14 Easy Christmas Carols For Concert Band

Angels We Have Heard On High

         
Moderato
 
1 2 3 4

   
   
An - gels we have heard on high, sweet - ly sing - ing o'er the plains.
A
        
6 7 8

       

With the moun - tains in re - ply e - cho - ing their joy - ous strains.
B 10 11 12 13

           
    
Glo ri - a In ex - cel - sis -
14 C 16 17

               
 
de - o Glo

   
18 19 20 21
 
       
ri - a In ex - cel - sis de - - o

2. Away In A Manger Traditional

Andante
 2     3   4  
     
1 5 6 7

        
A - way in a man - ger no crib for a bed, the lit - tle Lord Je - sus lay
p
8
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9
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12
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    
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down his sweet head. The stars in the sky looked down where He

      
13 14 15 16 17
    
    
lay, the lit - tle Lord Je - sus a - sleep on the hay.
2 3. Deck The Halls Welsh Folk Song
Allegro

1

   
2 3 4
 
               
Deck the halls with boughs of hol - ly, Fa la la la la la la la la,
See the blaz - ing yule be - fore us,

A
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6 7 8

    
               
'Tis the seas - son to be jol - ly fa la la la la la la la la,
Strike the harp and join the cho - rus

B
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10 11 12

   
               
Don we now our gay ap - par - el, fa la la la la la la la la
Fol - low me in mer - ry meas - ure,

C
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14 15 16

         
          

Troll the an - cient yule - tide car - ol, fa la la la la la la la la
While I tell of Christ - mas treas - ure,

4. Silent Night
Traditional
A
  
1 2 3 4 6 7 8

            
   
Si - lent night. Ho - ly night. All is calm, all is bright.

B C
    
10 11 12 14 15 16

                    
Round yon vir - gin mo - ther and child. Ho - ly in - fant so ten - der and mild.

D E
      
18 19 20 22 23 24

     
      
Sleep in hea - ven - ly peace Sl - eep in hea - ven - ly peace
 5. We Three Kings Traditional
3
Allegro
8 
                
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7


  
We threekings of or - i - ent are, West - ward lea - ding still pro - cee ding
Bea - ring gifts we tra - verse a far.

      
        
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

   
 
fol - low - ing yon - der star. Oh Star of won - der star of might,
Star with roy - al beau - ty bright,

               
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

 
West - ward lea - ding still pro - cee - ding guide us to thy per - fect light.

6. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing


Allegro

1

   
2 3 4

       
  
     
Hark! The her - ald an - gels si - ng. Glo - ry to the new born King!

A

6 7 8

  
    
   
      

Peace on earth and mer - cy mild God and sin - ners re - con - ciled!

B

10 11 12

            
    
Joy - ful all ye na - tions rise - , Join the tri - umph of the skies -

C
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14 15 16

      
        
   
With an - gel - ic host pro - claim Christ is - born in Beth - le - hem.

D
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18 19 20

      
       
 
   
Hark! the her - ald an - gels sing, Glo - ry - to the new - born King.
4 7. O Come All Ye Faithful Traditional

        
Moderato
    
1

   
2 3 4 5 6

  
Oh come all ye faith - ful joy - ful and tri - umph - ant Oh come ye oh

A
   11 
           
7 8 9 12

     
co - me ye to Beth le - hem Come and be - hold Him born the King of

B
           
   
13 15 16

   
an - gels Oh come let us a - dore Him Oh come let us a -

17
   
18
    19
  
20
    
21


   
dore him Oh come let us a - dore him Christ the Lord.

8. Joy To The World Handel

 
Lively
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
  
                   

Joy to the world the Lord is come. Let earth re - ceive her King. Let

A

9 10 11

                  
ev - 'ry heart pre - pare Him room And

B

13 14

  
           
heav'n and na - ture sing. And heav'n and na - ture

 
15 16 17 18 19

     
        
sing. And heav 'n and heav 'n and na - ture sing.
 9. The First Noel Traditional
5

         
Andante
    
        
1 2 3 4 5 6

The fir - st No el, the an - gels did say was to cer tain poor shep - herds in

A
  8         
         
7 10 11 12 13

 
field as the lay. In fields wherethey lay keep ing their sheep, on a cold win - ters

B
      
     
14 15 16 18

      

nig - ht that was so deep. No el No el, No

    20          
   
19 21 22 23 24
 
              


el No el Born is the ki - ng of Is ra - el.

