Cohen’s Carols
Christmas Music for Mixed Choir
I Saw Three Ships Jacques Cohen
Cohen’s Carols Christmas Music for Mixed Choir
I Saw Three Ships Jacques Cohen
N.M.O. 14833
Copyright © 2021 by Norsk Musikforlag A/S, Oslo. Uten skriftlig tillatelse fra copyright-innehaveren, er kopiering eller annen mangfoldiggjøring av denne bok, eller deler av denne, forbudt ved lov av 12. mai 1961 nr. 2 OM OPPHAVSRETT TIL ÅNDSVERK (Åndsverkloven), med endringer, nå sist ved Lov av 23. juni 1995 nr. 37 (i kraft 30. juni 1995). Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Wer Noten vervielfältigt (fotokopiert, nachdruckt), macht sich strafbar und wird zivil- und strafrechtlich verfolgt. Vervielfältigung, auch auszugsweise, nur mit ausdrücklicher Genehmigung des Verlages. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without the permission of the publisher. N.M.O. 14833 ISMN 979-0-065-16764-0 (printed) Graphic production/print: Norsk Musikforlag A/S, Oslo. www.musikkforlagene.no
I Saw Three Ships conducted by Jacques Cohen can be heard sung by Oxford Camerata on the CD COHEN’S CAROLS (CHRONOS ICSM 017) Reference to Ronald Binge’s Sailing By included by kind permission of Mozart Edition (Great Britain) Ltd.
5
To Jane and Tony
I Saw Three Ships Traditional English Carol Arranged by Jacques Cohen
Giocoso
Soprano
= circa 116
Tutti
On Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day,
Solo
Alto
I
Tenor
Bass
6
O M
Solo
saw three ships come sail - ing by, On Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day, I
E D
w
o n
e. n e
On Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day,
rlag fo
k k i s On Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day, u m . ww
Tutti
Solo
On Christ - mas day in the morn - ing.
saw three ships come sail - ing by, On Christ - mas day in the morn - ing.
On Christ - mas day in the morn - ing.
On Christ - mas day in the morn - ing.
Copyright © 2021 by Norsk Musikforlag A/S, Oslo. N.M.O. 14833
And what was in those
26
11
On Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day?
On Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day?
Tutti
Solo
On
On
On Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day?
On
Tutti
O M
ships all three, On Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day? And what was in those ships all three, On
16
E D
o n . e en lag Christ - mas day in the morn - ing? And what r was in those ships, ships all o f k k si u Christ - mas day in the morn -ing? And mwhat was in those ships all three, those ships all three, those . w w w Christ - mas day in the morn - ing?
Those ships all three,
Christ - mas day in the morn - ing?
ships all three,
ships
all
three,
21
ships all three,
three,
ships all three, those
what was
in
And
ships all three,
ships
all
three,
ships
all,
ships all three?
ships all three? Our
ships all three, those ships all three, those ships all three?
those, what was
in
those, what was
N.M.O. 14833
in
those ships all three?
25
37
sa - viour and his la -
dy, On Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day, Our sa - viour and his
sa - viour and his la -
dy, On Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day, Our sa - viour and his
sa - viour and his la - dy, On Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day, Our sa - viour and his 30
la
la
la la
E D
-
-
dy, On Christ -
-
dy, On Christ - mas day in the morn - ing.
Oo
s O they sail'd in - to Beth - le - hem, On u m . w w w mas day in the morn Oo
dy, On Christ - mas day in the morn - ing.
35
o n . ene g ing. morn mas in the day dy, On Christ laOo r kfo ik
-
O M
Our sa - viour and his
ing.
cresc.
Ah cresc.
Ah
Christ - mas day, on Christ-mas day, O they sail'd in - to Beth - le - hem, On Christ - mas day in the cresc. Ah
N.M.O. 14833
48
40
Ding dong
ding dong
Ding dong
morn
-
ding dong
ding dong
dong
E D
ding dong
dong
And all the bells in
dong
w
ding
ding
dong
ding
g a l r
fo k ik
dong
o n . e dong en
ding
s u m . w w
ding dong
ding
Ding
ding
O M
ing,
46
ding dong
ding
dong
ding
dong
dong
heav'n shall ring, On Christ - mas day, on Christ-mas day, And all the bells in heav'n shall ring, On
dong
N.M.O. 14833
dong
ding 51
ding dong
ding
dong
And
all
the
an - gels in heav'n shall
all the
an - gels in heav'n shall
dong
Christ - mas day in the
E D ding dong.
w
56
sing,
Ah,
g a l r
fo k ik
sing,
On
o n . e en
And
Ah,
On
s u m . ww
Ah,
Ah,
dong
O M
morn - ing.
59
Christ - mas
Christ - mas
And
day, on
day, on
all
an - gels in
all
an - gels in
Christ - mas
day.
Ah
Christ - mas
day.
Ah
N.M.O. 14833
the
the
610
63
heav'n shall sing,
Ah
heav'n shall sing,
Ah
71
Ah,
all the
all
the
day,
day,
morn
-
ing.
