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Yuletide Favorites ol I (TTBB) Stock No 101 Print version availale Stock No 100 Yuletide Favorites ol I Angels, from Realms of Glory Angels We Have Heard on High As ith Gladness Men of ld Aay in a

1 Yuletide Favorites ol I (TTBB) Stock No 101 Print version availale Stock No 100 Yuletide Favorites ol I Angels, from Realms of Glory Angels We Have Heard on High As ith Gladness Men of ld Aay in a Manger Children s Medley Coventry Carol God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Hark! Herald Angels Sing I Heard Bells on Christmas Day It Came upon Midnight Clear ingle Bells Lo, Ho a Rose E er Blooming Christmas Tree Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) Holy Night! Little Ton of Bethlehem Silent Night We Wish You a Merry Christmas While y My Sheep (Echo Carol) 01 Barershop Harmony Society 110 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee USA arershoporg

2 FREWRD This collection is result of many requests for appropriate arrangements in arershop style of favorite Christmas songs We kno you ill enoy singing m The origin of many old songs, especially those that have een handed don over many generations, is shrouded in mists of time Eact dates of composition are frequently unknon ften ords, or music, eisted independently efore song in its present form as compiled Some song tets are from ancient Latin hymns, hile many are of 17th or 1th Century French, German, or English origin Many times tets have gone through multiple translations to arrive at ir present form If re is more than one musical setting of a tet, e have used one most familiar and eloved The editors have attempted to identify sources of oth ords and music, often ritten many years apart The dates under individual song titles refer to first appearance of ords and music or to first pulication of complete song Angels, from Realms of Glory Angels We Have Heard on High As ith Gladness Men of ld Aay in a Manger Children s Medley includes olly ld Saint Nicholas and Up on HouseTop Coventry Carol God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Hark! Herald Angels Sing I Heard Bells on Christmas Day It Came upon Midnight Clear ingle Bells Lo, Ho a Rose E er Blooming Christmas Tree Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) Holy Night! Little Ton of Bethlehem Silent Night We Wish You a Merry Christmas While By My Sheep (Echo Carol) Questions aout contest suitaility of any song/arrangement in this collection should e directed to udging community and measured against current contest rules Ask efore you sing! We ish to acknoledge, ith thanks, contriutions to this collection y folloing arrangers: ack Baird, Rudy Hart, oe Liles, Bo Meyer, Earl Moon, Dave Stevens, Burt Szao, and Ed Waesche 197, 01 SPEBSQSA, Inc (Barershop Harmony Society) 110 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, TN arershoporg All Rights Reserved Printed in USA No part of this pulication may e reproduced or transmitted in any form or y any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, ithout permission in riting from pulisher

3 CHILDREN S MEDLEY 1 Intro 1 3 It s time to hang stock ings y chim ney ith 5 n 7 n U A care, And hope that good old San ta Claus soon ill e re! u LLY LD SAINT NICHLAS Traditional USA ol ly old Saint Nich o las, Lean your ear this ay! ohn ny ants a pair of skates; Su sy ants a dol ly, n 1 A Don t you tell a sin gle soul What I m going to say; Nel lie ants a pic ture ook, She thinks dolls are fol ly;

4 Christ mas Eve is com ing soon; No, you dear As for me, my lit tle rain Is n t ve old ry man, right; Please, So 1 3 n 1 (to ms 9) 5 C his choose per for hat me, you ll dear ring San to ta me; Claus, Tell What me you if think you is can right C UP N THE HUSETP Words and Music y BR HANBY C 7 C Up on house top rein deer pause, ut umps good old 9 San ta Claus; 30 Don thro chim ney ith 31 lots of toys, 3 33 * All for lit tle ones, Christ mas oys ( ) *For quartet, and tone sing notes in parenses

5 3 Refrain > > > 35 3 > > > 3 Ho, ho, ho! > > > 37 Who ould n t go! Ho, ho, ho! > > > 3 Who ould n t go! Up on house top, * (to ms 3) click, click, click, n Don thro chim ney ith good Saint Nick ( ) 3 5 click, click, click, n 7 Don thro chim ney ith 9 good Saint Saint, Ó Nick, good Saint Nick! Ó Up on house top, *For quartet, and tone sing notes in parenses

6 1 1 Hark! Hail 5 Peace Light on and HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING (1739, 10) Words y CHARLES WESLEY (17017) Adaptation y WILLIAM H CUMMINGS earth, life her ald an gels sing, Glo ry to ne orn King; heav n orn Prince of Peace! Hail Son of Righteous ness! and to mer all 3 n cy mild, God and sin ners rec on He rings, Ris n ith heal ing in His 7 Music y FELIX MENDELSSHN (10917) ciled ings oy ful all ye na tions rise, oin tri Mild he lays His glo ry y, Born that men umph no of more may skies; die; 13 With Born an to gel ic hosts pro claim, Christ is orn in Beth le raise sons of earth, orn to give m sec ond hem irth