10. Good King Wenceslas

1 Allegro

2 3 4

              
Good King Wen - ces - las looked out, on the feast of Ste - phen,

A 6 7 8

           
 
when the snow lay round - a - bout, deep and crisp and e - ven.

B 10 11 12

             
Bright - ly shone the moon that night, though the frost was cru - el,

C 14 15 16 17

     
        
when a poor man came in sight, gath -'ring win - ter fu el.
6 11. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Traditional

2      
       
Allegro

1

  
3
    
    
      
God rest ye mer - ry gent - le - men let no - thing you dis - may. Re -

        
4 5
 
       


 
     

mem - ber Christ our sa vior was born on Christ - mas day. To

A
 
          
7


         
       
save us all from Sa - tan's pow'r when we were gone a - stray. Oh

B
        
9
    
10
       
11

                        
  

ti - dings of com - fort and joy,com - fort and joy. Oh ti - dings of com - fort and joy.
 12. We Wish You A Merry Christmas 7
Traditional

              
    
1

  
2 3 4 5 6

      
              
We wish you a mer - ryChrist - mas we wish you a mer - ryChrist - mas we wish you a mer - ry

A

                     
7 8 9 11 12

   
           
Christ - mas and a ha - py new year. We wish you a mer - ry Christ - mas we wish you a mer - ry

      15 
       
13 14 16 17

          
         
Christ - mas we wish you a mer- ry Christ - mas and a ha - ppy new year. Good

B
               
19 20 21 22 23 24
     
                   
ti - dings we bring, to you and your kin, good ti - dings for Christ - mas and a hap - py new

C
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25 27 28

         
         
year. We wish you a mer - ry Christ - mas we wish you a mer - ry

             
29 30 31 32 33

          
        
Christ - mas we wish you a mer - ry Christ - mas and a hap - py new year.
8 13. The Twelve Days Of Christmas Arr. Criswell
4  
      
Allegro
    
1

    
2 3

     
            

   
On the first day of Chris - mas my true love sent to me a par tri - dge in a pear

A
     
              
5 7 8

           
    
tree. On thesecond day of Christ - mas my true love sent to me, two turt tle doves,and a

   B

               
9 10 12

              
    
par - tri - dge in a pear tree. On the third day of Christ - mas my true love sent to me

13
     14       15       
 
16

                    
 

three fr - ench hens, two tur - tle doves,and a par tri - dge in a pear tree. On the

C
             
 
18 19


 
 
            

fourth day of Christ - mas my true love sent to me, four call - ing birds,

 21  22  
20
              

23


       
               
three fr - ench hens, two tur tle doves,and a par - tri - dge in a pear tree. On the

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D
 
               
25 26 28

          
       
fifth day of Christ - mas my true love sent to me, five gol - den rings! Fo - ur call - ing birds,

31  
29
  
     
30
      32

       
               
three french hens, two - tur - tle doves,and a par tri - dge in a pear tree. On the
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E
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         
34 35

                    


sixth day of Christ - mas my true love sent to me, six geese a lay- ing, five gol - den

     
          
37 38 39 40

          
     

rings! Fo - ur call - ing birds, three french hens, two tur - tle doves, and a

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F
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            
41 44

            
      
  
par - tri - dge in a pear tree. On theseventh day of Christ - mas my true love sent to me,

        47     
     
45 46 48

             
     
sev - en swans a swim - ming, six geese a lay - ing, five gol - den rings!