And
O M day in the
E D souls on
earth shall
On
sing,
Ah,
morn
-
ing.
all
Christ - mas
day,
And
Ah,
On Christ - mas
And all the souls on And
ono Christ - mas n . e n e g la- mas day, on Christ - mas On Christ r o f k us ik souls on earth.m shall sing, Ah, w ww
Ah,
day in the
On Christ-mas
78
On Christ-mas
Ah,
the
souls on
earth shall sing,
day in the morn -
earth shall sing, N.M.O. 14833
On Christ - mas
day in the morn -
Ah.
Ah.
86
11 7
ing. Then
let
Then
Then
let
I
let
day!
us all
us all
us all
re - joice and sing on Christ - mas
day!
re - joice and sing on Christ - mas
day!
E D
day!
I
O M
re - joice and sing on Christ - mas
let
91
re - joice and sing on Christ - mas
ing. Then
us all
I
o n . e n e ag rl o I saw three ships come sail - ing by onfChrist - mas day, I saw three ships come k k i s u m saw three w. ships sail - ing by, ww saw three ships come sail - ing by on Christ - mas,
saw
three
94
sail - ing
sail
-
ing
I
saw
three
by on Christ - mas day, I say three ships come sail - ing by on Christ - mas
sail - ing by.
ships
I saw three ships come
I
ships come sail - ing by,
I saw three ships come sail - ing by on Christ - mas day,
saw
three
saw
three
ships
N.M.O. 14833
ships
sail
sail
-
ing
-
ing,
I
812
97
saw,
day,
I saw three ships,
by,
100
sail - ing by.
I saw three ships come sail - ing by
saw
I
103
by,
saw
saw three ships I
saw r o f k I
I
I saw three
lathree ships come sail - ing, sail - ing
I
come sail - ing by,
sail - ing,
I saw three ships come sail - ing by,
come sail - ing, sail - ing by,
three
o e.n en g
three ships, I saw three ships come sail - ing by.
w
by,
on,
I saw three ships come
on Christ - mas day, I saw three ships
ships come sail - ing
saw,
ing,
sik u I saw, m . w w
O M
-
I saw three ships come by,
sail - ing by
saw three ships come
on Christ - mas day
E D I
I saw three ships, I
I saw three ships come sail
I saw three ships come sail - ing by.
ships
saw three ships come sail
-
ling
N.M.O. 14833
-
ing
I saw, I saw three ships
sail
I saw three ships come
by,
by,
come
I saw
thre ships
come
106
sail - ing by.
I
saw
three
sail - ing by.
I
sail - ing by.
ships
sail
-
ing,
saw three ships come sail - ing, sail - ing
O M
E D
saw three ships come sail
-
ing,
sail - ing, saw three o ships n e. en
saw
I
109
I saw three ships come sail - ing, sail - ing, sail - ing,
sail - ing by.
13 9
three
I g saw, I saw three ships come a l r fo ikk s u sail - ing, sail - ing, sail - ing, sail - ing, sail - ing, saw threeships come m . ww w
I saw three ships come sail - ing, sail - ing by,
I
I
112
ships
saw threeships come sail
-
ing
cresc.
come
by,
-
saw three
sail cresc.
I
ing,
I
saw three ships come
sail - ing by,
I saw,
ing,
I
sail
-
ships come sail - ing by,
I
saw
three ships come sail - ing by, I
cresc.
saw three cresc.
I
ships come sail
saw three ships
-
ling, I
saw three ships come
I
saw three ships come
come sail - ing by,
N.M.O. 14833
saw three ships come
14 10
sail - ing by, on Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day, I saw three ships comesail
116
sail - ing by, on Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day, I saw three ships comesail - ing by, on
sail - ing by, on Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day, I saw three ships comesail - ing by, on
O M
E D
o
sail - ing by, on Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day, We
121
Christ - mas day in the mor - mor
Christ
fo k ik
- mas day in the
Christ - mas day in the
-
mor
-
mor
mor - mor
- morn
-
mor - mor
mor - mor
- morn
-
-
mor - mor
- morn
ing,
-
ing,
ing,
N.M.O. 14833
-
- morn
o - ri - ent are, on
-
.n e en
three kings of
g a l r
s u m . w w w
Christ - mas day in the mor - mor
- ing by, on
ing,
I
I
11
126
dim.
15
Ah,
Ah,
dim.
saw three ships come sail - ling by,
Ah,
saw three ships come sail - ling by, I saw three ships come sail - ing by, dim.
Ah,
131
O M
dim.
E D
Ah,
g a l r
fo k ik
Solo
o
saw three ships come I .n e en
s u m . w ww On Christ - mas day in the morn
On Christ - mas day in the morn
On Christ - mas day in the morn
sail - ing by,
Tutti
On Christ - mas day in the morn
N.M.O. 14833
-
ing!
-
ing!
-
-
ing!
ing!
O M
E D w
s u m . ww
fo k ik
g a l r
o n . e en
O M
E D w
s u m . ww
fo k ik
g a l r
o n . e en
O M
E D w
s u m . ww
fo k ik
g a l r
o n . e en