A merry original song for the Christmas season for choir and orchestra or orchestra alone or choir and piano with words by Anthony Pritchard set to music by Peter Lawson.
This song is available in four different choral versions:
Mixed Voice Choir (SATB) - GM110
Upper Voice Choir (SSA) - GM111
Male Voice Choir (TTBB) - GM112
or if you have a mixed voice choir but a shortage of men . . . .
Mixed Voice Choir (SA+Men) - Roberton 62008
The orchestral score and parts (GMCH013) are the same for all versions.
A PACK includes an A4 score all wind brass and percussion parts plus 4/4/3/4/2 strings but no choral copies.
(A3 score available separately)
Orchestration2 Flutes (2nd db.Piccolo) 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in Bb 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F 2 Trumpets in Bb 3 Trombones Tuba Timpani
Percussion: (4 players: Sleigh Bells Temple Blocks Bass Drum Cymbals Snare Drum Bongos Maracas Glockenspiel Tubular Bells Xylophone)
Harp or Keyboard Strings (Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Bass)
Choir [optional]
The computer-generated audio sample below is the version for SATB choir and orchestra as is the score shown here.
You can hear the choral versions with piano and see their associated scores by looking on the "details" page under the respective catalogue numbers.
Duration c.5 minutesTo give you a flavour the first (of four) verses and choruses is:-
We think we had better
Write Santa a letter
And tell him that Christmas
Is cancelled this year
The shops barely close
And as it hardly ever snows
Rudolph's cold is better
So there's no more red nose.
And Prancer and Dancer
Have taken up ballet
They live by the coast
In a very nice chalet;
They're really quite neat
And they have very light feet
And watching them plie
Is really a treat!
Oh bring back Oh bring back
Oh bring back the spirit of Christmases past!
We hadn't much money But the jokes are still funny
Oh how we so wanted those good times to last!