Christmas upper voices selection

Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts (1674–1748) SOPRANO 1 & 2 Adagio 74 for the Choir of York Minster Watts’ Cradle Song CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD (1852–1924) arr. Philip Moore SOLO or TUTTI p espress. Hush, my dear, lie ORGAN p legato 4 Ped. ad lib. still and slum - ber; Ho - ly an - gels guard thy bed! for online perusal only 7 Heav’n - ly bless - ings with-out num - ber Gent ly - - fall ing The music is adapted from Stanford’s setting of ‘Golden slumbers kiss thine eyes’, Op. 19 No. 2. Watts’ original poem has fourteen verses, of which four have been selected. © Oxford University Press 2013 Printed in Great Britain OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, MUSIC DEPARTMENT, GREAT CLARENDON STREET, OXFORD OX2 6DP The Moral Rights of the Composer have been asserted. Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL.

S. 1 S. 2 75 3 10 p on thy head. Hush thee, hush thee, lul - la - by. p 13 16 p (TUTTI) Sleep, my babe; thy food and rai - ment, House and home, thy p Sleep, my babe; thy food and rai - ment, House and home, thy for online perusal only