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A frolicsome treatment of the energetic Burgundian tune, this large-scale setting for choir and orchestra features undulating meter changes, rhythmic shifts, and brilliant orchestration.
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Text
Willie take your little drum,
Robin take your fife, and come;
When we hear the fife and drum,
Tu-re-lu-re-lu, pat-a-pat-a-pan,
When we hear the fife and drum,
Christmas should be frolicsome.
Take thy tabor and thy flute,
None today must e’er be mute:
With such jolly shepherd toys,
Tu-re-lu-re-lu, pat-a-pat-a-pan;
To the sound of this shrill noise,
Let us raise a Noel Boys!
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Long ago our father sang
Such a song on this same day:
‘Twas of Bethlehem, their lay,
Tu-re-lu-re-lu, pat-a-pat-a-pan,
Where the wise Kings stray:
To the stars their music rang.
As we join our choicest airs,
In a hymn that upward fares:
Earth and heav’n seem near our prayers:
Tu-re-lu-re-lu, Pat-a-pat-a-pan,
Vanish all our daily cares
While we dance and sing,
We’ll sing, we’ll sing
Noel, Noel.
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SATB & Piano
$2.15 #C-1007CH
Large Orchestra Score and Parts
$220.00 #C-1007FS
Orchestration: 3233 4331 str., 6 perc., hp.
Smaller Orchestra Score and Parts
$190.00 #C-1008FS
Orchestration: 2222 2220 str., 6 perc., hp.
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