BALULALOW. for SATB choir a cappella, with soprano and baritone soloists

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1 LLLOW or choir a caella, ith sorano baritone soloists ome individual singing is required rom all singers, all our sections are divisi at various oints. ext in cots (16th century), rom "he Gude Godlie allads" by J., J. R. Wedderburn, believed to be a translation into cots o Martin Luther's "on Himmel Hoch" Electronic DF edition reared or: CHOIR NME Chris Hutchings 2012.hutchingsmusic.co.uk

2 Full text I come rom hevin heich to tell the best noells that e'er beell. o you thir tythings tre I bring I ill o them say sing: his day to you is born ane Child o Marie meik irgin mild. hat blissit bairn bening kind sall you rejoyce baith hart mind. Lat us rejoyis [no] be blyth ith the Hyrdis go ull syth, see hat Godis grace hes done throu Christ to bring us to his throne. My saull lie, st u see ha lyis in ane cribbe o tree. What abe is that, sa gude air It is Christ, Godis on ir. he silk sell thee to eis ar hay semill seilling clais harin thou gloris greitest King as thou in hev'n ar in thy ring. nd ar the arld ten times sa ide cled ouer ith gold stanes o ride unorthie yit it ere to thee under they eet ane stule to be. O my deir hart, yung Jesus seit, reair thy creddill in my sreit! nd I sall rock thee in my hart never mair ra thee deart. ot I sall raise thee evermoir ith sangis seit unto thy gloir. he kneis o my hart sall I bo sing that rycht alula. ronunciation glossary "alula" should rhyme ith "no" (so that it rhymes ith "bo" in the last coulet). I there is doubt about the ronunciation o a ord, it may be ronounced to match the modern English equivalent. his is an aroximation o cots ronunciation (ords hich are ronounced as they look - e.g. ar, harin, sa - are omitted): v.1: heich: "hee", then a ch as in loch (high) Marie: same as English "Mary" meik: as English "meek" bening: "ben" then ing as in "ring" (benign) sall: as i it as the oening syllable o "ally" v.2: Lat: as ritten (let) rejoyis: as "rejoice", but ith the dihthong artly slit into to syllables; "rih-ja-ees". blyth: as English "blithe" syth: rhymes ith "blithe" (sit) throu: same as "through" gude: same as "good" ir: same as "heir" (the h is silent) v.3: eis: ay-ees (ease) seilling: see-ling (saddling) clais: clay-ees (clothes) greitest: gree-test (greatest) ouer: ah-oor (o'r, over) stule: same as "stool" v.4: seit: same as "seet" sreit: sreet (sirit) evermoir: same as "evermore" sangis: "sang-is" (songs) gloir: rhymes ith "more" (glory) kneis: same as "knees" rycht: richt (i sound as in lit, ch sound as in loch) (right, aroriate)

3 o. o. Words: rom he Gude Godlie allatis (J, J R Wedderburn), 16th century lto Calmato, q»c. º Ó a he - vin heich to lu - la -, alula his DF edition reared or: CHOIR NME lease do not use elsehere ithout comoser's ermission: coies or DFs can be ordered at.hutchingsmusic.co.uk. lu - - la - la -, tell he, F orano solo I come rom ba - best no-ells that 3 Chris Hutchings o. 9 Ó n e'er be - ell; la -, o you ba - thir ty-things tre I n lu - la -, o bring nd I ill o them a a - lu say sing: la -,

4 4 15 utti F his day to you is his day to alula born ane child you is born ane O Ma - rie meik. child O Ma - rie 18 iu cresc. ir - gin mild. hat bli - ssit bairn be - ning meik ir - gin mild; iu cresc. hat bli - ssit bairn be - ning 21 kind, kind, hat hat bli - ssit bairn be - bli - ssit bairn be - ning kind ning kind 24 sall sall you re-joyce you re-joyce baith hart baith hart mind. mind.

5 27 nimato, q»c. º Let us re - alula joy - is be blyth nd 5 Let us re - joy - is, let us re - joy-is be blyth 30 ith the hy - rdis go ull syth nd see hat Ó nd ith the hyr - dis go ull syth o 33 n Go - dis grace hes n done n hrou Christ to bring us F see hat Go - dis grace hes done hrou Christ to bring us 36 to his throne. iu moderato, q»c. º My saull lie, st F Ó My saull u see > > > lie, st u to his throne. My saull lie, st u see

6 6 39 alula F cresc. Wha ly - is in ane >. cribbe o tree; What babe is that, sa F cresc. Ó What babe is F cresc. see Wha ly - is in ane cribbe o tree; What babe is F cresc. Wha ly - is in ane cribbe o tree. What babe is that, sa 42 reverently gude that, sa gude air air What babe is that, sa reverently What babe is that, sa reverently that, sa gude air What babe is that, sa reverently gude air What babe is that, sa

7 45 gude air gude air. alula Maestoso, q»c. º Maestoso F arm Maestoso It is Christ, F arm n It is Christ, F arm n b a God - is on a God - is on n N 7 gude air Maestoso It is Christ, F arm God - is on n gude air It is Christ, God - is on 48 ir. ir. emo I emo I emo I a semre lu semre semre.. ir. emo I la semre ir.

