Songs and Recordings

The Songs

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Recordings key:

Wmp3 - mp3 file to play and optionally download

Wmp4a - mp4a file to play and optionally download

SC1 – SoundCloud link: excerpts from the Live at the Burpham Sessions CD

SC2 – SoundCloud link: Easebourne local session recording

YT1 – YouTube link: our third Burpham recording session, 23 March 2013, part 1

YT2 – YouTube link: our third Burpham recording session, 23 March 2013, part 2

YT3 – YouTube link: CD Launch and Sussex Day Celebrations at WDOAM, 16 June 2013 song extracts

YT4 – YouTube link: Schwyzertag Festival, 12-13 July 2014

YT5 – YouTube link: Sussex U3A Network at Brighton University, Falmer, 12 July 2014




A


Ale Glorious Ale

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Songbook)

Wmp4a (Tune)

SC2

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All Among the Barley

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

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All Things Are Quite Silent

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Songbook)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Shirley Collins (YouTube)

Steeleye Span (YouTube)

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Angel Gabriel

Lyrics

Score

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

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Apple Tree Wassailing Song

Lyrics (scroll to 4th song in document)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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B


Bee Boy's Song

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Harmonies)

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Birds on the Spray (By the Green Grove)

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

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The Blacksmith

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

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Bold Reynard the Fox

Lyrics and Score (page 1)        

(page 2)

Wmp3 (Tune)

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Brave Eleven

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp3 (Harmony)

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Brighton Camp (The Girl I Left Behind Me)

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Brisk Young Ploughboy

Lyrics

Wmp4a

Wmp4a (Harmony)

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Buttercup Joe

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

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C


Caburn Hill

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune 1)

Score (Tune 1)

Wmp4a (Tune 2)

Score (Tune 2)

Score (2 Parts)

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Child of light

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Christmas Is Now Drawing Near at Hand

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Come Stranger, Come Friend

Lyrics

Play Song        


Play Melody     


Play Harmony  

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Come Write Me Down (The Sussex Wedding Song)

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (High Harmony)

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Constant Lovers

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Songbook)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Chorus High Harmony)

Wmp4a (Chorus Low Harmony)

SC2

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Coppers’ Christmas Song

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony)

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Country Life

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Harmony)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony)

SC2

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Cruel Mother

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

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The Cuckoo

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

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D


Deck the Hall

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Carols Songbook)

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Delicate Flower - words

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Harmony)

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Drink Me Brave Boys

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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E


East Sussex Drinking Song

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Harmony)

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Ebernoe Horn Fair

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

YT2

Spiers and Boden (Live)

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Eileen Aroon

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

The Unwanted (Studio recording) (YouTube)

Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem (Studio recording) (YouTube)

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England For Me

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

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F


Falmer Carol

Lyrics and Score

Lyrics (Long Version)

Wmp3 (Tune - Choir)

Wmp3 (Tune - Piano)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony)

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Farmer’s Toast

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

SC2

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Fathom the Bowl

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony)

SC1

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Fields Lie Silent

Lyrics

Score

Harmony Score

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp3 (Melody)

Wmp3 (Harmony)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

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Follow Me 'Ome

Lyrics (SDFS Kipling Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4 (Tune)

Wmp4 (Harmony)

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G


God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Carols Songbook)

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Gooch’s Beer

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Session Version)

Wmp4 (Tune )

SC2

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Gower Wassail

Lyrics (SDFS Six Wassailing Songs Songbook)

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Green Grow the Laurel

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wm4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Harmony)

SC1

YT1

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H


Ha'nacker Mill

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp3 (Tune - Piano)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Hal an Tow

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Hard Times of Old England

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony)

YT1

YT3

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Hares On The Mountain

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Here We Come A-Wassailing

Lyrics (SDFS Six Wassailing Songs)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Hey Ho Winter Snow

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Hollingbury

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

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The Holly and the Ivy

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Carols Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp3 (Tune - Piano)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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The Holly Bears a Berry (Sans Day Carol)

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Carols Songbook)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony on Chorus)

Wmp4a (Tenor Harmony on Chorus)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony on Chorus)

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Home Lads Home

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp3 (Harmony)

Cockersdale (last.fm) – note: you will need to select Home, Lads, Home specifically

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I


It is the First of May

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

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J


Jacobstowe Wassail

Lyrics (SDFS Six Wassailing Songs)

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Jim, The Carter Lad

Lyrics (SDFS Songs Jan 2016)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Jolly Good Song

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

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Jolly Woodcutter

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Juice-Alem

Lyrics

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K




L


Ladies Go Dancing at Whitsun

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

SC2

Tim Hart (YouTube)

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Lammas Carol

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp3 (High Harmony)

Wmp3 (Low Harmony)


The Lark in the Morning

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Life of a Man

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp3 (Bass Harmony)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony)

SC1

YT5

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Littlehampton Collier Lads

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Harmony)

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Love and the Ball

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

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Loyal Lover

Lyrics

Download mp4a (Tune)

Download mp4a (Harmony)

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M


Magpie

Lyrics (SDFS Songs Jan 2016 Booklet)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

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Masters in this Hall

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony)

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May Day Carol

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

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The Mermaid

Lyrics

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The Moon Shone Bright

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Carols Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp3 (Tune - Choir)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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My Boy Jack

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (High Harmony)

Wmp4a (Low Harmony)

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My Downland Remembered

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp3 (Harmony) (on last line of each verse)

Wmp4a (Harmony) (on last line of each verse - version 2)

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N


The Nightingale

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp4 (Tune)

Wmp4 (Alto Harmony)

