O O
9 p OO OO
OO OO OO OO OO OO
Dó mi num in á tri o O OO OO OO OO OO O
OO OO et ad o
O O O O
OOO
O O
rá te
OO OO OO OO OO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
OO OO O O O O O O
OO OO
OO OO
O O O O
O OO O
OO OO
OO OO OO OO
OOO OOO
OO O O O
OO OOO O
OO O O O
p
O O O O
OO O O O
OO OO
O OO
O O
OO OO OO OO san cto e
OO O O O O O O OO O O O
jus.
OO OO OO O O O O O O O O O
1. O O O O O OO OO OO O O O O OO O OO OO OO OO OO O O O O
O
a fá ci e Dó mi ni, quó ni am ve nit. Al le lú ia.
Læ tén tur cæ li, et ex úl tet ter ra Læ tén tur cæ li, et ex úl tet ter ra quó ni
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
OO O O O
am ve
OO OO O O
nit. Al
OO OO
le lú
ia. Al le lú ia.
O O O OO OO OO O O O
OO OO OO OOO OO OOO OOO OO OO OO O OO O O O OO O O O O OO O O O O O O O O OO OO O
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193
OO OO O O OO OO OO OO OO OO OO O O O O O O O O O O OO OO O O O O O O O O
ia. ia. Al le lú
Al le lú ia.
O O O O
ia. Al le lú Al le lú
ia. Al le lú
ia. Al le lú ia. Al le lú
ia. Al le lú ia. Al le lú
ia. Al le lú ia. Al le lú
O O O O OO OO OO O O O O O O O O O
OO OO O O OO OO OO OO OO OO OO O O O O O O O O O OO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
O O O O
24
ia. ia. Al le lú
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
Al le lú ia. Al le lú
ia. Al le lú ia. Al le lú
OO OO OO O O O O O O OO OO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO OO OO OO O OO O
30
ex ex
OO OO
úl tet ter úl tet ter
O O O OO O
OOO OOO
O O O O O O O O
ra ra
O O O O O O O O OO O O
OO OO OO O O O O O O
OO OO O O O O
a fá ci e
quó ni
OO OO OO O O O
ff
Læ tén tur cæ Læ tén tur cæ
ia. ia.
O O O O
OO
OO OO
O O OOO
OOO
ff
OOO OOO O O O O
O OO O OO OO
li, et li, et
O OO O OO OO O O O O O O
OO O O O O O O
OO OO
OO OO
OO OO
O O OO OO OO O OO OO OO OOO O OO OO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O from cpdl.org
nit. Al ia. Al
le lú le lú
OO O O OO O OO O OO O O O OO O OO
OO
OO OO
O O O OO OO O OO O OO OO OO O O O O O O OO
Dó mi ni, quó ni am ve le lú nit. Al am ve
O O
ia. ia.
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OO
OO OO OO OO
te, gau dé te, O O OO OO O O
OO
Gau dé
O 5
OO
OO OO
Chris tus O O O O
Gaudete OO OO OO OO OO
est na tus ex Ma OO O O O OO
O O O
OO O O O OO O O O O O O O
rí a Vír gi ne, Gau dé O OO O O O O O O O O O
O
15th Century
te!
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
1. Tem pus ad est grá ti æ hoc quod op ta bá mus, Cár mi na læ tí ti æ de vó te red dá mus. 2. De us ho mo fac tus est na tú ra mi rán te, Mun dus re no vá tus est a Chris to re gnán te. 3. E ze chíe lis por ta clau sa per trán si tur, Un de lux est or ta, sa lus in ve ní tur. 4. Er go nos tra cón ti o psal lat jam in lu stro, Be ne dí cat Dó mi no, sa lus Re gi nos tro. Chorus and text of verses from Piæ Cantiones, 1582, via imslp.org, Melody of verses from www.cpdl.org
Glorious, Beauteous, Golden-Bright Anna M. E. Nichols
OO
1. Glo 2. But
OO
OO
OO
light, dream
O O
OO
O O
OO
O O
OO
OO
Shone ’Mid
7 OO OO
O O
Jew ish shep lum ined all
OO
O O
O O
rious, beau teous, gol the stars’ sweet gold
4
OO
O O
the the
O O O
herds the
O O O
O O O O den en
OO OO
O O
O O
O
O O
stars won
kept earth,
O
that drous
O O
Watch When
O
Maria Tiddeman (1837–1915)
O O O O O
O O bright, gleam
Shed Fad
ding soft est ed quick ly
O O
OO
OO
OO O
Christ glo
mas ry
O O O O O O
O O
O O
be side Christ’s An
OO
OO
O O O O O
O O
night, stream,
pur as
OO
OO
When That
O O
O O O O O O
OO
O O
flocks sang
est a
O OO O
O O
their gels
O O O O
that His
O O O
OO
the il
O O
slept. birth.
