Past three a clock

( Past three o'clock )

( Born is a baby ; Seraph quire sing ; Mid earth rejoices ; Hinds o'er the pearly dewy lawn ; Cheese from the dairy ; Light out of star-land ; Myrrh from full coffer ; Thus they: I pray you )

Arr.: Wood, Charles (1866-1926) [ Ireland ; England ]

Text by Woodward, George Ratcliffe (1848-1934) [Great Britain]

Edition

Published by Oxford University Press [Great Britain] , 1961 ; in Carols for choirs 1 : 50 Christmas carols (184 p.)

Number of pages : 1

Editor or author of the restitution: Jacques, Reginald ; Willcocks, David

Type of material: Close score

ISMN/ISBN : 0193532212

Description

Text in: English

Epoque: 20th century

Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Christmas carol

Type of Choir: SATB (4 mixed voices )

Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 1

Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): A

Tonality: G major

Duration: 3.5 min.

Liturgical Use: Christmas

Number of verses: 8

Origin: England

Musicological Sources: The tune is "London waits" from W. Chappell's Popular Music of the Olden Time ; This arrangement reprinted from The Cambridge Carol Book.

Source of text: The refrain "Past three a clock" is old, but the other words are by G.R.W.

Comment(s): This collection includes prayers, collects, and lessons for use in a service of lessons and carols.

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