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 them and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas."! INDEX OF SONGS PAGE 5 15 9 13 1 TITLE PAGE TITLE Angels, From The Realms Of Glory 18 Jingle Bells Angels We Have Heard On High 24 Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming As With Gladness Men Of Old 22 0 Christmas Tree Away In A Manger 12 0 Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) Children's Medley (Jolly Old Saint Nicholas) Pg. 1 10 0 Holy Night (Up On The House-Top) Pg. 2 14 0 Little Town Of Bethlehem Coventry Carol 7 Silent Night God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 16 We Wish You A Merry Christmas Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 23 While By My Sheep (Echo Carol) I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day It Came Upon The Midnight Clear We wish to acknowledge, with thanks, the contributions to this collection by the following arrangers: Jack Baird Rudy Hart Joe Liles Bob Meyer Earl Moon Dave Stevens Burt Szabo Ed Waesche Additional copies of this folio may be obtained from S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Inc., Box 575, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53141 at $1.00 per copy, or a special price of 75(t each copy in quantities of ten or more. 5M -9-75 copyright 1974 by S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Inc. 6315 Third Avenue, Kenosha. Wisconsin 53141

CHILDREN'S MEDLEY INTRO: P?-eeZw It's time to hang- the stock - ing-s by the chim - ney with (JOLLY OLD SAINT NICHOLAS) Traditional U. S.A. Traditional U. S. A. Not too fast I l 1.01 - l old Saint Nich - o - las, Lean your ear this way! 2. John - ny wants a pair of skates; Su - sy wants a do1 - ly; Don't you tell a sin - gle soul What I'm going to say: -- Nel - lie wants a pic - ture book, She thinks dolls are fol - ly; All ;~rr;~n~ernc!nts copyrighted 1974 hy S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Inc.,6315 Third Ave., K<.noshn,Wisconsin 53141 1

Christ-mas Eve is com - ing soon; Now, you dear old man, Please, for me, my lit - tle brain Is - 'nt ver - y bright; So whis - per what you'll bring to me; Tell me if you can. choose for me, dear San - ta Claus, What you think is right. B.R. HANBY Keev same temvo (UP ON THE HOUSE -TOP) B. R. HANBY II Up on the house-top rein- deer pause, Out jumps good old San - ta Claus; 11 Down thro' the chim-ney with lots of toys. All for the lit - tle ones, Christ-mas jof.5 or quartet, bass and baritone sing notes in parentheses. 2

REFRAIN : II HO, ha, ho! who would - nlt go! ho! II who would - n't go! on the house - top 1. I - I D- On I h h h l I * click, click, click, Down thro' the chim- ney with good Saint Nick. click, click, click, Down thro' the chim - ney with good Saint 1 I Nick. Good Saint Nick! on the house - top or quartet, bass and baritone sing notes in parentheses. 3

HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING FELIX MENDELSSOHN CHARLES WESLEY 1.Hark! the her - ald an - gels sing, "Glo - ry to the new- born King; 2. Hail the heav'n - born Prince of Peace! - Hail the Son of Right-eous- ness! II Peace on earth, and mer - cy mild,- God and sin - ners rec - on - ciledl' Light and life to all He brings,- Ris'n with heal - ing in His wings. Joy - ful all ye na - tions, rise,- Join the tri - umph of the skies; - Mild He lays His g10 - ry b y, Born that men no more may die; - *~nr quartet, bass and baritone sing notes in parentheses

Hark! the her - ald an - gels sing, "Glo - ry- to the new- born King!" I *~uartet uses notes In parentheses. ANGELS, FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY JAMES MONTGOMERY HENRY SMART II 1. An - gels, from the realms of glo - ry, Wing your flight o'er all the earth, 2. Shep-herds in the field a - bid - ing, Watch- ing o'er your flocks by night, Ye, who sang cre - a - tion's sto - ry, Now pro- claim Mes - si - ah's birth. God with man is now re - sid - ing, Yon - der shines the in - fant Light. 1) Come and wor. ship! Come and wor - ship! Wor- ship Christ -the new- born King!

IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR EDMUND H. SEARS RICHARD S. WILLIS II old, From an - gels bend - ing near the earth To touch their harps- of old, Whenwith the ev. er circ - ling years Shall come the time - fore - II gold : - "Peace on! the earth, -good will to men, /From heav'n's- all gra - cious told, When peac2,,,shall o - ver all the earthi Its an - cient splen - dors II King!' - The world in sol - ernn still - ness lay, To hear the an - gels' sing.- fling. - And the wholeworld- sendback the song Whichnow the an - gels sing.-

SILENT NIGHT JOSEPH MOHR FRANZ GRUBER l 1. Si lent night, Ho - ly night! All is calm, lent night, Ho - ly night! Shep - herds quake is bright Round yon vir - gin Moth - er and Child. the sight; Glo - ries stream - from Heav - en a - far. Ho - ly In - fant so ten - der and mild, Sleep in heav - en - ly r Heav'n - ly hosts - sing al - la - lu - ia, Christ, the Sav - ior, is Sleep in ' heav - en - ly heav'n - ly peace! Christ, - the Sav - ior, is Christ is born! : J ; ;, r -h j. B I Y r P V peace I! horn!

GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN Traditional English Traditional English /I 1. God rest ye mer - ry, gen - tle - men, Let noth - ing you dis - may. Ra - 2. From God our heav'n-ly Fa - ther, A bless - ed An - gel came; And mom - her Christ our Sav - ior Was born on Christ- mas Day; To un - to ctrr - tain shep - herds Brought ti - dings of the same; How II save us all from Sa- tan's pow'r When we were gone a - stray. 0 p that in Beth - le - hem was born The Son of God by name. 0 p ti - dings of com - fort and joy, cam - fort and joy, 0-

11 ti - dings of com - fort and joy! com - fort and joy! AS WITH GLADNESS MEN OF OLD WILLIAM C. DIX CONRAD KOCHER 1. As with glad - ness men of old 2. As they - of - fered gifts most rare, we with ho - ly joy, Pure and free from sin's al - loy, So most gra- cious Lord, may we Ev - er - more he led to Thee. All our cost - liest treas - ures bring, Christ, to Thee, our heav'n - ly King.

0 HOLY NIGHT Anonymous ADOLPHE ADAM ho - ly night! - the s I( pin - ing, Till He ap - peared and the soul felt its ' worth. A *A few basses should he;p leads in low spots. I 10

11 new and g10 - rious rnorn; Fall on your knees, F~I, oh, fall on your knees, the an - gel voi - ces! 0 night di 1) vine, 0 night when Christ was born! 0 11 night, 0 ho night, 0 night di - vine! 0 night, 0 night di - vine! *FOT C~OTIIS, some leads should assist the tenors. I r I

0 COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL Adeste Fideles J. F. WADE J. F. W ADE Joy - ful and tri - um - phant, 0 come - ye, 0 come - ye to Beth - le - hem,- sing, - all ye bright hosts of heav'n - a - bove, Je - sus, to Thee - be all g10 - ry giv'n, Come and - be - hold Him, born the King of an - gels, Glo - ry to God all g10 - ry in the high - est, 0 Word o f the Fa - ther, now in flesh ap - pear - ing, e l 11 come, let us a - dore Him, 0 come, let us a - dore Him, 0 I a - dore ~im, a - dorr Him, * F O ~ quartet, hnss and hnritone sing notes in parentheses. or chorus, use ;I few leads on upper note in bracket.

the come let us Him: Christ p Lord! AWAY IN A MANGER Anonymous J. R. MURRAY 1. A - way in a man - ger, no crib for a bed, The lit - tle Lord 2. Be near me, Lord Je - sus, I ask Thee to stay Close by me for II Je - sus laid down H~S sweet head. The,stars in the s k y looked ev - er, and love me, I pray. Bless all the dear chil - dren in downwhere He lay! The lit - tle Lord Je - susl a - sleep on the hay. Thy ten - der care, And fit us for Heav - en to live withthee there

0 LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM PHILLIPS BROOKS LEWIS H. REDNER 2. For Christ is born of Ma - ry, And gath - ered- all a - hove, While 3. 0 ho - ly Child of Beth - le - hem! De - scend to us, we pray; Cast U bove thy deep and dream - less sleep The si - lent -stars go by, Yet mor - tals sleep, the an - gels keep Their watch of - won - d'ring love. 0 out our sin and en - ter in, Be born in - us to day. We in thy dark streets shin - eth The ev - er - last-ing Light; The hopes and fears of morn-ing stars to - geth - er, Pro - claim the ho - ly birth, And prais - es sing to hear the Christ - mas an - gels The great glad tid- ings tell; 0 come to, us, a - *Optional final ending all the Are met in thee to - night. God the King, And peace to men on earth! Lord Im - man - U - el! bide with us, Our Lord Im-man - U - el!

ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH Traditional French Traditional French And the moun-tains in re - ply, Ech - o - ing their joy - ous strains. What the glad-some ti - dings be Which in - spire your heav'n - ly song? 11 in ox - cel - sis De 0. in ex- cel - sis De 0

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS Traditional English Traditional English II We wish you a Mer - ry Christ - mas, We wish you a Mer - ry 11 Christ-mas, We wish you a Mar- ry Christ-mas and a Hap- py New Year! Good ti - dings to wher - ev - er are ; Good I l ti - dings for Christ - mas and a Hap - py New Year! We

We wish you a Mer - ry Christ-mas, and a Hap - py New Year! I HEARD THE BELLS ON CHRISTMAS DAY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW J. BAPTISTE CALKlN 1. I heard the bells on Christ - mas day Their old fa - rnil - iar 2. And in de - spair I bow'd my head: '<There is no peace on 3. Then pealed the bells more loud and deep : "God is not dead? nor car - ols play, And wild and sweet the words rr - peat Of earth." I said, "For hate is strong and mocks the song Of doth he sleep; The wrong shall fail, the right pre - vail, With *F~T qlinrtrt, txn4s and hnritnnr sing notps in pnrenthcs?l.. l7

JINGLE BELLS J. PIERPONT J. PIERPONT 11 Jin - gle, jin - gle, jin - gle, jin - gle, jin - gle, jin - gle, VERSE : Dash-ing thro' the snow in a one-horse o - pen sleigh,- O'er the fields we go,, Laugh-ing all the way, Bells on bob-tail ring, Mak-ing spir- its bright, What fun it is to ride and sing, A sleigh- ing song to - night.

11 Jin- gle bells! Jin - gle bells! Jin - gle all the way! Oh, what fun it 11 is to ride in a one-horse o - pen sleigh, Oh! Jin - gle bells! Jin- gle bells! Jin - gle all the way! Oh,what fun it is to ride in a one-horse o - pen sleigh! A day or two a - go I thought I'd take a ride, Soon Miss Fan-ny Bright was seat - ed side, ~i'n-gle, jin-gle, The horse was lean and lank, Mis - for-tune seemed his lot, He jin-gle, jin-gie, Y I Y I 19

11 got in - to a drift-ed bank, and we, we got up - sot!,, I ~ih-~le, jin-gle, jin-gle, jin-gle, Jin - gle bells! the way! 11 Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one - horse o - pen sleigh, Oh! Jin - gle bells! Jin - gle bells! Jin- gle all the way! Oh, what fun it J:n - gle, jin - gle, jin - gle, jin- gle 11 is to ride in a one-horse o - pen sleizh. A one - horse, 2 0 J$-gle, jin-gle: jin-gle: jin- gle, ji&- gie all the way! Hey!

COVENTRY CAROL ROBERT CROO Traditional English 1. Lul - lay, Thou lit - tle ti - ny Child, By, by, lul - 2. Her - od the King, in his rag - ing, Charg- ed he 3. Then woe is me, poor Child, for Thee, And ev - er IY: lul - lay; Lul - lay, Thou lit - tle hath this- day; His men of might, in mourn and say; For Thy part - ing nor ti - ny Child, BY, by, - ~YI lul - lay. his own sight, All chil - dren young, to - slay. Say nor sing, BY, by 1 lul - ly, lul - lay.

0 CHRISTMAS TREE Traditional German Traditional German 1. 0 Christ-mas tree, 0 Christ - mas tree, How ev - er green your 11 1.0 Christ- mas tree. 0 Christ - mas tree, The tree most fair and ; -I 5 h (i l Y ; " ' 47%-4 h ' =++=;g branch - es. b Christ-mas tree, 0 Christ-mas tree, How ev - er green your love - ly; 0 Christmas tree, 0 Christ-mas tree, The tree most fair and Not on - ly green in sum-mer-time, But a1 - so in the Each year you bring me great de - light, You shine so bright each win - ter time; d Christ - mas tree, 0 Christ - mas tree, How Christ-mas night; 0 Christ - mas tree, 0 Christ - mas tree, The 11 ev - er - green your branoh- es. tree most fair and love - ly.

WHILE BY MY SHEEP Echo Carol Traditional German Traditional German II 1. While by my sheep I watched at night, Glad ti - dings 2. Lord, ev - er - more t o me be nigh, Then shall my heart be filled with joy. How great my great my joy! Praise to the Lord in 11 ~eav'n on- high. Praise to the Lord in Heav'n on- high

LO, HOW A ROSE E'ER BLOOMING Traditional German Anonymous ten - der stem hath Rose I have in 1. Lo, how a Rose e'er bloom - ing From ten - der stem hath 2. I - sa - iah 'twas fore - told it, The Rose I have in Rose I have in men of old have I Vir-gin Moth - er sprung! Of Jes- se's lin - eage com - ing, As men of old have 1) mind. With Ma - ry we be - hold it, The V - i n Moth - er I men of old Vir - gin Moth - er 11 sung. It came a Flow-'ret bright,- A - mid the cold of kind. To show God's love a right, She bore to men a half - suent was the nirht win - ter, Sav - ior, When half - spent - was - the night or C ~OTUS, some bnsses should stay on C with leads. 24 half - spent was the night.