Adam lay ybounden
SATB Unaccompanied
Music: BORIS ORD
Words anon. 15th Century
Novello, 1957
In: Carols for Choirs 2; The Novello Book of Carols
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All and some (Nowell sing we)
SATB(div.) Unaccompanied
Music: JOHN BYRT
Words 15th century
Oxford University Press, 1963
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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All and some (Nowell sing we)
SATB+organ
Music: JOHN JOUBERT
Words 15th century
Novello, 1968
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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All and some (Nowell we sing)
SATB(div.) Unaccompanied
Music: JEREMY THURLOW
Words 15th century
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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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: ROBIN WELLS
Words traditional
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Away in a manger
SATB(div.)+Sop. solo Unaccompanied
Tune: W.J. KIRKPATRICK
Music arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words Anon.
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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A babe is born
SATB Unaccompanied
Music: ROBIN WELLS
Words traditional, English 15th century
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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A babe is born - alternative version
SATB Unaccompanied
Music: ROBIN WELLS
Words traditional, English 15th century
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Balulalow (O my dear heart)
SSA Unaccompanied
Music: RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Words a paraphrase of LUTHER’s Vom Himmel Hoch
Universal Edition, 1963
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Balulalow (O my dear heart)
SATB Unaccompanied
Music: PAUL JOHNSON
Words a paraphrase of LUTHER’s Vom Himmel Hoch
In Ane Compendions Buik of Godly and Spiritual Sangis, 1567
Adapted: ANTHONY PETTI
Reprinted from The New Catholic Hymnal
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Canon for three choirs (Worship the Christ-child) K. 348
SATB X 3 Unaccompanied
Music: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Words: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Carol of the Christ-child (The Christ-child lay on Mary’s lap)
SATB Unaccompanied
Music: PHILIP RILEY
Words: G.K. CHESTERTON
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Christmas antiphon (See, to us a child is born)
SATB+descant Unaccompanied
Tune Lauds
Music: JOHN WILSON
Words based on Isaiah 9 vv.6-7 by TIMOTHY DUDLEY-SMITH
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Christmas antiphon (See, to us a child is born)
SATB+organ
Tune Lauds
Music: JOHN WILSON
Arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words based on Isaiah 9 vv.6-7 by TIMOTHY DUDLEY-SMITH
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Christmas is coming
SATB Unaccompanied
Music: H. WALFORD DAVIES
Words traditional
Trustees of the late Sir Walford Davies
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Coventry carol (Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child) op. 25
SATB+Sop. solo Unaccompanied
Music: KENNETH LEIGHTON
Words 15th century, from the Coventry Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors
Novello, 1984
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Coventry carol (Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child)
SATBB Unaccompanied
Modern version of 16th century English tune
Music: MARTIN SHAW
Arranged: IAN HUMPHRIS
Words 15th century, from the Coventry Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors
Novello, 1984
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Dawn carol (Blessed be he that cometh)
SATB(div.) Unaccompanied
Music: MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
Words: Gradual and Alleluia in the second Mass of Christmas, The Mass of Dawn
Chappell Music, 1960
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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De Virgin Mary had a baby boy
TTBB+solo+organ
West Indian spiritual
Music arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words traditional
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Ding dong! merrily on high
SATB Unaccompanied
French 16th century tune
Music arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELYYN
Words: G.R. WOODWARD
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Ding dong! merrily on high
SSA Unaccompanied
French 16th century tune
Music arranged: H. LE FEVRE POPE
Words: G.R. WOODWARD
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Donkey plod and Mary ride
SATBB+piano
Music: ERIC H. THIMAN
Arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words: TIMOTHY DUDLEY-SMITH
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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El noi de la mare (What shall we give?)
