12 Days of Christmas

12 Days Of Christmas
for Bernie Sherlock and New Dublin Voices, Christmas 2013
Preamble: introduce the piece as being a "work in progress", not yet memorised.
Somebody walks on with the scores (loose pages), trips, and scatters them everywhere.
Everybody panics, and there is a mad rush to gather all the pages back together and
hand them out to the choir. Moments of slapstick physical comedy as we gather the pages
would be fun. Eventually it looks like we're ready to start.

Soprano
Soprano
Alto
Alto
arr. Conway and Gilbert

On the first day of Chri - stmas, my true love gave to me
Joyful, brisk tempo
Tenor
Tenor
Bass
part -

ridge
in
a pear
tree
On the
On the

On the
Bass
(smug, centre of attention)
Bom bom.
Copyright 2013

S.
S.
T.

se -cond day of Chri
stmas my
true love gave to me:

se -cond day of Chri - stmas my true love gave to me:

se - cond day of Chri - stmas..
A.
B.
On the
B.
with misplaced confidence
On the
A.
T.
Chri
Two tur - tle doves and a
Two tur - tle doves and a
par - tridge
Two tur - tle dives and a

mas my
par - tridge
in
a pear
in
a pear
part -rigde
in
a pear
true love gave to me
tree
tree.
tree.
Bom bom.

S.

10
fourth day of Chri...
S.
fourth day of Chri...

(correcting the sopranos, frowning)
A.
A.
T.
T.
B.
On the
On the
THIRD day of Chri - stams my true love gave to me
THIRD day of Chri - stmas my true love gave to me
Five
T&B: turn page, you're not where you expected to be.

Brief moment of panic, find the 'correct' page, and...
Five
gold

gold
rings...?
rings...?
Five
B.

rall, with loss of confidence
five
gold
gold

four
cal - ling
four
cal - ling birds

wait, found it!
rings...?
rings...?
birds
three
three

S.
16
S.
A.
A.
and a
T.
B.
tree. On the
sixth day of Chri - stmas my
french hens
in
a pear
tree. On the
sixth day of Chri - stmas my
in
and a
par - tridge
par - tride
in
a pear
a pear
tree
On the
tree
FIFTH
On the
FIFTH
doves and a
doves and a
par - tridge
par - tridge
par - tridge

and a
par - tridge
in
in
a pear
a pear
tree
tree

in
a pear
tree
in
a pear
tree
day of Chri - stmas my
day of Chri - stams my
During this section, tenors can't find

where they are. Panic panic panic...
Exuberant
bom bom
bom bom
bom
bom bom
bom bom
bom
bom
bom bom
bom
A.
bom bom
S.

S.
22
and a
par - tridge
french hens
B.
a pear

and a
par - tridge in
found the right page!
two
tur - tle
two
tur - tle
T.
and a
A.
T.
T.
B.
You
nine
B.
nine
bet - ter not shout,
you
la - dies dan - cing, eight lords a leap - ing,
se - ven swans a swimm - ing,
six geese a
lay - ing,
five...
lad - ies dan - cing, eight lords a leap - ing,
se - ven swans a swimm - ing,
six geese a
lay - ing,
five...
bet - ter not shout
you
you
Everybody takes a moment to

find the right page.Much flustering
around.After a few seconds it looks
like we're finallly ready to go.
Ready? Aaaaaaand.....

S.
27
S.
A.
A.
T.
bet - ter not
cry

bet - ter not
T.
B.
you
cry
you
bet - ter not
31
bet - ter not
sixth
A.
sixth

eigth

eigth
T.
T.
B.
in tempo (no pause),

grab the next page and launch into
third
B.

third
on
the
on
the
on
the
in tempo (no pause),

on
the
grab the next page and launch into
in
in
pear
(turn
page)
in
tree
tree
pear
pear
in
pear
tree
On the
fourth
On the
fourth
On the
ninth
On the
ninth
On the
fifth
On the
on the e - le - venth
tree
hol
deck
the
hall
with
boughs
of
hol
deck
the
sev - enth
sev - enth
sev - enth
sev - enth
hall
with
boughs
of
hol
day
of
day
of
day
of
day
of
Chri - stmas
Chri - stmas
Chri - stmas
Chri - stmas
On the

On the
boughs
of
hol
my
true
love
gave
to
love
my
true
gave
to
my
true
love
gave
to
my
true
love
gave
to
ly
On the
On the
of
on the e - le - venth
boughs
On the
with
hall
with
On the
fifth
the
hall
the
On the
deck
On the
(turn
page)
deck
twelfth
A.
(turn
page)
twelfth
S.
(turn
page)
bet - ter not

S.
bet - ter not
B.
Exchange glances,
Let's try that again.
Rustle rustle ruslte...
ly
ly
ly
me
me
me
me

S.
34
S.
fa
fa
T.
swans a swim - ming
six
geese a
B.

B.

