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A CAPPELLA CHRI T .
A Collection of Christmas Favorites
Arranged by Kirby Shaw
M HAL• LEONARD®
Arranged by Kirby Shaw
CONTENTS
I. The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
II. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ill. Silver Bells .. .. ............... . ................ 10
IV. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (with "Frosty The Snowman") ............. . ........ 14
V. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) .... . . . .... . .. 20
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AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS I. The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
For SA TB * a cappella
Performance Time: Approx. 1:40
Arranged by KIRBY SHAW
Words and Music by EDDIE POLA and GEORGE WYLE
Tenor Bass
bells!
,.,; 9
.. 4": world
,.,;" ..
most hap most
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Happily, in 1 (J. = 66) mJ
**Ding dong ding, ring the
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**Ding dong, __________ __
6 7 8
Ding dong ding, so
J
Ding dong, ______________ __
10 11 12
-if, ~ ~,, ___ _ /~ tell.------- It's can ·----I ... ___ ... ...
14 I 15 16
won - der - ful time - hap - pi - est sea -
won - der - ful time
~ ~ ~ ~
* Ava1la ble for SA TB a nd SAB **Close to "ng" immediately on di'!Jl do'!Jl.
Copyright© 1963 Barnaby Music Corp. Copyright Renewed 199 1
This arrangement Copyright © 1995 Barnaby Music Corp. International Copyright Se~ured All Rights Reserved
I of
son of
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.. the
mas
the
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DONOT 001\ PHOTOCOPY~
4 year. ________________________________ ___ aU. ________________________________ ___ year. ________________________________ ___
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Doot doot
Du
kids jing - le hoi i - day
much mis - tie
"Be of good friends come to loved ones are
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most hap most
J.
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doot
du
beD - ing, greet - ings, toe - ing
doot
and and and
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doot doot
du
ev - 'ry - one gay hap - py
hearts will be
20
du. With l With
There'D
du
tell - ing meet - ings glow - ing,
cheer," ---------------------------------call. -----------------------------------near. ________________________________ ___
26 27 28
cheer," of good cheer," it's call, to __ call. it's near, are ___ near. it's
------; J~ cheer," "Be of good cheer,"
call, friends come to call. near, loved ones are near.
30 31 ToCoda-(j}-
won - der ful time of hap pi est sea son won - der ful time
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
the those
be
you, when when
the the the
the of
5
1 year. ______________________________________________ __
time of the
J It's the year, __________ _ year.
J2 all. ----------------------------------------------------
38 39 40
hap - pi - est sea - son of all. J Unis.*
sea - son There'll be
42 43 44
du du du
par - ties for host - ing, marsh - mal - lows for toast - ing and
du du. 46 47 48
r r r r du du du du du du doot. There'll be
car - ol - ing out in the snow.
scar - y ghost sto - ries and tales of the glo - ries of r-"'_1149 _l_ 50 _I _] _I 51 52
tJ r r· r· ·r Du du du du ?-" I, ~0· ~~·
"" *Opt. SAT above bass melody to m. 48. AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
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Christ - mas es long, long a go. 53 54 55
r· r ~ r r du du, doot doot
Du D.S.aiCoda
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~ ~ doot doot doot doot doot. It's the
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du du du doot.
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I ... ... It's the most __ won - der - ful time. It's the
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cresc. time
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r r won - der - ful time, most won - der - ful time,
..
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time
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II. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! For SA TB a cappella
Performance Time: Approx. 1:15
Arranged by KIRBY SHAW
Words by SAMMV CAHN Music by JULE STYNE
Soprano Alto
Tenor Bass
3
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t.
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Cheery (J 132) ( Jj -J )l) = -2
--- ~
,.., ~ mf Oh let it snow,
4
m :
.. ......_. .. • ~ .. ____
Snow! __ Let it snow!_
m-a~; .J ;--
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snow,
5
Snow! _ Let it snow! _ _ _ 1. Oh the ......--..... J ~ Jr--1~]--;J---J ) ~ n
snow, snow! _ Oh let it snow, snow, snow, snow! Oh _ the
I
weath-er out - side does- n't show signs
fi - re is slow
...
is of ly
...