8 8 alula ar. 52 aritone solo.. Ó a he silk a lu la Ó ar. 55 iu cresc... san - dell thee to eis r hay sem - ill a - lu lu a - lu la a - lu Ó a - lu - - -

9 alula 9 ar. 58 Ó n sei - lling clais la -, har - in. thou ba - - glo - ris grei-test King lu - la -, la -, ba - - n lu - la -,. n la -, ba - - lu - la -, la -, ba - - lu - la -, ar s thou in hev'n ar n n in thy ring. la -, n la -, a j la -, J la -,

10 10 alula 64 cresc. oco a oco nd ar the arld ten nd ar cresc. oco a oco the cresc. oco a oco times sa ide, arld ten times sa Cled ouer ith gold ide, cled ouer ith nd ar the cresc. oco a oco arld ten times sa ide, cled ouer ith nd ar the arld ten times sa ide, Cled ouer ith gold 67 stanes o ride, Cled ouer ith gold. stanes o.... gold stanes o gold stanes o ride, ride, Cled ouer ith Cled ouer ith gold gold stanes o ride, cled ouer ith gold stanes o

11 o. ar. 70 a temo n - a temo n - a temo Ó alula or - thie yit it or - thie yit it ere to thee ere to thee 11 ride, Ó stanes o ride, a temo Ó a temo la -, la -, stanes o ride, ƒ. a temo Ó la -, o. ar. 73 ride, n der thy eet ane stule to la -, be.. n der thy eet ane stule to be.. la -.. la -. la -. la -.

12 o a lu la a - lu la (start about 5" ater ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a lu la. alula (aritone in octave unison ith sorano) (start about 5" ater ) (start about 5" ater ) O my deir a lu la hart, yung Je sus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ he notes in boxes are to be sung in any order, reely, being reeated as required, by each member o the section, ad lib. ring in each note, ith a sell in the middle (volume should never be more than m, usually ), ade it o ith a diminuendo; leave a slight rest beore the next note. he seed should be similar to the soloists'. ny rests are entirely ad lib. o. 80 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ seet, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ c. 3" sim. re- air thy cred-dill a lu la a lu la in my sreit, n a lu la n a lu la n ~~~~~~~ n ~~~~~~~~~ a lu la ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ó nd I sall n a lu la n a lu la a lu la n rock thee in my n n ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~

13 alula 13 o. 86 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hart a lu la a lu la.... ne ver mair rae a lu la a lu la.. ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ thee de art; egin to ade out (over about 5 seconds) hen "deart" is sung: all singers should sing "" as their last syllable beore ading out. 89 utti ot I sall raise thee n Calmato, q»c. º ot I sall raise thee ba - lu - n n. e - ver - moir e ver moire la -, n n ith sang-is seit un - ith sang-is seit un - ba - lu - n to thy gloir, n to thy gloir, la -, n ba - lu - la -, ba - lu - la -,

14 14 alula 93 a Maestoso ma dolce ith sang-is seit un - to ith sang-is seit un - to n thy.... thy.... gloir; he Maestoso gloir; Maestoso he kneis o my hart ma dolce kneis o my hart ma dolce sall sall ith sang-is seit un - n to thy gloir;. he Maestoso kneis o my hart sall ma dolce ith sang-is seit un to thy gloir; he kneis o my hart sall 97 oco I bo, oco I bo, oco nd nd sing that rycht n rall. al ine sing that rycht rall. al ine n rall. al ine n n a - lu - la - a a - lu - la -.. I bo, oco nd sing that rycht rall. al ine n a - lu - la - b. I bo, nd sing that rycht a - lu - la -.

15 alula ba lu la ba lu la ba lu la ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ba lu la ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ he conductor should give a signal about 10" beore he/she ishes the iece to end; at this oint, everyone should make their next syllable "" (on the notes o a D major chord, entering individually ithin 1-3 seconds o the conductor's signal), ade o gradually on that syllable.