JACQUES COHEN: A Christmas Canon

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For Lloyd's Choir

4. A Christmas Canon (unaccompanied, or with orchestra) Words from Traditional English Verse

Music by Jacques Cohen

  Andante    Soprano         Christ - mas

Alto

     

   S.    

Please

A.

   

Please

T.

B.

is

fat.

O M         

com - ing,

E D 

 

Christ - mas

5

the goose is get - ting

the goose is get - ting

fat.

                       Christ - mas is co - ming the goose is get - ting fat.

  Bass   

com - ing,

      

Christ - mas

Tenor

is

        

     Please

    

Please

  

is

  

co

u m . w   w 

  

put

a

pen - ny

 

n e  g   la   r    kfo

sik

-

w

o n . e

ming the goose is get - ting

 

 

in

the

old

  man's

hat.

  man's

hat.



   

 

 

 

  the

old

   

 

 

 

in

 

the



old

man's

   

 

 

 

 



put

put

put

a

a

a

pen - ny

pen - ny

pen - ny

fat.

in

in

the

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old

man's

 

hat.

 hat.

 


22 For the canon (bars 9 to 30) the choir should if possible be joined by the audience. The conductor will first need to teach the canon to the audience which should take no more than 2 or 3 minutes.

  S.     9

   

Christ - mas

S.

  

is

 

  

com - ing,

the

      

goose is

A.

T.

T.

     

E D

     Christ    

is

com - ing,

 

  

-

mas

is

com - ing,

fo k ik

the

o n . e

n e g

      

goose is

Christ

-

get - ting

   

mas

the

rla

s u   .m   w w w - mas

   

fat.

O M 

Christ

A.

get - ting

is

fat.

 

  

com - ing,

the

B.

 

B.

  

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   S.    13

   

Please

S.

put

         goose is

A.

  

Christ

A.

T.

  

-

B.

   

 

a

  

 

w

     

the

-

mas

is

    a

-

get - ting

   

mas

hat.

     

pen - ny

in

the

la r fo

 

   

in

the

old

man's

Please

the

put

a

       

goose is

 Christ

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get - ting

  

mas

fat.

o n . e

  

n e g is

k k i s

 

com - ing,

goose is

fat.

put

      

Christ

    

pen - ny

          goose is get - ting

man's

O M  

mu

.  w  w

put

old

Please

com - ing,

 

 

   

the

 fat.

is

in

E D

    

Christ

B.

pen - ny

get - ting

mas

    

Please

T.

a

 

is

com - ing,

the

hat.

    

pen - ny

in

the

 fat.

  

com - ing,

 

the


4

4

  S.    17

Christ

S.

-

  

mas

   

 

old

A.

man's

   

   

Please

A.

put

T.

com - ing,

the

    

-

get - ting

   

w

  

Please

is

  man's

    put

a

      B.    

pen - ny

goose is

fat.

  

in

get - ting

the

com - ing,

the

   

fat.

 

  

      

the

 old

 Please

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put

a

   

get - ting

   

mas

is

  man's

    put

com - ing,

a

the

hat.

o n . e

     

n e g

rla

goose is

Christ

is

mas

man's

o f k  ik  

hat.

fat.

   

 

old

Please

in

-

 

us

pen - ny

get - ting

O M

     

goose is

Christ

hat.

m . ww

mas

      

E D

     Christ

old

B.

a

         goose is

T.

is

 

  

pen - ny

in

the

fat.

 

  

com - ing,

the

 hat.

      

pen - ny

in

the


5

   S.    21

Please

S.

5

           

put a

  

com ing,

     Please

man's

B.

   

Christ - mas is

B.

   

old

com ing,

   man's

hat.

pen - ny in the

old

  man's

O M 

old

Please

fat.

     

Please

man's

com - ing,

o n . e

the goose is get-ting

hat.

pen - ny in the

       

the goose is get-ting

fat.

    

Christ - mas is

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put a

         

           

put a

   

n e g

la r fo

k k i s  

u m . ww pen - ny in the

    

put a

Christ - mas is

hat.

             goose is get-ting fat.

hat.

           

the goose is get-ting

           

put a

man's

          

  

w

T.

Please

E D

   

old

T.

fat.

    

Christ - mas is

A.

old

            goose is get-ting

A.

pen - ny in the

  

com - ing,

old

  man's

   

Please

put a

       

the goose is get-ting


6

  S.   

6

26

hat.

         

A.

pen - ny

   

A.

in

the

fat.

          in

the

  B.   

   S.    

   

     

 

O M

a

pen - ny

 

old

man's

hat.

    a

in

the

old

man's

        in

o n . e

n e g  

rla

 

hat.

the

old

man's

hat.

  

  

 

 

the

old

Please

 

put

 

 

     

pen - ny

in

the

old

  man's

hat.

     Please

 

 

 

 

 



in

the

old



put

a

 

man's

 

 

 

 



Please

  



    

Please

put

put

a

a

a

pen - ny

pen - ny

 

 

pen - ny

 

in

in

the

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man's

man's

 

kfo

pen - ny

hat.

ik s u

m . ww

hat.

 

w

31

B.

Please put

fat.

T.

man's

E D

pen - ny

A.

old

hat.

B.

 

Please put

    

T.

 

hat.

 hat.


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O M

k k i s

la r fo

w

u m . ww

n e g

o n . e


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k k i s

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