OO
3. Soft 4. But 5. Now
O O O O
13
O OO O OO
and pure and
OO
hoa ry, pal ed bright,
O O
OO
16
ho ly no more a on Christ mas
that light no more
O O
O O
O O
O O
Shed In But
O O
O O
O O
O O
OO
through out His light for ev
O O
OO
OO
OO
O O
O O O
priests, like shep herds as the stars of He Whose birth they
O O
OO
O OO O
6. Since that Light O O O O O O
OO
O O
OO
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true, old, told
O O O
O O
O O OO O O O
O O
OO OO
OO
OO
the sa whom An er shines
OO
O O
Watch’d ’Mid To
O
OO OO
OO
O O
OO
OO
and
O
OO
OO cred gels the
OO
O O
OO
OO
OO
195
While E E
OO O OO O
OO
O O
23
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
pp
glad en
OO OO
sen their the
O O O OO OO
OO
from Christmas Carols, New and Old
few. gold. fold.
O O O O
dea vor, Sing the
O OO O
OO OO
rall.
OO OO OO OO O O
song that e choes ev er: Glo ry in the high est Heav en! Peace on earth to us for giv en.
O O O O O O O O O OO O O O ff
the ven ven
O O
O O
O O O O
OO
OO
O O
OO
OO OO OO
us all, with OO O O
rall. ff pp O O O OO OO OO OO OO O O O O O O O O OO
sto ry: hail ed; Light;
O O
O O
O
OO
be side God’s cho the bright ness lost the shep herds by
OO
pro phets and seers its splen dor straight way gels the sky with An
glo ry, Kings vail ed, All night, Is
OO O OO O O
then dark ens nev er, Let O OO O OO OO OO O O
OO
OO OO
O O O O O O O O
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Alma Redemptoris Mater
O O OOOO O O OOOO OO
Red em ptó ris Ma
O OOOOO
ma
O O O O
8
16
O
O OO
lo:
lo:
8
O
lo:
O OO
O
O OO
O OO
O OO O O
OO
OO OO O O
O
O O O O O
O
OO
Tu quæ ge nu í
O OO
Tu quæ ge nu í
O OO
Tu quæ ge nu í
O OO
Tu quæ ge nu í
O O
O O
sti, na tú
ra mi rán
O O
O O
sti, na tú
O O
ra mi rán
O O
sti, na tú
ra mi rán
O O
O O
sti, na tú
ra mi rán
li por ta
li por ta
O O OO
O O O
te, tu
te, tu
tu
pu
O O O OOO O O
rat
súr ge re qui cu
um
O O
rat pó
O O O O O O O O O O O
te, tu
pu
O
O OO O O
ti,
O
rat pó
ti, súr ge re qui cu
te,
O O
pér vi a cæ
O
nes, Et stel la ma ris, suc cúr re ca dén
li por ta ma
O O O OOOO O O O O
nes, Et stel la ma ris, suc cúr re ca dén ti, súr ge re qui cu
OO
por ta
O O O O
quæ pér vi a cæ
ti, súr ge re qui cu
O
O O
li
ter, quæ pér vi a cæ
OO
nes, Et stel la ma ris, suc cúr re ca dén
O O ma
O OO
ter, quæ
nes, Et stel la ma ris, suc cúr re ca dén
ma
O O
ter, quæ pér vi a cæ
Red em ptó ris Ma
OOOO O O O O
O OO
ter,
ma Red em ptó ris Ma
Al
8
O
Red em ptó ris Ma
8
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525–1594)
rat pó
pó pu
O pu lo:
O
O
O
O
O
O
O OO
O
O
san ctum Ge ni tó rem: Vir
um san ctum Ge ni tó rem: Vir
um
um
san ctum Ge ni tó rem:
O
O
san ctum Ge ni tó rem:
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O O
go pri
OO
us
O
8
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Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548–1611)
mén tum, ut a ni má li
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vi
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Arranged by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
O O O O
1. Pér so nent 2. In mun do 3. Ma gi tres 4. Om nes cle
from Piæ Cantiones, 1582
OO OO
O O O O
hó ná ve rí
OO OO
7 OO OO O O O Qui stá stél Ad
di sci né cu
OO O O O O O O
ces pu nis in vu lum i ter
O OO
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13
O O O OO O O O O OO
et de vir-, pér di dit, au rum thus, íd e o,
vo pan pár pár
O O O O
OO OO
é ru vól vi in quí pú e
OO O O
vir-, -dit, thus, -o,
O O O O
O O O O
ju cún de pó ni tur ád e unt, án ge li:
O O O O O O
OO OO da nó rán fun
tus, rum, do, do.
