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T:Nowell and Nowell     %Tune name
S:Oxford Book of Carols, OUP, Ed. Percy Dearmer, R Vaughan Williams, Martin Shaw
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
N:Tenor is melody line     %Tune infos
V:1     %
     %!STAVE 0 'Soprano' @
     %!INSTR 'Alto' 0 5200 @
M:6/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:Eb
(GA) |B2 G2 e2 d4 B2 |c2 A2 c2 B4
B2 |e2 d2 c2 B2 c2 d2 | e2 B2 A2 G4
G2 |G2 G2 B2 e2 c2 d2 |e2 d2 c2 B4
G2 |A2 A2 B2 c2 B2 A2 | B2 B2 A2 G4
|:B2 |B2 G2 e2 d4 B2 |c2 A2 c2 B6 | e2 d2 c2 B2 c2 d2 | e2 B2 A2 G4 :|
V:2     %
     %!STAVE 0 'Alto' @
     %!INSTR 'Alto 2' 2 5200 @
M:6/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:Eb
B,2 |EF G2 E2 F4 GF |E2 FG A2 G4 G2 |G2 B2 A2 GFEG F2 |E3 C D2 E4 E2 |E3 F E2 E4 F2 |G2 EFGA F4 B,2 |C3 D E2 FE D2 E2 |E2 C2 D2 E4
|:E2 |EF E2 E2 F4 GF |E2 FG A2 G6 |G2 B2 A2 GFEG F2 |F3 C D2 E4 :|
V:3     %
     %!STAVE 0 'Tenor' @
     %!INSTR 'Bass 1' 3 5200 @
M:6/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:Eb
E,2 |G,2 E,2 G,2 B,4 E2 |C2 D2 E2 B,4 E2 |C2 (D2 E2) G,2 G,2 B,2 |(A,2 G,2) F,2 E,4
w:"No-well and No-well" the an-gels did say, While shep--herds there in the fields_ did lay;
B,2 |B,4 G,2 A,4 B,2 |G,2 G,2 E,2 F,4 D,2 |C,2 C,2 D,2 E,2 (D,2 C,2) | D,2 D,2 C,2 B,,4
w:Late in the night a-fold-ing their sheep, On a cold win-ter's night_ that was so deep
|:(B,A,) | A,2 E,2 G,2 B,4 E2 |C2 D2 E2 B,6 | D2 E2 G,4 B,2 | (A,2 G,2) F,2 E,4 :|
w:No-well and no-well! No-well and no-well! Born is the King of Is--re-al!
V:4     %
     %!STAVE 0 'Bass' @
     %!INSTR 'Bass' 1 5200 @
M:6/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:Eb
E,2 |E,F,E,D, C,2 B,,4 G,,2 |A,,G,,A,,B,,C,D, E,4 E,2 |C,2 B,,2 A,,2 E,2 E,2 B,,2 |C,2 A,,2 B,,2 C,4 E,2 |E,4 E,2 A,,4 B,,2 |C,2 G,,2 A,,2 B,,4 B,,2 |A,,2 A,,2 G,,2 A,,2 B,,2 C,2 |G,,2 A,,2 B,,2 E,4
|:G,F, |E,F,E,D, C,2 B,,4 G,,2 |A,,G,,A,,B,,C,D, E,6 |C,2 B,,2 C,D, E,4 B,,2 |C,2 A,,2 B,,2 C,4 :|
W:"Nowell and Nowell" the angels did say,
W:While shepherds there in the fields did lay;
W:Late in the night a-folding their sheep,
W:A cold winter's night both cold and deep.
W:
W:(Chorus)
W:Nowell and nowell! Nowell and nowell!
W:Born is the King of Isreal!
W:Nowell and nowell! Nowell and nowell!
W:Born is the King of Isreal!
W:
W:And then there did appear a star
W:Whose glory then did shine so far;
W:Unto the earth it gave a great light
W:And there it continued a day and a night.
W:
W:And by the light of that same star
W:Three wise men came from country far
W:To seek a King was their intent
W:And to follow that star wherever it went.
W:
W:The star drew near unto the north-west
W:O'er Bethlehem city it took its rest
W:And there it did both stand and stay,
W:Right over the house where our Lord lay.
W:
W:Then entered in those wise men three,
W:With reverence, upon their knee,
W:And offered up, in his presence,
W:Both gold and myrrh and frankincense.
W:
W:Between an ox-manger and an ass,
W:Our blest Messiah's place it was;
W:To save our souls from sin and thrall,
W:He is the Redeemer of us all.