Wmp3 (Tune Melody and Harmonies)

SC1

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Now Christmas is Come

Lyrics

Score

Wmp4 (Tune)

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O


O Good Ale

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Songbook)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony on Last Line)

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Oak, Ash and Thorn

Lyrics (SDFS Kipling Songs)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp3 (Tune - Piano)

Wmp3 (Male Harmony - Piano)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (High Harmony)

Wmp4a (Low Harmony)

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Off We Go A Hunting

Lyrics

Wmp4a

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Old Adam

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

YT2

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Oldland Mill

Lyrics

Tune

High Harmony

Low Harmony

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Ole Leloila

Lyrics (Big Sing 2019 Songs)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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One for the Rook

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

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On Sussex Hills

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp3 (Alto Harmony)

Wmp3 (Bass Harmony)

YT3

US singer 'John' (YouTube)

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On This Hill

Wmp3 (Tune)

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Our Captain Cried All Hands

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4 (Tune)

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P


Parting Song

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

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Pentonville  (While Shepherds Watched)

Lyrics

Score

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp3 (Choir)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto second half)

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Pleasant and Delightful

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune with Alto Harmony)

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Poor Froze-Out Gardeners

Lyrics (SDFS Songs 2016)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

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R


Rolling Home

SC2

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Rolling in the Dew

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

YT2

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Rosebuds in June

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

Wmp4 (Bass Harmony)

SC2

YT1

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Run of the Downs

Lyrics (SDFS Kipling Songs)

Wmp4a (Tune 1)

Wmp4a (Tune 2)

Wmp4a (Tune 2 - High Harmony)

Wmp4a (Tune 2 - Low Harmony)

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S


Saucy Sailor

Lyrics

Score

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4 (Tune)

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Searching for Lambs

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

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Seasons Turn

Lyrics and Score

Wmp4 (Tune)

Wmp4 (Harmony)

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Shepherd of the Downs

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony)

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Shepherds Arise

Lyrics and Score

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Low Harmony)

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Sing You Now After Me

Lyrics (Big Sing 2019 Songs)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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The Sinners' Redemption

Lyrics and Score

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony)

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Smuggler's Song

Lyrics (SDFS Kipling Songs)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (High Harmony)

Wmp4a (Low Harmony)

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Song of the Sussex Downsman

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Piano Melody in A)

Wmp4a (Piano Melody in C)

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Steadham Oysterman's Donkey

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Stir Up Sunday (Round)

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Sugar Wassail

Lyrics (SDFS Six Wassailing Songs Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony)

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Summer Is Near (Round)

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

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Sussex by the Sea

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Songbook)

Wmp4a (Tune)

SC2

YT4

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Sussex Carol (Horsham)

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Carols Songbook)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony on Chorus)

Wmp4a (Tenor Harmony on Chorus)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony on Chorus)

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Sussex Mummers Carol (Righteous Joseph)

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Carols Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Sweet Chiming Bells  (While Shepherds Watched)

Score (Melody)

Score (Chorus)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp3 (Tune - Piano)

Wmp3 (Tune - Choir)

Wmp3 (Chorus - Piano)

Wmp4a (Alto on Chorus)

Wmp3 (Chorus Alto- Piano)

Wmp4a (Bass on Chorus)

Wmp3 (Chorus Bass - Piano)

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T


Then Let Us be Merry

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto on Chorus)

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They Won't Let Us Go To Sea Anymore

Lyrics (SDFS Songs 2016)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Low Harmony)

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Thousands or More

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony)

YT1

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Three Maidens (Bird in the Bush)

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (High Harmony)

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Three Moles

Lyrics

Score

Wmp3 (Tune)

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Tommie

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (High Harmony)

Wmp4a (Low Harmony)

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Turmut Hoer

Lyrics (SDFS Songs 2016)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (High Harmony)

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Turtle Dove

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Harmony)

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Twanky Dillo

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (High Harmony)

YT2

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U


The Unquiet Grave

Lyrics (SDFS 2013 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

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V


Valiants All

Lyrics (pdf) Lyrics (docx)

Score

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony)

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W


Wake Ye Shepherds

Lyrics and Score

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony)

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Wassail Your Apples

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Wassail the Silver Apple

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Harmony)

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Wassail! Wassail! (The Gloucestershire Wassail)

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Carols Songbook Version)

Wmp3 (Tune)

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We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Carols Songbook)

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West Sussex Drinking Song

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Harmony)

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When It's Christmas Time (Ring Bells Ring)

Lyrics

Wmp4a (Tune)

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When Spring Comes In

Lyrics

Wmp3 (Tune)

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Where Stormy Winds Do Blow

Lyrics (SDFS 2014 Songbook)

Wmp3 (Tune)

SC2

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While Shepherds Watched  (Pentonville)

Lyrics

Score

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp3 (Choir)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto second half)

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While Shepherds Watched  (Sweet Chiming Bells)

Score (Melody)

Score (Chorus)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp3 (Tune - Piano)

Wmp3 (Tune - Choir)

Wmp3 (Chorus - Piano)

Wmp4a (Alto on Chorus)

Wmp3 (Chorus Alto- Piano)

Wmp4a (Bass on Chorus)

Wmp3 (Chorus Bass - Piano)

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Woodcutter's Song

Lyrics (SDFS Songs Jan 2016)

Wmp3 (Tune)

Wmp4a (Tune)

Wmp4a (Alto Harmony)

Wmp4a (Bass Harmony)

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Worthing Grower (Based on Turmut Hoer)

Lyrics

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Y


Young Recruit

Lyrics (docx)

Score

Wmp4a (Tune)

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Z


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