I saw three ships
words William Gillies Whittaker · arr. Arthur Warrell
Choose your part: hear the opening with it lifted out of the choir, then practise it in the app. Free, and without an account.
- Voicing
- SSAATBB
- Key
- G major
- Time
- 6/8
- Tempo
- quarter note = 80
- Length
- 49 bars
The parts
The opening, 16 bars, on the app's piano: your part clearly, the others quietly.
Soprano 1 part
Range
Lowest D4Highest G5
Soprano 2 part
Range
Lowest D4Highest G5
Alto 1 part
Range
Lowest G3Highest E5
Alto 2 part
Range
Lowest G3Highest E5
Tenor part
Range
Lowest E3Highest G4
Bass 1 part
Range
Lowest G2Highest E4
Bass 2 part
Range
Lowest G2Highest E4
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The words
Verse 1
I saw three ships come sailing by, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day, I saw three ships come sailing by, On Christmas Day in the morning. I saw three ships, On Christmas Day, I saw three ships come sailing by, On Christmas Day in the morning. And what was in those ships all three, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day? Pray whither sailed those ships all three On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day. And all the bells on earth shall ring, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day, And all the angels in heaven shall sing On Christmas Day in the morning. And all the souls on earth shall sing On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day, Then let us all rejoice again, On Christmas Day in the morning.
Free to sing: Arthur Warrell died in 1939 and William Gillies Whittaker died in 1944.