Here
here
we come
we come
39
S.
A.
T.
T.
B.
four
cal - ling birds three French hens,
three French hens,
la
la
la
la
la
two
two
three French hens,
two
la
la
la
la
la
la
la
la
la
la
Five
gol - den
rings
Five
gol - den
gol - den
Five
par...
la
la
la
la
la
la

la
gol - den
rings
rings
(step forward
big moment)
Do you hear what I
hear?
(scrambling through pages, where are we now?)
par...
tur - tle doves

(page
turn)
I'm
tur - tle doves

(page
turn)
Ah
tur - tle doves
(page
turn)
tur - tle doves
par...
tur - tle doves

(page
turn)
Solo (BK)
three French hens,
B.
two
three French hens,
la
la
Five
and a
two
la
cal - ling birds three French hens
la
a - mong the leaves so
and a
la
a - mong the leaves so
cal - ling birds
la
lay - ing
and a
four
cal - ling birds

four
A.
geese a
la
lay - ing
a was - sail - ing
a tempo
Four
six
a was - sail - ing

S.
swans a swim - ming
la
la
rall
la
Slower
fa

sev - en

sev - en
T.
fa
A.
(breathe as if you were about to

continue, but were stopped
byt the T&B)
A.
I'm
Ah
(page
turn)

dream - ing of
a
par - tridge a
(page
turn)
lay - ing
par - tridge a
lay - ing
(page
turn)

dream - ing of
a
part - ridge a
(page
turn)
lay - ing
part - ridge a
lay - ing
we all look at each other

not knowing what to do.
The sopranos shrug and
decide to continue

S.
46
jack
S.
jack
A.
A.
T.
T.
Jack
Jack
Frost
nip - ping at your
Frost
nip - ping at your
Frost
nip - ing at your
Frost
nip - ping at your
...pear
...pear
B.
nose
...pear
nose
...pear
nose
B.
nose
On the e - le - venth day of Christ - mas my true love gave to me
Fif - teen lad - ies dan - cing
On the e - le - venth day of Christ - mas my true love gave to me
Fif - teen lad - ies dan - cing
Ding
close early on 'ng'
Ding
tree
tree
tree
tree
Ah

S.
52
lad - ies dan - cing, nine
lad - ies dan - cing, eight lad - ies dan - cing, sev - en lad - ies dan - cing, six
lad - ies dan - cing, five
cal - ling birds,
ten
lad - ies dan - cing, nine
lad - ies dan - cing, eight lad - ies dan - cing, sev - en lad - ies dan - cing, six
lad - ies dan - cing, five
cal - ling birds,
S.
A.
T.
T.
B.
Dong
A.
B.
ten
ding
dong
ding
five
dong
five
cal - ling birds

five
cal - ling birds,
cal - ling birds,

five
cal - ling birds,
five
cal - ling birds,
five
cal - ling birds,

S.
Slower
58
four French
four French
A.
hens, three turt - le doves
A.
hens, three turt - le doves,

four French

four French
T.
four French
T.
T.
trees
trees
trees
trees
trees
thought we
all
liked
fig - gy
what?
what?
what?
what?
Ru - dolph
nosed rein - deer
the red
On the
nosed rein - deer. On the
the red
On the
ninth
fourth
tenth
nosed rein - deer. On the
first
But I've...
No!
what?
fifth
No!
what?
nosed rein - deer
the red
the red
pud - ding.
Ru - dolph
Ru - dolph
tenth
On the twelfth
trees
with utter confidence..

No!
On the
twelfth day of Chri - stmas my
No!
On the
twelfth day of Chri - stmas my
No!
fig - gy

On the
Ru - dolph
like
all
we
On the
B.
two pear
A.
two pear
pud - ding,
A.
two pear
64

S.
S.
two pear
four French
two pear
B.
two pear
For
two pear trees and
four French
T.
four French
B.
two pear trees and
S.
B.
Solo (Ali)
No!
Page turn (tutti), and, by some miracle

we all end up on the same page.
It's the wrong piece, but whatever.
69

S.

do do do do do do do
A.
B.
S.
A.
T.
B.
dm ba dm
Ser
twelve drum - ers drum -ming like O lym pus u - pon the
dm ba dm
dm
ba dm
dm
en - get - i
en - get - i
ooh
dm
ba dm
dm
ba dm
dm ba dm
Fa fa
ba dm
ooh
Ser
Ooh
Ooh
T.
B.
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
do do do...
twelve drum - ers drum -ming like O lym pus u - pon the
A.
do do do ....
On the twelfth daymytruelove gave to me
74

S.
B.
On the twelfth daymytruelove gave to me


T.
do do do...
T.
do do do ....
A.
S.
fa fa fa fa fa
Fa fa
fa fa fa fa fa
Fa fa
fa fa fa fa fa
ooh
ooh
e - le - ven pi pers pi
ping
e - le - ven pi pers pi
ping
Fa fa
fa fa fa fa fa
fa fa
fa fa fa fa fa
Fa fa
fa fa fa fa fa dm
ooh
ba dm
dm
ba dm
79

S.
A.
A.
T.
B.
ten
ten
fa
fa
fa
fa
fa fa fa ooh
lords a lea
ping
ping
fa
fa
dm ba dm dm ba dm
fa
fa
fa
fa fa fa ooh
fa
fa
fa
fa fa fa ooh
dm dm
A.
king they were mil - king just
Eight maids a mil
A.
Eight maids a mil
T.
T.
B.
for me
ba ba ba
dm
dm dm
dm
dm dm
for me
dm
ba ba ba
fri - ca

