Pages, including cover: 4
Vocal melody plus piano accompaniment and chord symbols.
Piano difficulty; intermediate.
Collected by Cecil J Sharp (1859-1924) from Tysoe, Warwickshire; it is a variant of "Searching for lambs". It calls hearers to remember, amongst the merriment, what Christmas is really about.
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Difficulty: Easy
Pages, including cover: 3
This new year song first appeared around 1850, obviously designed for door-to-door singing. The wassail bowl, of which the singers hoped for a share, usually included hot ale or beer, fruit, spices and mead.
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Difficulty: Easy
Pages, including cover: 3
John Henry Hopkins (1820-1891), rector of the Episcopal Church at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, wrote this famous carol as part of a pageant depicting the nativity story.
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Difficulty: Easy
Pages, including cover: 3
William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) wrote these words for the traditional tune "Greensleeves" - often attributed to Henry VIII, but more likely to be Elizabethan in origin.
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Pages, including cover: 2
Easy accordion arrangement plus lyrics.
The tune usually associated with Nahum Tate's (1652-1715) words is from a psalter (collection of psalms) published by Thomas Este, who died in 1609.
However, the words have been set to many tunes; please listen to the audio sample before purchase, to check this...