Price codeB
Christmas, midwinter, New YearCatalogue no. 4076
We wish you a merry Christmas
Music: Trad. arr. Jennifer Bell, Words: Anon
Voicing: SAA
Performance time approx: 1m 05s
Range S: d' – d'' / A1: c' – b' / A2: g – a'
Price code: B
Complexity:
This piece is part of the set "Three songs for the Christmas season".
The set also includes:
The origin of this simple carol is uncertain — but it is widely known, often used by carollers to wind up their set (and sometimes as their only offering!), and frequently parodied.
In this arrangement, the traditional structure is augmented by extra repetitions of both verse and refrain, and the melody hops from part to part (which could be fun to draw attention to in performance). Other traditional verses (“Now bring us some figgy pudding”, etc) can be added.
Jennifer Loren Bell’s arrangement is easily learned and makes a great closer or encore number.
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year.
Good tidings we bring
To you and your kin.
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year.
Traditional
Optional further verses:
Now bring us some figgy pudding, etc.
We all like our figgy pudding, etc.
We won't go until we get some, etc.