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., r· -u fright - ful, but the fire stop - ping and I brought dy - ing and my dear
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--Copyright© 1945 by Producers Music Publishing Co. and Cahn Music Co. Copyright Renewed
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is so some corn we're stiU
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This arrangement Copyright © 1995 by Producers Music Publishing Co. and Cahn Music Co. All Rights on behalf or Producers Music Publishing Co. Administered by Chappell & Co.
All Rights on behalf of Cahn Music Co. Administered by WB Music Corp. International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
.,
de for
good -
~
8
'-"'
light ful, and since we've no __ to go, _ pop ping, _ _ the lights are turned _ down low,_ bye ing, ___ but as long as you _ me so, _
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To Coda-@-
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! 2. It
J
snow! Ba doom ba It
16
snow! Doot doot doot doot doot doot do do
J
snow! Ba doom doot! When we fin - al - ly kiss good - night, how I'll
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doot doot doot doot doot do do do doot doot doot doot -
J J J 1 J 1 1 J
hate go - in' out in the storm!_ But if you'll real - ly hold me tight,_
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
9
D.S.alCoda ,..,. 20 21 22 I I
~ ~ ~ P- r doot doot du du doot doot doot doot du du doot 3.The
~J j l ~J j ~ ~l J j • ....... ~
aU the way home _ I'D be warm. _
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snow! Let it snow! Snow! _ Let it snow!
~ '><: '><: •• b. '><: '><: "f t t J,-_J J J~
....... ~ I ~
Oh let it snow, snow,
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Snow! _ _ Let it snow!_
J---J 1 1 ------I"\ -a- :J--
snow, snow! _ Oh let it snow, snow,
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Let it snow!
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snow, snow! Let it snow!_
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
10
Arranged by KIRBY SHAW
III. Silver Bells For SATB a cappella
Performance Time: Approx. 1:30
Words and Music by JAY LIVINGSTON and RAY EVANS
Warmly (J = 96) mfou
Soprano Alto
Tenor Bass
mf Du
Male - female duet in octaves
4 (Opt. solo) mf
2
du
du du_
6
du 3
du
du du __
7
du
Ci - ty side - walks, bu - sy side - walks, dressed in hoi day
du
8
I
du du_
du
du
9
du du_
du
10
du
du du du
du du
11
du du_
du
In the air there's a feel - ing of Christ-mas.
du
du du_
du du
du
du du _
du du du
du
du
Copyright© 1950 (Renewed 1977) by Paramount Music Corporation This arrangement Copyright© 1995 by Paramount Music Corporation
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
du du du du du du du du du du
du
II 12 13 14 15
~ C~enlaugh ~ I
- ing, peo-ple pass - ing, meet-ing smile af - ter
,;' r"""-t ~ "' do _..,_ do ., do
~ • ru
r r du do do do do do
do_ do do do_
rJJ .J .., ~ I .., .J. ~.J ., ~J
"" I I I I do do do do
II 16 17 18 19
~ - I
smile, And on ev - 'ry street cor - ner you hear,
do do do do do do ,.II ., .., ..,
~ r [ do do do_ do_ do do_
"f h_ J "f ))~ J ~j _/_ )"J
"" I
do do do
Duet: Male sing upper notes
[!!] Female sing lower notes22 20 II
~ ... .. ......___. - Sil-ver bells!
VII do
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~ ... • > >
do do do do [ *ding dong do_
• ~ "f h ...._ I I L.... do
*Close to "ng" immediately on ding dong.
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
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,......, r--, -I .... ~ do do do do do do do do do do do do do
b.J JJ_ jJ _~j
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do
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I Sil-ver bells!
l do
> I ding, do
do_
~ "f )l__J
do
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12
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It's
ding dong ding,
> >
du
du du du du du du
du du
33
Soon
ding dong ding,
>
du
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
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Christ- mas time in the
du du du du du
du du du
du _ du du du __
~n ~1
du du
29 30
-----Ring - a - ling, ______ _
du
du du __
du
it will
du du
du du du_ du du ; __ n
du
> > >
ding dong ding,
34
be
du
Christ - mas
du du
du du _
'-./
ci-ty. -
> > >
ding dong ding,
> >
31
hear them ring! ____ _
du
day.
