Composer
Lucille Reilly Text Traditional
Voicing SATB and hammered dulcimer Lectionary usage Christmas Price $1.95 (U.S.) Length 2' 50" Released 6/98 Catalog no. 405-264 Difficulty Mod. easy
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Description
For a change of pace this Christmas, try this delightful setting of an Appalachian folk carol (not the familiar English tune) for SATB and hammered dulcimer. The vocal parts are straightforward, and, if a dulcimator is not available, the accompaniment is playable on piano, or even better, on an electronic keyboard with guitar- or harp-like sounds.
Text I saw three ships come sailing in on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
I saw three ships come sailing in on Christmas Day in the morning.
And what was in those ships all three, on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day,
and what was in those ships all three, on Christmas Day in the morning.
The Mother Mary and her Baby on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day.
He sat and smiled on her knee on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day.
He sat and smiled on her knee on Christmas Day in the morning.
Blessed be God likewise his Son on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day,
Blessed be God likewise his Son on Christmas Day in the morning.
Thus did she sing the whole day long on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day,
Thus did she sing the whole day long on Christmas Day in the morning.
And all the bells on earth did ring on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day,
And all the bells on earth did ring on Christmas Day in the morning.
And all the angels in heav'n did sing on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day,
And all the angels in heav'n did sing on Christmas Day in the morning!
-Appalachian carol
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The video above was made virtually with composer Lucille Reilly playing hammered dulcimer, and the Choral Scholars of Trinity Cathedral, Pittsburgh, singing.
Reviews "First of all, this is NOT a setting of the English melody, which dates from Shakespeare's time, but is an Appalachian carol of great charm. Lucille [Reilly]'s arrangement combines a lot of unison and two-part writing, with the hammered dulcimer providing a dance-like background. Definitely worth a look." --Philip Brunelle, The American Organist, December 1999
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