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THE FIRST NOEL

Words: Traditional English carol;


Music: ‘The First Noel’, Traditional English carol, 13th century.

Key F
Time

S . : . : m .r d :-.r : m .f s : - : l .t d| : t : l s : - : l .t
A . : . : d s| : - : d r : - : r s : s : f m : - : d .r
T . : . : s .f m : - : d| t : - : l s : s :l .t d| : - : l .s
B . : . : d d : - : l| s| : s : f m : m : f d : - : f .f
1. The first No - el the an - gels did say was to
2. They look’d a - bove and there saw a star that_
3. And by the light of tha - t same star three_
4. This star drew near to the____ north-west, at__
5. Then en - tered in those wi - se men three most_
6. Then let us all with o - ne a - ccord sing_

S d| : t : l s : l : t d| : s : f m : - : m .r d : -.r : m .f
A s : m : f s : d : f m : m : r d : - : t| s| : -.r : d .d
T s : s : t d| : l : f s : d| : s s : - : s .f m : - : d|.d|
B m : d : r m : f : r m .f : s : s| d : - : s| d : - : l|.l|
cer - tain poor she - pherds in fields as they lay; In fields, where_
shone in the ea - st be - yond them a - far, and which to__
wi - se men ca - me from coun - try far, to seek for a
length o - ver Beth - le - hem seemed___ to rest, and there it__
re - ve - rent - ly_____ with ben - ded knee, and o - ffer-ed
prai - ses to_____ our hea - ven - ly Lord, that made both_

S s : - : l .t d| : t : l s : - : l .t d| : t : l s : l : t
A r : - : r s : s : f m : - : d .r s : m : f s : f : f
T d| : t : l s : s : l .t d| : - : l .s s : s : t d| : d| : r|
B s| : s : f m : m : f d : - : f .f m : d : r m : f : r
they lay ten - ding their sheep on a cold win - ter’s ni - ght that
earth did give a great light, and_ so it con - ti - nued by
king was their__ in - tent, and to fo - llow the star___ wher-
stayed by night and by day, right_ o - ver the pla - ce where
there, in his pre - sence, both_ gold__ and my - rrh, with
heav’n and ear - th of nought and__ with__ his blood__ man-

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S d| : s : f m : - : m .r d :-.r : m .f s : - : d|.t l : - : l
A m : m : r d : - : t| s| : - : d t| : - : m f : - : f
T s : d| : s s : - : s .f m : - : l s : - : s l :-.t: d .r|
|

B m .f : s : s| d : - : s| d : - : l| m : - : d f| :-.s|: l|.t|
was so deep. NO - EL, NO - EL, NO - EL, NO-
day and by night. NO - EL, NO - EL, NO - EL, NO-
-e - ver it went. NO - EL, NO - EL, NO - EL, NO-
Je - sus lay. NO - EL, NO - EL, NO - EL, NO-
frank - in - cense. NO - EL, NO - EL, NO - EL, NO-
-kind__ hath bought. NO - EL, NO - EL, NO - EL, NO-

S s : - : - d| : t : l s : l : t d| : s : f m : - : -
A m : - : s m : m : f m : - : f m : - : r d : - : -
T m| : - : r| d| : d| : d| d| : - : f s : - : s s : - : -
B d : - : t| l| : s| : f| d : d| : r| m|.f| : s| : s| d| : - : -
-EL. BORN IS THE KING OF I - SRA - EL.

Transcribed and modified by


Maxim T. L. and K. K. Kendall
27 – 11 – 2015

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