Christmastide Carols by Nels Drue Daily

Carols Christmastide

Compiled and Edited by Nels Drue Daily

ND MUSIC EDITION

Carols Y Christmastide

Compiled and Edited by Nels Drue Daily, DMA.

ÂŠ 2011. NDME. 013 - Christmastide Carols

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ÂŠ 2011. NDME. 013 - Christmastide Carols

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` Christmastide Carols

I once had a coworker tell me how much he hated Christmas music. At first I thought he was being facetious, and couldn’t believe it when he was serious. For me, the old carols collected by generations of worldwide tradition have always evoked everything wonderful about Christmas. They carry a special spirit and feeling that enhances and enriches the whole Christmas experience. My purpose in preparing this book of carols has been to preserve this aging music for future generations of Christmastime observers in a quality engraving. In selecting the music I have used the original, or in my own opinion, best version of each piece. Merry Christmas! – the Editor, 2011

Table of Contents 1. O Christmas Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. The Boar s Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. O Come All Ye Faithful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. Good Christian Men Rejoice . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen . . . . . . . . . . 6. Coventry Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. Angels We Have Heard on High . . . . . . . . . . . 8. Away in a Manger (Kirkpatrick) . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. On Christmas Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. Away in a Manger (Murray) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing . . . . . . . . . . . . 12. Silent Night! Holy Night! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13. Far, Far Away on Judea s Plains . . . . . . . . . . . 14. Ding Dong! Merrily on High . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. Good King Wenceslas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16. I Wonder as I Wander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17. Joy to the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18. Lo, How a Rose E er Blooming . . . . . . . . . . . 19. Masters in this Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20. The Holly and the Ivy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21. We Three Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day . . . . . . . . 23. O Little Town of Bethlehem (Redner) . . . . . . . 24. O Little Town of Bethlehem (Vaughan-Williams) 25. What Child is This? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear . . . . . . . . . 27. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel . . . . . . . . . . . 28. Wassail, Wassail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29. Here We Come A Wassailing . . . . . . . . . . . . 30. Deck the Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31. The First Noël . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32. Beautiful Savior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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` 1. O Christmas Tree

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5 4. O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, Thou tree most fair and lovely. O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, Thou tree most fair and lovely. Thou dost proclaim the Savior s birth, Good will to men, and peace on earth. O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, Thou tree most fair and lovely.

3. O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, Your faithful leaves will teach me. O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, Your faithful leaves will teach me. That hope and love and constancy Give joy and peace eternally. O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, Your faithful leaves will teach me.

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` 3. O Come All Ye Faithful

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` 4. Good Christian Men Rejoice Attr. to Heinrich Suso (1295-1366) Trans. by Rev. John Mason Neale

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` 5. God rest You Merry, Gentlemen

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9 4. The shepherds at those tidings, Rejoiced much in mind, And left their flocks afeeding, In tempest, storm, and wind, And went to Bethlehem straitway, The Son of God to find. O tidings of comfort and joy, Comfort and joy, O tidings of comfort and joy.

3. From God, our heav nly Father, A blessed angel came, And unto certain shepherds Brought tidings of the same; How that in Bethlehem was born The Son of God by name. O tidings of comfort and joy, Comfort and joy, O tidings of comfort and joy.

` 6. Coventry Carol From the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors 16th Century English Attr. to Robert Croo (1534) ┌

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` 7. Angels We Have Heard on High Westminster Carol

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11 3. Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing; Come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn King. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo.

4. See Him in a manger laid, Whom the choirs of angels praise; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, While our hearts in love we raise. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo.

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` 9. On Christmas Night

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13 3. When sin departs be fore his grace, Then life and health come in its place; When sin departs be fore his grace, Then life and health come in its place; Angels and men with joy may sing, All for to see the newborn King.

4. All out of darkness we have light, Which made the angels sing this night; All out of darkness we have light, Which made the angels sing this night: "Glory to God and peace to men, Now and for evermore. Amen."

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` 11. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

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` 13. Far, Far Away on Judea's Plains

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15th Century French Processional Harm. by Thomas Helmore (1854)

sra

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┐

.. &&

el.

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5. O come, O come, thou Lord of might, Who to Thy tribes on Sinai s height, In ancient time did st give the Law, In cloud, and majesty and awe. Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.

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` 28. Wassail, Wassail Glouchestershire Wassail

' """" 3 ) 4 !

