Adam lay ybounden
SATB Unaccompanied
Music by BORIS ORD
Words anon. 15th Century
Novello, 1957
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All and some (Nowell sing we)
SATB(div.) Unaccompanied
Music by JOHN BYRT
Words 15th century
Oxford University Press, 1963
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All and some (Nowell sing we)
SATB+organ
Music by JOHN JOUBERT
Words 15th century
Novello, 1968
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All and some (Nowell we sing)
SATB(div.) Unaccompanied
Music by JEREMY THURLOW
Words 15th century
Novello, 1986
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As Joseph was a-walking
SATB+Sop. or Ten. solo Unaccompanied
Traditional tune from Rimbault: Old English Carols (1865)
Music arranged by ROBIN WELLS
Words traditional
Novello, 1986
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Away in a manger
SATB(div.)+Sop. solo Unaccompanied
Tune by W.J. KIRKPATRICK
Music arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words Anon.
Novello, 1986
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A babe is born
SATB Unaccompanied
Music by ROBIN WELLS
Words traditional, English 15th century
Novello, 1986
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A babe is born - alternative version
SATB Unaccompanied
Music by ROBIN WELLS
Words traditional, English 15th century
Novello, 1986
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Balulalow (O my dear heart)
SSA Unaccompanied
Music by RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Words a paraphrase of LUTHER’s Vom Himmel Hoch
Universal Edition, 1963
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Balulalow (O my dear heart)
SATB Unaccompanied
Music by PAUL JOHNSON
Words a paraphrase of LUTHER’s Vom Himmel Hoch
In Ane Compendions Buik of Godly and Spiritual Sangis, 1567
Adapted by ANTHONY PETTI
Reprinted from The New Catholic Hymnal
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Canon for three choirs (Worship the Christ-child) K.348
SATB X 3 Unaccompanied
Music by WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Words by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Novello, 1986
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Carol of the Christ-child (The Christ-child lay on Mary’s lap)
SATB Unaccompanied
Music by PHILIP RILEY
Words by G.K. CHESTERTON
Novello, 1986
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Christmas antiphon (See, to us a child is born)
SATB+descant Unaccompanied
Tune Lauds
Music by JOHN WILSON
Words based on Isaiah 9 vv.6-7 by TIMOTHY DUDLEY-SMITH
Novello, 1986
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Christmas antiphon (See, to us a child is born)
SATB+organ
Tune Lauds
Music by JOHN WILSON
Arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words based on Isaiah 9 vv.6-7 by TIMOTHY DUDLEY-SMITH
Novello, 1986
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Christmas is coming
SATB Unaccompanied
Music by H. WALFORD DAVIES
Words traditional
Trustees of the late Sir Walford Davies
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Coventry carol (Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child) op.25
SATB+Sop. solo Unaccompanied
Music by KENNETH LEIGHTON
Words 15th century, from the Coventry Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors
Novello, 1984
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Coventry carol (Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child)
SATBB Unaccompanied
Modern version of 16th century English tune
Music by MARTIN SHAW
Arranged by IAN HUMPHRIS
Words 15th century, from the Coventry Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors
Novello, 1984
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Dawn carol (Blessed be he that cometh)
SATB(div.) Unaccompanied
Music by MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
Words: Gradual and Alleluia in the second Mass of Christmas, The Mass of Dawn
Chappell Music, 1960
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De Virgin Mary had a baby boy
TTBB+solo+organ
West Indian spiritual
Music arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words traditional
Novello, 1986
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Ding dong! merrily on high
SATB Unaccompanied
French 16th century tune
Music arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELYYN
Words by G.R. WOODWARD
Novello, 1986
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Ding dong! merrily on high
SSA Unaccompanied
French 16th century tune
Music arranged by H. LE FEVRE POPE
Words by G.R. WOODWARD
Novello, 1986
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Donkey plod and Mary ride
SATBB+piano
Music by ERIC H. THIMAN
Arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words by TIMOTHY DUDLEY-SMITH
Novello, 1986
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El noi de la mare (What shall we give?)
SAATTBB+Sop. solo Unaccompanied
Traditional Catalan carol
Music arranged by ENRIQUE RIBO
English words by JAMES WOODHOUSE
Oxford University Press, 1963
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A fanfare for Christmas (Hodie, hodie)
SATB Unaccompanied
Music by ROBIN WELLS
Words Vespers for Christmas Day
Novello, 1986
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The first Christmas
SATB Unaccompanied
Music by PETER RACINE FRICKER
Words: Anon
Novello, 1963
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The first nowell
SATB+descant+organ
Traditional English carol
Music arranged by JOHN STAINER
Descant and final verse arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Novello, 1986
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Fum, fum, fum (Ancient prophets first foretold him)
SATTBB Unaccompanied
Traditional Spanish carol
Music arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words Anon.