7 5 17 Hark! her ald an gels sing, Glo ry to ne orn King *Quartet uses notes in parenses ( ) ( ) ANGELS, FRM THE REALMS F GLRY (11, 17) Words y AMES MNTGMERY (177115) 1 3 Music y HENRY SMART (113179) 1 An gels, from realms of glo ry, Wing your Shepherds in field a id ing, Watch ing 5 flight o er o er your 7 all flocks y earth night, Ye, God ho ith sang man cre is 9 a no 10 tion s sto re sid ry, No ing, Yon pro der claim Mes si shines in 11 ah s fant 1 irth Light Come and or ship! Come and or ship! Wor ship Christ ne orn King!

8 IT CAME UPN THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR (19, 150) Words y EDMUND H SEARS (11017) Music y RICHARD S WILLIS ( ) n 3 1 It For came lo! up on mid night clear, That glo days are has t ning on, By proph rious ets song seen of of 7 A old, old, From When 9 an gels end ing near earth To touch ir harps of ith ev er cir cling years Shall come time fore n N 1 n n gold: told, Peace When on peace shall earth, o n good ill to men From heav n s all gra ver all earth Its an cient splen cious dors 3 A King fling The And orld in hole sol emn stillness lay, To hear an orld send ack song, Which no an gels gels sing sing

9 Words y SEPH MHR (1791) Translation y HN F YUNG (1015) 1 SILENT NIGHT (11, English version 13) 3 7 Music y FRANZ GRÜBER (17713) all at 1 Si Si lent night, Ho ly night! All lent night, Ho ly night! Shep is right sight; 5 Round Glo is herds yon vir gin Moth er and ries stream from Heav en a calm, quake Child far, 7 Ho Heav n ly In fant so ten der and mild, Sleep in heav en ly hosts sing: A le lu ia; Christ Sav ior 9 ly is peace, orn! Sleep Christ in heav sav en ly heav n ior is Christ ly is peace! orn! peace! orn

10 GD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN (133, 171) C 1 n A 3 n Traditional English Carol n C 1 God From rest God ye our mer ry, gen tlemen, Let nothing you dis may, Re heav nly Fa r A lessed An gel came, And 5 n A 7 n n mem er Christ, our Sav ior, Was orn on Christ mas un to cer tain shep herdsbrought ti dings of Day, same, To Ho 9 A 10 n 11 1 save that us in all Beth from le Sa tan s po r When e ere gone a hem as orn, The Son of God y n stray name n 1 ti dings of com fort and oy, comfort and n oy,

11 n U ti dings of com fort and oy! com n fort and n n oy! u Words y WILLIAM C DIX (13719) AS WITH GLADNESS MEN F LD (13, 11) 1 Music y CNRAD KCHER (1717) 3 1 As ith gladness As y of fered men gifts of most old rare Did At that guid ing man ger star rude e hold, and are, 5 7 As So ith may oy e y ith hailed ho its ly light, oy, lead Pure ing on ard, eam and free from sin s ing al right, loy, ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 1 So All most our gra cious Lord, cost liest treas may e uresring, Ev er more Christ, to Thee, e our led to heav n ly Thee King ( )

12 10 Words y MCAPPEAU Translation y HN DWIGHT HLY NIGHT! Cantique de Noël (17) Music y ADLPHE ADAM (10315) 1 ho ly night! stars are right ly shin ing, It is 3 5 night of dear Sav ior s irth; Long lay orld in sin and er ror 7 pin ing, Til He ap peared and soul felt its * orth A thrill of hope ea ry orld re oi ces, For yon der reaks a *A fe es should help s in lo spots

13 1 Refrain ne and glo rious morn 15 Fall on your Fall, oh fall knees, hear an gel voi ces! night di vine night hen Christ as orn! (to ms 13) Œ night, ho ly night, night di vine! Œ 5 * 7 U night, ho ly night, night di vine! u *For Chorus: some s should assist s

14 1 Latin, 1th century Translation y FREDERICK AKELEY CME, ALL YE FAITHFUL Adeste Fideles (1751, 11) Music y HN F WADE (171117) come, Sing, Yea, all choirs Lord, ye of e faith an greet ful, oy ful and tri um gels, Sing in e ul ta Thee, Born this hap py morn phant, tion, ing, n 5 n come sing, e ye, all ye come right ye hosts to of Beth heav n le a sus, Thee e all glo ry to 9 Come Glo Word 13 7 n and e hold Him, orn King of an ry to God, all glo ry in high of Fa r, no in flesh ap pear n 15 1 hem ove giv n n gels, est, ing, Refrain Œ 1 come, let us a dore Him, come, let us a dore Him, Ó Œ a Œ Ó Œ dore Him, a dore Him,