18th Century English Arr. by Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1913)

18th Century English

!! !! !!

sail, was here is to here is to

1. Was 2. So 3. And

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sail Cher-ry Dob-bin

!! all and and

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o ver the to his right to his right

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town! cheek, eye,

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ale is brown: it good piece of beef, good Christ mas pie,

white and our mas ter a mas ter a

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white ma ple may we all may we all

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tree; see; see,

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with a with a with a

was was was

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4. Come, butler, come fill us a bowl of the best, We hope that your soul in heaven may rest, But if you do draw us a bowl of the small; Then down shall go butler, bowl and all.

our and a a

!! ! ..

s ling s ling s ling

bowl bowl bowl

. .

bowl it is made good piece of beef good Christ mas pie,

we ll we ll we ll

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drink un drink un drink un

to to to

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of the then that

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thee. thee. thee.

5. Then here s to the maid in the lily white smock, Who tripped to the door and slipped back the lock! Who tripped to the door and pulled back the pin, For to let these jolly wassailers walk in.

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` 29. Here We Come a Wassailing The Wassail Song

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green, door, fire,

d ring, so fair to be seen. dren whom you have seen be fore. dren who re wan d ring in the mire.

and to

4. We have a little purse Made of ratching leather skin; We want some of your small change to line it well within. Chorus

Love and

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!! #

17th Century English ┌

17th Century English Harm. by Sir John Stainer (1840-1902) ┐

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and God bless

! !

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you and

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year,

and God send you a

!! ! !

5. Bring us out a table, And spread it with a cloth; Bring us out a mouldy cheese, And some Christmas loaf. Chorus

hap py new

year.

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Nos Galan (New Year s Eve)

16th Century Welsh Trans. by T. Oliphant (1881)

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Tis Strike Hail

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Don Fol Sing

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the hall with the bla zing a way the

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son and ye

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boughs of hol Yule be fore old year pas

to join lads

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be the and

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jol cho las

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tide tide and

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fa la la la la

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ca rol, trea sure, wea ther,

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ap pa rel, ry mea sure, to ge ther,

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16th Century English ┌

' "" $ ) 43 !! ! ! & ! !! ! .. . 1. The first 2. They look

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fields as they lay; yond them far,

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the and

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an gel did saw a

say, was to cer tain poor shep herds in the east be star, shi ning in

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. ! !! !

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in and

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night that tin ued both

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where they the earth

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ël, ël,

! !!

was day

so deep. and night.

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born is born is

lay it

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┌

No No

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ël up

ël, ël,

┐

16th Century English Harm. by Sir John Stainer (1840-1902)

the the

King King

! ! ! !

keep ing their sheep, on a gave great light, and

!! !! !! ! ..

!! !!

Chorus

! ! !

!! ! ! & ! !! ! .. . No No

ël, ël,

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sra sra

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No No

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el. el.

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35 3. And by the light of that same star, Three wise men came from country far, To seek for a King was their intent, And to follow the star wherever it went. Chorus

5. Then entered in those wise men three, Full reverently upon their knee, And offered there, in His presence, Their gold, and myrrh, and frankincense. Chorus

4. This star drew nigh to the North-West, O er Bethlehem it took its rest, And there it did both stop and stay, Right over the place where Jesus lay. Chorus

6. Then let us all with one accord, Sing praises to our heav nly Lord, That hath made heav n and earth of naught, And with His blood mankind hath bought. Chorus

` 32. Beautiful Savior Anon. (1677) Trans. by Joseph A Seiss (1873) ┌

Silesian Folk Song (1842) Leipzig (1842)

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4 4

1. Beau ti ful 2. Fair are the 3. Beau ti ful

Sa vior, King of Cre a tion, Son of mea dows, fair are the wood lands, Robed in Sa vior, Lord of the na tions, Son of

! ) / .. ! !! " !. ! .. Tru ly I d Je sus is Glo ry and

┐

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love Thee, tru ly I d fair er, Je sus is ho nor, praise, a do

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God and Son of Man! flowr s of bloom ing spring; God and Son of Man!

. . . .

┌

.. !! !! .. && !! .. ..

serve Thee, Light of my soul, my Joy, my pur er; He makes our sor r wing spi rit ra tion, now and for e ver more be

.. . ! ! .! ! . ! !

┐

Crown. sing. Thine!

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