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All hayle to the dayes
(Christmas)
English traditional
(Chappell, bifd–j, arr. editors)
VERSES 1 & 2
V bbb 6
8 ie
f
1. All
2. The
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ie.. ii ie i . i ife
f “f
i.i.e i ie ii . i iie
f “ f
f
hayle
Court
to
in
the
all
dayesl
state
i ie ii
“ f
ie..
f
That
Now
me - rite more
o - pens her
praise
gate
ife
Then
And
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if .
all
bids
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b
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bf
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i.e
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the rest
of the
a free wel - come to
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f
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f f “ f
f
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“f
yeare!
most:
And
The
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“f
wel - come the nights
That
Ci - ty, like - wise, Though
6
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f
i ie ii ie i.e i ie i.e i ie
“f f f “f f “f
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dou - ble de - lights As well for the poore as the
some-what pre - cise, Doth will - ing - ly part with her
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i.
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i.
b
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i .. i iie ife.. i ie i
f “f
peere!m
cost;
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f
Good for - tune at-tend Each
And yet, by re-port, From
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f f “f
ie
if
l those of the Christmas season [i.e., 25 December to 5 January] m nobleman
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The Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols,
and is also in
The New Oxford Book of Carols
.
.
80
ALL HAYLE TO THE DAYES
For
More
10
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f
ii“ ife
i ie
“f
i iie ie.. i ie =i.i.e i ie i.i . t i
f f “ f f “f
ii iie i.i.e ii ie ii.e. ii ie ii.. i.i .
f f “ f f “f
i ie i.e ii ie ii. i iie ie.. i ie =i.i.e =ii ie i .
f f “f f f “ f f “f
ii iie iie.. i ie ii ie ii.e. ii iie i.e i ie i.i.
f f “ f f f “ f if . i“ if
mer - ry man’s friend
Ci - ty and Court
e
..
i
B
i
b
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f
13
i ie
“f
ii ie
“f
That
The
doth butn the best
coun - trey doth get
- get - ting old wrongs With ca - rols and songs
To
li - quor is spent, And bet - ter con - tent,
e
i.
B
i.
b
bb f
that he
the
may,
day:
For
More
i
-
i
drive the cold win - ter a - way.
ii
i
4 Thus none will allow
3 The gentry there
Of solitude now,
For cost do not spare;
i. i i i
The yeomanry fast in Lent;
i
But merrily greete the time,
The farmers and such
To make it appeare
i.
Thinke nothing too much
i i
i
Of all the whole yeare
That this is accounted the prime:
If they keep but to pay their rent.
December is seene
The poorest of all
Apparel’d in greene,o
Do merrily call
i i
i.
i
And January, fresh as May,
(Want beares but a little sway)
it i i
i.
For a song, or a tale,
i i
Comes dancing along
i i
With a cup and a song
Ore a pot of good ale,
To drive the cold winter away.
To drive the cold winter away.
(continued overleaf )
n [orig: bat] o houses were decorated with greenery
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ALL HAYLE TO THE DAYES
VERSES 5 & 6
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ife
f “f
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5. This
6. To
time
maske
of the
and to
yeare
mump
Is
Kind
spent
in good
neigh - bours will
cheare;
come
Kind
With
3
neigh - bours to - ge - ther
was - selsq of
not - browne
meet
ale,
To
To
sit
by the fire
drinke and ca - rouse
With
To
6
friend -ly de - sire Each o - ther in love
to
all in this house, As mer - ry as bucks in the
greet;
pale;r
Old grud - ges, for - got, Are
Where cake, bread and cheese Is
The
At the
10
put
in the pot,
brought for your fees
All
To
p to act and mime [in plays, games]
r enclosure
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sor - rowes a - side
make you the lon
-
they
ger
lay;
stay,
The
At
the
q wassail-cups
238
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The Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols,
and is also in
The New Oxford Book of Carols
.
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80
ALL HAYLE TO THE DAYES
13
V bbb ie..
f
ie
f
ie
if
i ie i
“f
ii“ ife ii
i.e
f
iife..
old and the yong Doth
fire
to warme Will
e
i.
B
i.
b
bb f
ii“ ife i.i
i ie ii
“f
i iie
f
ie
f
ca - roll his song
To
do you no harme
i
ie..
f
ii.e.
f
i ie =i.i.e =ii ie
“ f f “f
ii iie i.e i ie
“ f if . i“ if
i. i
drive the cold win - ter a - way.
i.i. ii
8 When white-bearded Frost
7 When Christmastide
Hath threatned his worst
Comes in like a bride,
i
i
And fallen from branch and brier,
With holly and ivy clad,
Twelve dayes in the yeare
Then time away cals
Much mirth and good cheare
From husbandry halslk
And from the good countryman’s fire,
In every houshold is had;
i
Together to go
The countrey guises
To plow and to sow,
Is then to devise
i
i
To get us both food and array;ll
Some gambole of Christmas play,
Whereast the yong men
And thus with content
Do best that they can
The time we have spent
To drive the cold winter away.
To drive the cold winter away.
English traditional
(Pepys Collection broadside)
century, though the ballad may predate it. The tune is as
found in Chappell’s The Popular Music of the Olden Time
(1853–9).
s custom t whereat lk [farmers’] indoor places of work
ll clothing
We give eight of the twelve verses comprising ‘A pleasant
Countrey new Ditty: Merrily shewing how To drive the
cold Winter away’, from a broadside in the Pepys Collection. The broadside was printed in the early seventeenth
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PERFORMANCE (i) Solo voice; (ii) voice with lute, guitar,
keyboard, etc. (adapting our bass); (iii) choir.
239
This carol is taken from
The Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols,
and is also in
The New Oxford Book of Carols
.