O O
OO OO
gí ne o vir-, et de vir a -dit, pér di dit spó li thus, au rum thus, et myr rham -o, gló ri íd e a o,
OO OO
OO OO
læ, lau dán tes tur, præ sé pi runt, Béth le hem can tent ut ri,
OO OO OO O
no bis est na bu lo bru tó lu lam se quén ven ís ti mun
O O OO
e tur, runt, li,
O O O O
OO OO
from The Cowley Carol Book, 1919
et de vir-, pér di dit, au rum thus, Id e o,
OO OO
vir-, -dit, thus, -o,
O O O O
vir-, -dit, thus, -o,
OO OO OO OO
ven tre pro cre á tus. prin ceps in fer nó rum. i of fe rén do. E in ex cél sis De o.
O OO O OO O O
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Personent hodie Words from Piæ Cantiones, 1582
O O
O O O O
O O
1. Pér so nent 2. In mun do 3. Ma gi tres 4. Om nes cle
OO O OOO OO O O O O O OO O OO O
8
ju cún de pó ni tur ád e unt, án ge li:
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et de vir-, pér di dit, au rum thus, íd e o,
OO
OO OO
OO O O
OO O O O
O O
O OO O O
OO OO O O OO OO O O OO OO O O O O O
lau dán tes é ru læ, vól vi tur, præ sé pi in quí runt, Béth le hem can tent ut pú e ri,
hó di e vo ces pu ná sci tur, pan nis in ve né runt, pár vu lum rí cu li, pár i ter
O O O O
tus, sum mo De o rum, rec tor su per do, ip sum ad o do, lau des Ti bi
OO OO
et de vir pér di dit au rum thus, íd e o,
O OO O O O O O O OO OO O OO OO
O O
OO OO O O OOOO O O O O O OO
vir-, vir-, -dit, -dit, thus, thus, -o, -o,
O O
O O
O O O O O OO O O OO O O O O O O O O O O OO O O O OO O O O OO O O O O O
Qui no bis est na stá bu lo bru tó stél lu lam se quén Ad ven ís ti mun
OO OOO O O OO O O O O O O O O O O O
15
OO O
Arranged by Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
da tus, nó rum, rán do, fun do.
OO OO
et de vir-, vir-, vir-, pér di dit, -dit, -dit, au rum thus, thus, thus, Id e o, -o, -o,
OO
OO OO O O O OO
OO O O O O O O OO OO O O OO
O O O OOOO O O O OOOO
O O
gí ne o a spó li et myr rham a gló ri
O O O OO O O OO OO
O O O O
ven tre pro cre á tus. prin ceps in fer nó rum. E i of fe rén do. in ex cél sis De o.
O O O O OO O O O OO O OOO O O O O O
new year
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
86 OO
OO
out, out in
1. Ring 2. Ring 3. Ring
6 OO 8
4
OO
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O O
O O
O O
OO
wild bells, the false, the Christ
OO
OO
O O O O O O O
in let of
bells, old, val
OO
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out, out in
OO
Ring Out, Wild Bells O O OO OO OO O O OO
OO
O O O O
OO
the in man
O
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O O O OO
OO
O O
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O O
and ring that
O O
O O O
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OO
O O
O O
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OO
him die. the true. to be.
let in is
O O
O O
OO O OO
O O
in let of
O O
O
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O O
O O
O O
the night; him go; the land,
OO
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him and let
ring in that is
from The Life Hymnal, 1904
the to
O O O OO O O O
ing ing, ness
dy go dark
OO
wild bells, and let him die. the false, ring in the true. the Christ that is to be.