   
                
49 50 51 52

         
     
Fo-ur call - ing birds, three french hens, two tur - le doves,and a par - tri - dge in a pear
G
   
               
53 55 56

  
        
  
tree. On theeighth day of Christ - mas my true love sent to me, eight maids a milk - ing,


                  
     
57 58 59 60 61

                    
sev - en swans a swim - ming six geese a lay- ing five gol - den rings! Fo - ur call - ing birds
64  
                 
62 63 65


    
                
three french hens two tur -tle doves and a par - tri - dge in a pear tree. On the
H
     69    
         
67 68

                   
 V.S.
ninth day of Christ - mas my true love sent to me, nine la - dies danc - ing eight maids a milk - ing
10

       72     73  
          
70 71 74

        
        

   
sev - en swans a swim - ming, six geese a lay - ing, five gol - den rings! Fo - ur call - ing birds

77  
75
  
     
76
      78
 
       
                
three french hens two tur -tle doves and a par - tri - dge in a pear tree. On the

    82     
I

         
80 81

                    

tenth day of Christ - mas my true love sent to me, ten lords a leap - ing, nine la - dies, dan - cing,

  87
                      
83 84 85 86

                
 
eight maids a milk - ing, sev - en swans a swim - ming six geese a lay - ing, five gol - den rings!

   91  
88
  
       

89 90

           
      
Fo-ur call - ing birds, three french hens, two tur - tle doves,and a par - tri - dge in a pear

    
J
           
92 94 95

      
             
  
tree. On the
eleventh day of Christ - mas my true love sent to me, ele - ven pi - pers pi - ping,

96
     
97 
   
98 
        
99

                    
ten lords a leap - ing, nine la dies dan - cing,eight maidsa milk - ing, se ven swansa swim - ming,

   
       
     
100 101 102 103

     
        
six geese a lay - ing, five gol - den rings. Fo - ur call - ing birds,

106 
104
  
     
105
      107
 
       
                
three french hens, two tur tle doves,and a par - tri - dge in a pear tree. On the
 11
K
         
     
109 110

    
             

twelfth day of Christ - mas my true love sent to me, twelve drum - mers drum - ming,

      112     113     114    


111

                      
ele - ven pi - pers pi - ping, ten lords a lea - ping, nine la dies dan - cing,eight maidsa milk - ing,

       
        

115 116 117 118

         
        
se - ven swans a swim - ming, six geese a lay - ing, five gol - den rings!

119
       

120

        
   
Fo - ur call - ing birds, three french hens,

     
        
121

        
122 123

  
    
two tur - tle doves and a par - tri - dge in a pear tree.

14. Jingle Bells Traditional

Allegro

1 2 3 4 5 6

                    
Jin - gle bells, jin - gle bells jin - gle all the way. Oh what fun it is to ride in a


7 8 9 10 11

                
one horse o - pen sleigh hey! Jin - gle bells, jin - gle bells, jin - gle all the


12 13 14 15 16

               
way. Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse o - pen sleigh.
12 15. Up On The Housetop Traditional

             
1 Allegro 2 3 4


            
    
Up on the house - top reign - deer pause, out jumps good old San - ta Claus.

             
  
5 6 7 8


  
             
  
Down through the chim ney with lots of toys, all for the lit - tle ones, girls and boys.

             
9 10 11 12

 
             
 
Ho Ho Ho! Who would - n't go? Ho Ho Ho! Who would - n't go

               
13 14 15 16

                 

Up on the house - top click click click! Down through the chim- ney with old Saint Nick!

16. O Tannenbaum (Oh Christmas Tree) Traditional

1 Moderato
         
    
2 3 4 5

         
Oh Christ - mas tree Oh Christ - mas tree,yourbran - ches green de - light us, Oh Christ - mas tree oh

                  
6 7 8 9 10

   
Christ - mas tree,yourbran - ches green de - light [Link]'regreen when sum- merdays are bright,they're

   
11 12 13
   
     
green when win - ter snow is white. Oh Christ - mas tree oh

 
14 15 16

    

    
Christ - mas tree, your bran - ches green de - light us.
 17. Auld Lang Syne Traditional
13

   
Moderato
          
   
1 2 3 4

     
Should old a - quain - tance be for- got and ne - ver brought to mind. Should
    
      
5 6 7 8

       

old a - quain - tance be for - got and days of old lang syne. For
A
         
    
10 11 12

         
a - uld la - ng syne my dear, for au - ld la - ng syne, we'll
13
    
14
   
15

16

       

take a cup of kind - ness yet for au - ld la - ng syne.