I had Christ - mas down in A
ba ba ba
for me
for me
fri - ca
fri - ca

fri - ca
Eight maids a mil king they were mil - king just for me
fri - ca

do
ba ba ba
do
ba ba ba

do
B.
dan - cing for me
Eight maids a mil
Nine lad - ies dan cing they were
Ooh
Ah
84
S.

dan - cing for me
dan - cing for me
ooh

S.
Eight maids a mil
fa fa fa ooh
fa
dan - cing for me
fa fa fa ooh

fa
Fa
dan - cing for me
Fa
Ah
lords a lea
Ah
fa fa fa ooh
fa
T.
fa
S.
B.

do
ba
ba
ba
ba
ba
ba
do
do
ba
ba
ba
ba
ba
ba
10
S.
88
I hadChrist masdown in A
fri ca
T.
B.
T.
B.
fri ca
I hadChrist mas down in A

fri ca
dm du dm
dm
fri ca
du dm
ba ba
ba

dm
du du dm
du
du dm
du
ba ba
ba
du dm
du
ba ba ba dm
dm dm
dm
dm
dm
ba ba
ba
dm dm
dm dm
dm
dm

fi
fri- ca
I had Christ-mas down in A
ve
dm
fri- ca
gon-na deck
fri- ca
gon-na deck
fri- ca
du
dm
gol - den rings
du dm
fri- ca
dm
du dm
fri- ca
gon-na deck
the hall
the
and do
the hall
the
and do
the hall
the
and do
fri- ca
fri- ca
gon-na deck the hall and do
the

dm du dm
ba ba ba dm du dm
dm
du dm
dm
du dm
ba
ba ba dm
du dm
dm
du dm

du dm
B.
ba ba ba du dm
T.
gol - den rings
fri ca
A.
ve
do
fi
fri ca
93

S.
A.
fri ca
do
I hadChrist masdown in A - fri ca


do
ba ba ba dm du dm
dm
du dm

T.
S.
A.
five gol den rings
A.
fri ca
S.
B.
dm
dm
du
dm
ba
ba
ba ba
du dm
ba ba dm
dm
du
du dm
dm dm
dm
du
dm
du dm
dm
dm
du
dm
ba
ba
ba ba
ba ba
du dm
do
du
du du dm
du dm
du
do
du du dm
11
97

S.
things we ne
ver
ve
ooh
do do
things we ne
ver
ha
ve
things we ne
ver
do do
ooh
A.
ooh
A.

things we ne ver
ooh

dm du dm
ha
ve ooh
things we ne
T.
T.
B.
du dm

do
102

S.
S.
ver
du ha
A.
A.
ooh
do do do do do
do do
do do do do do
do do
partridge in a bigpeartree
do....
T.
T.
B.
do do do do do
do do do do do
do do do do do
do do
do do do do do
do do
do do do do do
dodo do...
do do
dodo do....
do do do do do
do do
do do
do do
do do do...
do do
do...
du du du dm ah
do do do do do
do do do ....
ooh
do do

ve
do do do do do

do do
do do
do do do do do
ooh
B.
do do do do do
S.
B.
ha
dodo do....
dodo do...
par tridge in a bigpeartree
par tridgein a bigpeartree

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12 Days Of Christmas

for Bernie Sherlock and New Dublin Voices, Christmas 2013

arr. Conway and Gilbert

(smug, centre of attention)

true love gave to me:

se - cond day of Chri - stmas..

with misplaced confidence

Two tur - tle doves and a

Two tur - tle doves and a

Two tur - tle dives and a

true love gave to me

fourth day of Chri...

fourth day of Chri...

THIRD day of Chri - stams my true love gave to me

THIRD day of Chri - stmas my true love gave to me

T&B: turn page, you're not where you expected to be.

rall, with loss of confidence

cal - ling birds

sixth day of Chri - stmas my

true love gave to me

sixth day of Chri - stmas my

day of Chri - stmas my

day of Chri - stams my

During this section, tenors can't find

true love gave to me

found the right page!

true love gave to me

true love gave to me

bet - ter not shout,

la - dies dan - cing, eight lords a leap - ing,

se - ven swans a swimm - ing,

lad - ies dan - cing, eight lords a leap - ing,

se - ven swans a swimm - ing,

bet - ter not shout

Everybody takes a moment to

bet - ter not

bet - ter not

bet - ter not

in tempo (no pause),

in tempo (no pause),

bet - ter not

bet - ter not

swans a swim - ming

cal - ling birds three French hens,

three French hens,

three French hens,

Do you hear what I

(scrambling through pages, where are we now?)

tur - tle doves

tur - tle doves

tur - tle doves

tur - tle doves

tur - tle doves

three French hens,

three French hens,

cal - ling birds three French hens

a - mong the leaves so

a - mong the leaves so

cal - ling birds

cal - ling birds

a was - sail - ing

a was - sail - ing

swans a swim - ming

(breathe as if you were about to