15 come, let us a dore Him, Christ Lord! Unknon A Be e sus laid ev er and 11 1 ay in a near me, Lord 7 AWAY IN A MANGER (17) don His seet love me, I 1 n man ger, no cri for a ed, The lit e sus, I ask Thee to stay Close y 13 head pray The Bless 3 9 stars all 1 Music y AMES R MURRAY in dear sky chil 5 n tle Lord me for n looked dren in 1 don here He Thy ten der lay, care, The And lit fit tle Lord us for e sus, a Heav en to sleep on live ith Thee hay re

16 1 Words y PHILLIPS BRKS (135193) LITTLE TWN F BETHLEHEM (1) 1 n 3 Music y LEWIS H REDNER (131190) 1 For 3 lit tle ton of Beth le hem, Ho still e see e lie! A Christ is orn of Ma ry, And gath ered all a ove While ho ly child of Beth le hem! De scend to us, e pray; Cast 5 7 ove thy deep and dream less sleep, The si lent stars go mor tals sleep, an gels keep Their atch of ond ring out our sin and en ter in, Be orn in us do n n y love day Yet We n 1 in morn hear y dark streets shi neth The ev er last ing stars to geth er Pro claim ho Christ mas an gels The great glad tid ing ly ings Light; irth, tell; The And 13 hopes prais come and es to fears sing us, of to a 1 n all God years King, Are And met peace in to e men to on night earth! ide ith us, ur Lord, Im man u el! 15 n 1

17 1 1 An gels e have heard on high, Seet ly sing ing o er plains; Shep herds hy this u i lee Why your oy ous strains prolong 5 And What moun glad Refrain 9 Glo ANGELS WE HAE HEARD N HIGH (17th Century) 3 7 tains in re ply, Ech o ing ir oy ous some ti dings e Which in spire your heav n ly n 1 strains song ri a in e cel sis Traditional French Carol 1 Œ De o Glo ri a Œ n in e cel sis De o in e cel sis De 0 1 (to ms 1) Ó Ó 3 U o u

18 1 WE WISH YU A MERRY CHRISTMAS Traditional English Carol 3 % 1 3 n 3 We ish you a Mer ry Christmas, e ish you a Mer ry n A A 5 7 To Tag Þ Christmas, e Christmas and a Hap py Ne ish you a Mer ry Year! Refrain n 1 A Good ti dings to you her ev er you are; Good DS al Þ ti dings for Christ mas and a Hap py Ne Year! We

19 17 Þ Tag rit 17 n a tempo U U 1 " 19 A ( ) 0 U We ish you a Merry Christ mas and a Hap py Ne n " u u A ( ) Year! u NA I HEARD THE BELLS N CHRISTMAS DAY (13, 173) Words y HENRY W LNGFELLW (11919) car earth, doth 1 I And 3 Then 1 heard in pealed de ells spair ells on I more n n Christ o d loud n mas Day Their old fa mil my head: There is no peace and deep: God is not dead, n 3 iar on nor n ols play, And ild and seet ords re peat I said, For hate is strong and mocks song He sleep; The rong shall fail, right prevail, 1, 7 5 U n 3 9 Music y BAPTISTE CALKIN (171905) 10 ( ) of f With U peace peace on on earth, earth, good good ill ill to to men men u peace on earth, good ill to men u

20 1 PIERPNT 1 Intro fast in gle, in gle, INGLE BELLS (157) in gle, in gle, in gle, in gle, Words and Music y AMES PIERPNT (1193) 3 5 n 7 Œ in gle, in gle in gle, in gle all ay! Œ erse Dashing thro sno in a onehorse o pen sleigh, n er fieldse 19 go, 0 Laughing all ay; Bells on o tail ring, Making spir its right; n What 1 3 fun it is to ride and sing a n sleigh ing song to night

21 Refrain in gle ells! in gle ells! in gle all ay! h, hat fun it 30 is to ride in a 31 n onehorse o pen sleigh, h! in gle ells! in gle ells! in gle all ay! h, hat fun it is to ride in a onehorse o pen 0 sleigh! A 9 Soon Miss erse (keep same tempo) 5 The ingle, ingle; 1 day or 50 to a 3 go I 5 thought I d Fanny Bright as seat ed 57 horse as Fan ny 51 5 lean and Bright 5 59 lank, 53 0Œ Œ Mis Œ for tune 1 5 take a y my seemed 7 ride, 55 his Œ Œ n Œ side; in gle, in gle; 3 lot; Œ Œ He Œ n