>
du du_
~J
>
du
>
ding dong ding,
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36 37 I I 38 I 39 I
.. 1. I cl. Soon it will be hrist - mas day.
du du du du "'II - ~ I "'~ ~ I I I I
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du du du du du du du du ding dong ding, du __ du du __
~ . n "1 )~1 e "1 i~J ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"' - I I du du du du du
rit. t:l 40 41 I J 42 I
.. l.u I C~ist Soon it WI be mas
du du du du
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t:l - I
.. .. ... .. * I I L du du du du du du du du
du ___ du du du, _
i~n t:l
n e rit. )~J ~ • "1 "1
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du du du du
a tempo rit. t:l
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tJ ---- ---- ---- -----day.
a tempo rit. ~~~ I I I - t:l
.. > > > .. ... ... ... .. ~·
ding dong ding, du du du du du du du.
a tempo rit. ~ ~ ~ ~ • J l I j t:l -
"" - I r
du du du.
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
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IV. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Soprano Alto
(with "Frosty The Snow Man") For SA TB a cappella
Performance Time: Approx. 2:40
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER Music and Lyrics by JOHNNY MARKS .
2
You know Dash-er and Dane- er and Pranc-er
l2=s mJO
IE ~ Tenor ;. If i f r f r Bass
In four (J = 112) -"'__/j 3 - - 4 1':'1 5
.., .. • • jJ .. ... ... • • .. .. .. .. Com-et and Cu-pid and Don-ner and Blitz-en, but do you re -
1':'1 ~ • I .l J . ~ •
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~3~
With a bounce (J = 138) ( n = ~ j)) rit. all. __________ _
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fa - mous rein - deer of Doot du doot du doot du
rit. -
j -
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"" r p I p I Doom ba doom ba doom
Arranged by KIRBY SHAW
and Vix - en,
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Slow (J = 76) 61':'1 ,......,
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call __ the most
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#
! I_ doot du.
J J ~ r r
> 'I J
ba doom ba du ba
Copyright© 1949 (Renewed 1977) St. Nicholas Music Inc., 1619 Broadway, New York, New York 100 19 This arrangement Copyright © 1995 St. Nicholas Music Inc.
All Rights Reserved
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
·'
Ru-dolph, the red - nosed AU of the oth - er
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doom doom
rein - deer _ rein- deer_
>
12
had a ver - y shin-y used to laugh and call him
doom doom ba du ba doom doom du ba
14 15
nose, names,
J and if they nev
you ev - er er let poor
1 saw it, __ Ru - dolph_
J J~
> doom doom, ba doom doom doom doom ba du ba
2 17
~r you would e - ven say it glows. _ _ _ join in an - y rein - deer,
; J J J ; J J J
> doom doom doom, doom ba du ba doom doom
games. [ID .., ~ 19 1 I
21
.. b[ r r rein - deer games. Doot doot doot, doot doot doot,
JS I I t_ J J .. ~ t 1 1 J -.... I r ! I -
doom doot._ Oh then one fog - gy Christ- mas Eve, _
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
15
16
24 25
----- -doot doot doot, dootdoot du du doot doot doot, doot doot doot,
J ~ ~
San - ta came to say: "Ru-dolph, with your nose so bright,
du du 27
du du du du du du du du. Then how the rein - deer du du du.
n )J J J J
> won't you guide my sleigh to- night?" Ba du ba doom doom
30
loved him _ as they shout-ed out with glee:
J
> doom doom ba du ba doom doom du ba doom doom, ba
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"Ru-dolph the red-nosed rein - deer,_ you'D go down in his to
J J'"' J J J J
> > doom doom doom doom ba du ba doom doom du ba doom doom doom
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
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ry!" ______________________ _
Thump-et - y thump thump, thump -et - y thump thump,
doom doom doom doom.
FROSTY THE SNOW MAN
Unis. 38
thump -et - y thump thump,
Unis.