SAATTBB+Sop. solo Unaccompanied
Traditional Catalan carol
Music arranged: ENRIQUE RIBO
English words: JAMES WOODHOUSE
Oxford University Press, 1963
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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A fanfare for Christmas (Hodie, hodie)
SATB Unaccompanied
Music: ROBIN WELLS
Words Vespers for Christmas Day
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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The first Christmas
SATB Unaccompanied
Music: PETER RACINE FRICKER
Words: Anon
Novello, 1963
In: Sing Nowell
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The first nowell
SATB+descant+organ
Traditional English carol
Music arranged: JOHN STAINER
Descant and final verse arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Fum, fum, fum (Ancient prophets first foretold him)
SATTBB Unaccompanied
Traditional Spanish carol
Music arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words Anon.
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Gabriel’s message (The angel Gabriel from heaven came)
SATB(div.) Unaccompanied
Basque carol
Music arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words: S. BARING-GOULD
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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A gallery carol (Rejoice and be merry)
SATB+organ
Old English tune
Music arranged: ROBIN WELLS
Words traditional
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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God rest you merry, gentlemen
SATB+organ
Traditional London tune
Music arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words traditional
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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The golden carol (Now is Christemas ycome)
SATB(div.)+organ
Music: PAUL BENDIT
Words 15th century
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Hark! the herald angels sing
SATB+organ
Music from a chorus in MENDELSSOHN’s Festgesang (1840)
Originally adapted: W.H. CUMMINGS
Introductions and arrangement of last verse: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words: C. WESLEY, T. WHITEFIELD & M. MADAN
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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The holly and the ivy
SATB+Sop. or Ten. solo+organ
Gloucestershire Folk Carol
Collected: CECIL SHARP
Music arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words traditional
Oxford University Press, 1965
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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How soft, upon the ev’ning air
SATB(div.)+piano
Music: THOMAS F. DUNHILL
Arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words: IRENE GASS
J. Curwen & Sons, 1961
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Huron carol (’Twas in the moon of wintertime)
SATTBB Unaccompanied
Tune of the Huron Indians
Music arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words attributed to Father JEAN DE BREBEUF
English words: J.E. MIDDLETON
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Hush you, my baby
SSAATTBB+Sop. & Ten. solo Unaccompanied
Music: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words: TIMOTHY DUDLEY-SMITH
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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I saw three ships
SATB Unaccompanied
English tune
Music arranged: IAN HUMPHRIS
Words traditional
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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I saw three ships
SATB(div.) Unaccompanied
Two English tunes
Music arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words traditional
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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I sing of a maiden
SATB Unaccompanied
Music: ROBIN WELLS
Words traditional, 15th century
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Il est né, le divin enfant (See him born, the Heavenly child)
SATB(div.) Unaccompanied
French traditional carol
Music arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Illuminare, Jerusalem (Jerusalem rejos for joy)
SSAATTBB Unaccompanied
Music: JUDITH WEIR
Words Anon., 15th century, Bannatyne MS f.27v
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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In dulci jubilo (4-part)
SATB Unaccompanied
Old German melody
Music: R.L. PEARSALL
Arranged four voices: W.J. WESTBROOK
English words: R.L. PEARSALL
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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In the bleak mid-winter
SATB+organ(opt.)
Music: GUSTAV HOLST
Words: CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
Oxford University Press
In: Carols for Choirs 3
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In the bleak mid-winter
SATB Unaccompanied
Music: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words: CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSETTI
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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In thy mother’s arms (Ninna-Nanna a gesù bambino)
SATB+Alt. or Bar.solo Unaccompanied
Music: D. LAVINIO VIRGILI
English words: JAMES WOODHOUSE
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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The infant king (Sing lullaby!)
SATB Unaccompanied
Traditional Basque Noël
Music arranged: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words: S. BARING-GOULD
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Jesus, Jesus, rest your head
SATB Unaccompanied
Appalachian carol
Music arranged: ARTHUR WARRELL
Words traditional
G. Schirmer, 1938
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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Joy shall be yours in the morning (Villagers all, this frosty tide)
SATB Unaccompanied
Music: H. FRASER-SIMSON
Words: 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: ISAAC WATTS based on Psalm 98
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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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: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN
Words: ISAAC WATTS based on Psalm 98
Novello, 1986
In: The Novello Book of Carols
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