JACQUES COHEN: I Saw Three Ships

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

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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.

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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.

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And what was in those

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  

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

  

        





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E D





     



o n . e                   en    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,

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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

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 

 

those ships all three?

  

          

 

         

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                 

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.

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 

              

o   n .      ene            g ing. morn mas in the day dy, On Christ laOo  r              kfo            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

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   



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, 

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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

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

  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

      



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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. 



  

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   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

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 



heav'n shall sing,

Ah

 



heav'n shall sing,

Ah

       

      

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    

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      ww  

Ah,

   

 

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

Ah,



      



          

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the

 

souls on

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





earth shall sing,

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day in the morn -

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   

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ing. Then 

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let

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day!

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us all

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re - joice and sing on Christ - mas

day!

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

day!

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day!

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I 

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re - joice and sing on Christ - mas

    

   



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            

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ing. Then 

    

us all

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

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I

         

o n . e n       e      ag                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, 

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sail - ing by.

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ships

I saw three ships come

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ships come sail - ing by,

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saw

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three

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day,

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  

I saw three ships,

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come sail - ing by,

sail - ing,

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     

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I saw three ships come sail - ing by,

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on Christ - mas day, I saw three ships

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      

ships come sail - ing

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saw,

ing,

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on Christ - mas day

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ships

saw three ships come sail

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by,

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come

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thre ships

 

come

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sail - ing by.

I

       





saw

three



sail - ing by.

 



I

    

         sail - ing by.        





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ships

  

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-

ing,

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 

     

 

saw three ships come sail - ing, sail - ing

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ing,

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I saw three ships come sail - ing, sail - ing, sail - ing,

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I saw three ships come sail - ing, sail - ing by,

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      

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saw threeships come sail

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come

by,

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saw three

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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.

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ships come sail

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saw three ships

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-

ling, I

saw three ships come

I

saw three ships come

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come sail - ing by,

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saw three ships come

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     

       

     

          

     

           

    

                           sail - ing by, on Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day, I saw three ships comesail

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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

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sail - ing by, on Christ - mas day, on Christ - mas day, We

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     

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Christ - mas day in the mor - mor

   Christ   

fo k ik

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Christ - mas day in the mor - mor

- ing by, on

ing,

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

saw three ships come sail - ling by,

Ah,

 

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 

       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

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    

-

ing!

-

     ing!

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

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-

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    

ing!

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ing!

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g a l r

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