1nJ Words and Music by STEVE NELSON and JACK ROU.INS ~ 41
thump-et - y thump thump, Fros ty the snow man ____ j ~as a IS a
J n >
Ba doom doom doom doom doom doom ba doom doom
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17
jol - ly hap - py soul, with a corn cob pipe and a but -t'n nose _ and two fair - y tale, they say. He was made of snow, but the chil-dren
(hap-py soul,) (they say,)
}J J 1 J n doom doom doom doom ba doom doom doom doom doom doom
eyes made out of came to life one day.
know _ how he
n doom
(Opt. solo) There
doom doom doom. Du du du doom doom doom. Du du du
Copyright © 1950 by Chappell & Co. Copyright Renewed
This arrangement Copyright © 1995 by Chappell & Co. International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
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[ID must have been some in that old silk hat they found.
All 52 53
r Du du du du du du For
du du do
doom doom doom doom doom doom doom. Do du
57
on his head Oh,
I he be - gan to dance a - du
59 61
Fros ty the snow man _ was a - live as he could be, and the
(he could be,)
J 1 J
doom doom doom ba doom doom doom doom doom doom ba doom doom
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chil-dren say he could laugh and play_ just the same as you and me, ___ And he
J J J n )J _hi n J J I I I "' .J ;
""" or
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doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom. Do du du
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68 69
waved good - bye say-in' "Don't you cry, I'll be back a gain some
n 1 J nJ J J
doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom. Du du du
70 71 72 73
day." ___ _ _ ___ _ Look at Fros - ty r'-'r go. __ _
Thump-et - y thump thump, thump-et - y thump thump,
doom doom doom doom, doom doom doom. Do du du
75 76 77
Thump-et - y thump thump, thump-et - y thump thump, 0 -ver the hills of
n1 J J J J J J
> doom doom doom doom doom doomdoombadoomdoomdoom
• 78 79
snow. ___ _ __ _
doom I
doom doom
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
doom,
Shout 80
Look at Fros - ty
Look at Fros - ty
81
go!
go!
Christmas Goodbyes f:l
See you next year We'll miss you, etc.
f:l
20
V. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
Arranged by KIRBY SHAW
For SATB a cappella
Perfonnance Time: Approx. 2:50
Music and Lyrics by MEL TORME and ROBERT WELLS
Warmly, freely (J = 84) :.....:-__.:.-----~
Soprano Alto
Tenor Bass
5
Oo _ ___ _
[A] Quasi • tempo (J = 72) Unis. 8
roast-ing on an op - en fire. _
11
-,J -,J .... u Yule - tide carols be-ing nose. __
I
3
9
..._... Oo_
Jack Frost nip-ping at your
12,-J---,
~ -,J .. r~u
sung by a choir_ and
,-3~ b ... -----)~ • •
I
© 1946 (Renewed}, 1995 EDWIN H. MORRIS & COMPANY, A Division of MPL Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
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14
folks dressed up
16
3 ~r knows a tur -key and some mis-tle- toe _ _ _
Unis. 18
bright. _
Unis . ...-......
19
Oo _ _
3
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Ti - ny tots with their
Unis. 22
Unis.
Ev - 'ry - bod- y
Unis.
17
help to make the sea -son
eyes all a - will
21
find it hard to sleep _ to - night. Oo __ They know that San ta's _ on his
Oo ____ _ loo loo loo AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
22 Oo __
way; He's load-ed lots of toys and good-ies _ on his sleigh and ev- 'ry 3
J~
------ ~
loo loo loo loo loo loo loo loo Oo _ _
29
3 moth-er's child _ _ is _ gon-na spy
3 to see if rein-deer _ real-ly know_ how to
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31 32
fly. And so, I'm of - fer - ing this sim- pie to
_.1 't l 33 34 Unis. ' 35
.. t r r ~ ·r 7')-. ~ ... ~ ... ... ..__.. ..... ( ..... 3
kids from one to nine-ty two. __ AI- though it's been said _ man-y
Unis. L .J .J I .......-..... I-
"' , 3 -
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
r-t I 36 ,.---3~ r--.
t ~ -,J .. .. iii 1
times, man-y ways; Mer-ry
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43
37 rit.
brr $
Christ - mas __ to_
rit. n, I
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40
rit.
38 t:\
~ you.
t:\
I
div.
23
Tempo I . ;;;;:::::---
~ Oo __
~
Oo_
Oo ____ _ ~---===~~~====----~---~ Oo
Solo or slrUlll group Chest nuts roast - ing
45 on an op - en
46
Oo. ___________________________________ __
AN A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS- SATB
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