22 0 5 got in to a drifted ank, and e, e got up 73 Refrain 7 9 n sot! 7 Œ Œ ingle, ingle, ingle, ingle, 7 in gle ells! in gle ells! in gle all 7 in gle, in gle, in gle, in gle, 77 h, hat fun it 7 is to ride in a n one horse o pen ay! 0 sleigh, h! 1 3 Œ 5 in gle ells! in gle ells! in gle all in gle, in gle, in gle, in gle, is to ride in a 91 n o 9 pen 7 93 ay! one horse o pen sleigh! A one sleigh! 9 Tag 9 95 Œ h, hat fun horse n in gle, in gle, in gle, in gle in gle all 90 9 Œ Œ ay! it Hey!

23 RBERT CR CENTRY CARL (153, 1591) 1 Traditional English Carol *Lul Her 3 Then lay, Thou lit tle ti ny Child, By, y, lul od King, in his rag ing, Charg ed he oe is me, poor Child, for Thee, And ev er 7 Œ 9 10 ly, hath mourn lul this and lay; day; Lul His lay, men Thou of lit might, say; For Thy part ing Œ tle in nor , (to ms 1) ti his say, ny Child, By, y, lul ly, lul on nor sight, sing, All chil dren young, to lay slay n n 19 0 n By, y lul ly, lul lay n *Pronunciation: Lullay = Loolay; Lully = Loolee

24 CHRISTMAS TREE (1799, 10) Traditional German Carol Christmas tree, Christ mas tree, Ho ev er green your ranch es Christmas tree, Christ mas tree, The tree most fair and love ly Christmas tree, Christmas tree, Ho ev er green your ranch es Not on ly green Christmas tree, Christmas tree, The tree most fair and love ly Each year you ring in me 10 sum mertime, But al so in in ter time; Christ mas tree, great de light, You shine so right each Christ mas night; Christ mas tree, U (to ms 1) 17 1 U Christ Christ mas tree, Ho ev er green your ranch es mas tree, The tree most fair and lovely n u u

25 WHILE BY MY SHEEP Echo Carol (17th Century) 3 Traditional German Carol C C 1 While y Lord, ev my er sheep more I to atched me at e night, nigh, Glad Then ti shall dings my π 11 rought heart an e an filled gel ith right oy Ho great my oy, great my 1 f 13 1 π 15 1 f 17 1 oy oy, oy, oy! oy, oy, oy! Praise to Lord in 19 0 π 1 3 U Heav n on high Praise to Lord in Heav n on high u

26 Translation y THEDRE BAKER (19) L, HW A RSE E ER BLMING (100, 19) Music y MICHAEL PRAETRIIUS 3 1 ten Rose der I stem have hath in Lo, I ho a Rose e er sa iah tas fore loom told ing From ten it, The Rose der I stem have hath in ten Rose der I stem have hath in Ó sprung! mind Ó Œ 5 f With es se s lin eage com ing, As men of old Mar y e e hold it, The ir gin Moth 9 n * men of old ir gin moth have er 7 have er men ir of old gin moth have er 10Œ Œ sung kind Œ It To came sho a God s Flo love ret right, A a right, She mid ore to cold men of a Œ 11 in Sav ter, ior, When * For Chorus: some es should stay on C ith s half spent as 1 half spent as half spent as night 13 Ó night Ó night

27 Yuletide Favorites ol I (TTBB) Stock No 101 Print version availale Stock No 100 Learning Tracks are availale for Yuletide Favorites ol I: Part tone All Four Parts (N Full Mi) Stock These pulications and more are availale from Barershop Harmony Society: Title Yuletide Favorites ol II I'll Be Home for Christmas* Let It Sno! Let It Sno! Let It Sno!* White Christmas Let There Be Peace n Earth The irgin Mary Had a Bay Boy Mary Had a Bay Do You Hear What I Hear Carol of Bells (Everyody's Waitin for) The Man ith Bag SeventySi Tromones Under Boardalk* Goodnight, Seeart, Goodnight The Longest Time Happy Toger* To order se arrangements and more, visit arershoporg or call 007SING Stock *The aove marked titles are also availale in SSAA voicing

YULETIDE FAVORITES BARBERSHOP STYLE

YULETIDE FAVORITES BARBERSHOP STYLE This collection is the result of many requests for appropriate barbershop-style arrangements of favorite Christmas songs. We know your quartet or chorus will enjoy singing