O O O O O
Ring Ring Ring
OO
The year is The year is Ring out the
O O
the a the
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O O O O
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O
ing cloud, py bells ger heart,
fly hap lar
O O O O O
ing ing, ness
O O
Ring out, wild bells, Ring out the false, the Christ Ring in
O O
O O
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
wild sky, the new, and free,
dy The year is go The year is Ring out the dark
Ring out, Ring out Ring in
the night; him go; the land,
to ring iant
O O
y light: the snow: lier hand;
OO
10
the the
OO
frost cross kind
7
O O
wild
203
die. true. be.
204
new year
Ring Out, Wild Bells Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
43 OO 1. 2. 3. 4.
Ring Ring Ring Ring
3 O 4 O 5 O O
The Ring, For And
OO
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13
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year year out in
is is the the
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O O
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out, out in sweet
wild the re er
bells, false, dress man
OO
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the in saps dy
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the a we of
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O O
sky, new, mind, cause,
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in let rich modes
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O O
the him and of
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O O and ring to ners,
W.A. Mozart (1756–1791)
wild the the ing
O
OO
to ring that ly
cloud, bells here forms
O O
O OO
O
OO
O
bells, old, grief slow
O O
O O
OO
Adapted from Kyrie, 12th Mass
let in all pu
OO
him the man rer
OO
light: snow: more: strife:
night; go; poor, life,
die. true. kind. laws.
OO
new year
17
5. 6. 7. 8.
Ring Ring Ring Ring
O O O O
21
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OO
O
25
Ring Ring Ring Ring
OO
O O
29
But Ring Ring Ring
OO
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out out out in
O O
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the false old the
O O
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OO
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ring the the the
OO
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the the the the
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O O
of and lust kind
OO
the and dis and
O O
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O O
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OO
ring in in in
OO
O O
out love thou dark
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ness der ’wing the
O
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O O
cold slan nar heart,
O O
the in of iant
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from HymnWiki.org
ful and of the
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205
sin, blood, ease: free,
times: spite: gold: hand;
rhymes, right, old, land,
in. good. peace. be.
206
new year
Auld Lang Syne First verse, traditional
p OO OO 42 O OO OO OO
1. Should auld ac quain tance be Other verses, Robert Burns (1759–1796)
2. 3. 4.
We We And
2 OO 4
O O
twa ha’e run twa ha’e sport here’s a hand,
OO OO
OO
a ed my
O O
O OO OO O
O
OO
OO
OO
OO
O O
OO OO
OO
For
O O
OO
We’ll
O O
auld
OO
OO
tak’
O O
O O
OO
O OO
O
lang
O OO
OO OO
a cup O O O O
OO
O O O O
OO
O O
OO
syne, O O
OO O
o’ kind O OO O
brought for got, And boot the braes, And pu’d the gow i’ the burn, Frae morn in’ sun trust y frien’, And gie’s a hand
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OO
OO OO
nev er
O O
OO
O O
OO
OO OO
O O
OO
O O
OO
O O
O O
O O
OO
auld auld auld
O O
OO OO
ness yet For O O O O O O
lang lang lang
O O
OO auld
OO
OO OO
O O
O O
auld
OO
from Favorite Songs and Hymns for School and Home, 1899
lang
OO
O
mind? fine; dine, thine;
O O
OO OO
lang syne? syne. syne. syne.
O O
OO
lang
O OO
O O
O O
to ans till o’
O O O O O O O O
For
O O
OO OO OO
days of auld
OO
my dear,
Should auld ac quain tance be for got, And wea But we’ve wan der’d mon y a ry foot, Sin’ But seas be tween us braid ba’e roared Sin’ We’ll o’ kind ness yet, For a cup tak’
Traditional
OO syne;
O O
O O
O O
syne.