HERE WE COME A-CAROLING
All (in parts):
Here we come a-caroling among the leaves so green.
Here we come a-wand’ring so fair to be seen.
Love and joy come to you, and to you glad Christmas too,
And God bless you and send you a ha-ppy New Year,
And God send you a happy New Year.
Altos:
We are not daily beggars that beg from door to door.
Sopranos:
But we are neighbor’s children whom you have seen before.
All:
Love and joy come to you, and to you glad Christmas too,
And God bless you and send you a ha-ppy New Year,
And God send you a happy New Year.
Sopranos:
God bless the master of this house, likewise the mistress too.
Altos:
And all the little children that round the table go.
All:
Love and joy come to you, and to you glad Christmas too,
And God bless you and send you a ha-ppy New Year,
And God send you a happy New Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeear.
Send a Happy New Year!
OSE SHALOM
All (in parts):
O-se Sha-lom, O-se Sha-lom, O-se Sha-lom, Ohhhhhh.
Solo:
O-se sha-lom, bim ro-mav, hu ya’-a-se, sha-lom a-ley-nu
Veh’-al-kol, Kol Yisrael, veh’-im’ru, im-ru A-men.
Chorus (under solo):
Ahhhhh…
All:
Ya’-a-se Sha-lom a-ley-nu,
Veh’-al-kol Yisrael, A-men.
Ya’-a-se Sha-lom a-ley-nu,
Veh’-al-kol Yisrael, A-men.
Sopranos:
O-se sha-lom, bim ro-mav, hu ya’-a-se, sha-lom a-ley-nu
Veh’-al-kol, Kol Yisrael, veh’-im’ru, im-ru A-men.
Altos/Baritones:
O-se sha-lom, O-se sha-lom, Ohhhhhhh
O-se sha-lom, O-se sha-lom, Ohhhhhhh
All:
Ya’-a-se Sha-lom a-ley-nu,
Veh’-al-kol Yisrael, A-men.
Ya’-a-se Sha-lom a-ley-nu,
Veh’-al-kol Yisrael, A-men.
O-se Sha-lom. O-se sha-lom. O-se sha-lom.
Ohhhhhhhh.
Sha-lom. A-men!
DONA NOBIS PACEM
Sop/Alto:
Dona nobis, dona nobis, dona nobis pacem
All:
Dona nobis, dona nobis, dona nobis pacem
Sop/Alto:
Pacem, pacem, dona nobis pacem
Baritones:
Pacem, pacem, dona nobis pacem
Sop:
Dona nobis, dona nobis, dona nobis pacem
Alto/Bari:
Do-na no-bis, nobis pacem
Do-na no-bis, nobis pacem.
Sop:
Dona dona nobis, nobis pacem nobis pacem.
Alto:
(rest) Dona (rest) nobis, dona nobis pacem
Sop/Alto:
(rest) Dona (rest) nobis. Dona nobis pacem.
Baritones:
(rest while girls sing)
Dona, dona nobis, nobis pacem, nobis pacem.
Sop/Alto:
Dona nobis, dona nobis. Dona nobis pacem.
All:
Dona nobis, dona nobis, dona nobis pacem.
Bari:
(rest) Pacem (sing 6 times)
Sop/Alto:
(rest) Dona nobis (sing 3 times)
All:
Dona nobis pacem.
IT’S THE HOLIDAY SEASON
(This one is 3 pages long)
Sop/Alto:
Happy Holidaaaaaaaaaay! (rest) Happy Holidaaaaaaaaaay!
Bari:
(rest) Happy Holidaaaaaaaaaaaaay! (rest) Happy Holidaaaaaaaaaay!
All:
While the merry bells keep ringing, happy holiday to you!
Sop/Alto:
It’s the holiday season (rest)
Bari:
(rest) The holiday season
All:
And Santa Claus is comin’ round. The Christmas snow is white on the ground.
When old Santa gets into town
Sop/Altos:
He’ll be comin’ down the chimney, down! Oh yeah!
Bari:
(rest) He’ll be comin’ down the chimney, down!
Sop/Alto:
It’s the holiday season (rest)
Bari:
(rest) The holiday season
All:
And Santa Claus has got a toy for ev’ry good girl and every boy.
Santa’s a great big bundle of joy
Sop/Alto:
When he’s comin’ down the chimney, down! Oh, yeah!
Bari:
(rest) He’ll be comin’ down the chimney, down!
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All:
He’ll have a big fat pack upon his back
Sop/Alto:
And lots of goodies for you and for me
All:
So leave a peppermint stick for old Saint Nick hangin’ on the Christmas tree!
Sop/Alto:
It’s the holiday season (rest)
Bari:
(rest) The holiday season
All:
So “whoop-dee doo,” and “dickory dock” and don’t forget to hang up your sock,
‘Cause just exactly at twelve o’clock
Sop/Alto:
He’ll be comin’ down the chimney, down! Oh yeah!
Bari:
(rest) He’ll be comin’ down the chimney, down!
Sop/Alto:
Happy Holiday! (rest) Happy Holiday! (rest)
Bari:
(rest) Happy Holiday! (rest) Happy Holiday!
All:
While the merry bells keep ringing, happy holiday, to you!
All:
Oh the weather outside is frightful…
Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful,
And since we’ve no place to go, Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
It doesn’t show signs of stopping, and I brought some corn for popping.
The lights are turned way down low, Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
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Sop/Alto:
When we finally kiss goodnight
All:
How I’ll hate going out in the storm!
Sop/Alto:
But if you really hold me tight,
All:
All the way home I’ll be warm! I’ll be warm!
All:
Oh the fire is slowly dying, and my dear we’re still good-bye-ing.
But as long as you love me so,
Let it snow!....Let it snow!...Let it snow!
Sop:
Happy Holiday!
Bari:
Happy Holiday!