Novello, 1986
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Gabriel’s message (The angel Gabriel from heaven came)
SATB(div.) Unaccompanied
Basque carol
Music arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words by S. BARING-GOULD
Novello, 1986
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A gallery carol (Rejoice and be merry)
SATB+organ
Old English tune
Music arranged by ROBIN WELLS
Words traditional
Novello, 1986
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God rest you merry, gentlemen
SATB+organ
Traditional London tune
Music arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words traditional
Novello, 1986
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The golden carol (Now is Christemas ycome)
SATB(div.)+organ
Music by PAUL BENDIT
Words 15th century
Novello, 1986
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Hark! the herald angels sing
SATB+organ
Music from a chorus in MENDELSSOHN’s Festgesang (1840)
Originally adapted by W.H. CUMMINGS
Introductions and arrangement of last verse by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words by C. WESLEY, T. WHITEFIELD & M. MADAN
Novello, 1986
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The holly and the ivy
SATB+Sop. or Ten. solo+organ
Gloucestershire Folk Carol
Collected by CECIL SHARP
Music arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words traditional
Oxford University Press, 1965
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How soft, upon the ev’ning air
SATB(div.)+piano
Music by THOMAS F. DUNHILL
Arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words by IRENE GASS
J. Curwen & Sons, 1961
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Huron carol (’Twas in the moon of wintertime)
SATTBB Unaccompanied
Tune of the Huron Indians
Music arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words attributed to Father JEAN DE BREBEUF
English words by J.E. MIDDLETON
Novello, 1986
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Hush you, my baby
SSAATTBB+Sop. & Ten. solo Unaccompanied
Music by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words by TIMOTHY DUDLEY-SMITH
Novello, 1986
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I saw three ships
SATB Unaccompanied
English tune
Music arranged by IAN HUMPHRIS
Words traditional
Novello, 1986
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I saw three ships
SATB(div.) Unaccompanied
Two English tunes
Music arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words traditional
Novello, 1986
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I sing of a maiden
SATB Unaccompanied
Music by ROBIN WELLS
Words traditional, 15th century
Novello, 1986
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Il est né, le divin enfant (See him born, the Heavenly child)
SATB(div.) Unaccompanied
French traditional carol
Music arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Novello, 1986
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Illuminare, Jerusalem (Jerusalem rejos for joy)
SSAATTBB Unaccompanied
Music by JUDITH WEIR
Words Anon., 15th century, Bannatyne MS f.27v
Novello, 1986
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In dulci jubilo (4-part)
SATB Unaccompanied
Old German melody
Music by R.L. PEARSALL
Arranged by four voices by W.J. WESTBROOK
English words by R.L. PEARSALL
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In the bleak mid-winter
SATB+organ(opt.)
Music by GUSTAV HOLST
Words by CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
Oxford University Press
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In the bleak mid-winter
SATB Unaccompanied
Music by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSETTI
Novello, 1986
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In thy mother’s arms (Ninna-Nanna a gesù bambino)
SATB+Alt. or Bar.solo Unaccompanied
Music by D. LAVINIO VIRGILI
English words by JAMES WOODHOUSE
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The infant king (Sing lullaby!)
SATB Unaccompanied
Traditional Basque Noël
Music arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words by S. BARING-GOULD
Novello, 1986
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Jesus, Jesus, rest your head
SATB Unaccompanied
Appalachian carol
Music arranged by ARTHUR WARRELL
Words traditional
G. Schirmer, 1938
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Joy shall be yours in the morning (Villagers all, this frosty tide)
SATB Unaccompanied
Music by H. FRASER-SIMSON
Words by KENNETH GRAHAME
Chappell & Co., 1930
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Joy to the world
SATB Unaccompanied
Mostly from Holford’s Voce di Melodia (c.1834) with echoes of G.F. HANDEL
Words by ISAAC WATTS based on Psalm 98
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Joy to the world
SATB+organ
Mostly from Holford’s Voce di Melodia (c.1834) with echoes of G.F. HANDEL
Music arranged by WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words by ISAAC WATTS based on Psalm 98
Novello, 1986
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