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for Simon Lindley and rhe Choir of St. Albans School

16. DONKEY CAROL

\lfords and music by
Allegretto comodo e grazioso (.h : c. rs4l JOHN RUTTER

Versel SOPRANOS
2 TEN.RS
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L Don key rid

2. Don key watch -
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Vw. (2nd

2nd time

the Car - ry Ma
the See the ba

Also available separately (X254) and in an arrangement for S.A. (Tlll)

@'Oxfora University Press 1976

 Rutter: Donkey carol
V.1 TENORS
V.2 SOPRANOS

all with her hea-vy Fol low Jo seph,

. all with his mo-ther Hear the an gels

mf

lead-ing you on your way Un - til you find

sing-ing their song on high: 'No-well, no - well,

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SOPRANOS anrl TENORS

poco rall. a tempo
ry
somewhere to rest and stay. Don key rid
ca - rol - ling fills the sky. Don key watch

J'
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 the bum-py road, Car - ry Ma ry,
the Je - sus child. See the ba by,

B- itp gesc.

l. all with her hea - vy, all with her all witb her hea- w
2. all with his mo -ther, with his all with his mo-ther

all, aIl with

all, all mo

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E
D.S. for Verse 2 '" "ild-
 dolce e legato

Don - key rest - mg all in a manger

dolce e legato

p dolce e legato

Hum
pdolce e legato

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wor-ship the Lord of

- sleep on his bed of hay WhileMa-ry

lul-la - lay.'

'Lul - la, lul - la,- lul - la, lul; la -

60 Rutter: Donkey carol

!o"n - key

all in a man-ger stall,

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wor-ship the Lord, wor-ship the Lord,

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 Rutter: Donkey carol
poco rall.t

TENoRSzuf

'
4. Don key wak mg
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SOPRANOS
lour-ney you soon must start)

poco rall.
dim.

God will make brave your heart. Don - key

f,
a tempo
poco rall.
I 7/
at thebreak of

- ltr9r- shin itg,- shin-ingwithbrightest

mp

D8:- shin jngr- shin - inc,- shin-ingwithbrightest

x_l-
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.G
SOPRANOS ./.

tay.- ALTOS No-well, no -weU,

TENORS
BASSEq r

ray._- 5. Don
64 Rutter: Donkey carol

no-well, no -well, no-well, no -well, no-well, no - well, no-well, no -

joy as you go your walf le -lu lr

-well, no-well, no - well, no - well. Ding-a-dong, ding dong, ding-adong, ding dong,

no-well, no - well, no - well. Ding-a-dong, ding dong, ding-adong, ding dong,

Je-sus is born to - day. nng

Je-sus is born to - day ring

Je-sus is born to
 Rutter: Donkey carol

dine ding - a- dong ding dong,

cresc.

ding dong ding

- cresc.

out with their mes - sage clear: ding - a- dohg, ding dong
$esc.

out ivith their mes - sage Re - joice and sing

out with their mes - sage Re - joice and

ding- adong, dingdong, ding dong No-well, no -

Sa-viour di-vine is

ding-dong, ding dong, ding ding.- - key

dim

Sa-viour di-vine here. Don

f
Sa viour is Don
E
66 Rutter: Donkey carol

no - well, no - well, no - well, no - well, no - well, no

dim.

toy you go your

loy as .you go your

,oy you go your wY:

l, at - le-lu-ia, al - le-Iu-ia,
f dim.

le lu t, al - le.- Iu - ia,
cf.esc. dhn.

le Iu al le -lu 1r

cfesc. f dim.

le lu ia, al le lu
8ae - -,

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 rallentando

le - lu -ia, Christ
p

Ie-lu-ia, Christ to
p ten.

le - lu-ia, Chr ist TO

p ten.

Alz-
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rallentando Jn

tall. al fine Lento (in 4)

- day
a tempo rall. al fine