The King

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L OREENA M C K E N N I T T SHEET MUSIC PIANO  CHORAL  ANY SOLO INSTRUMENT IN “C” The King From the Quinlan Road CD To Drive The Cold Winter Away Words and Music: Traditional Arranged and Adapted by Loreena McKennitt To purchase Loreena McKennitt Sheet Music visit Copyright to this printed edition of Loreena McKennitt’s McKennitt’s composition is owned by Quinlan Road Limited and i s provided to you for your personal private use only only..  Any publication, reproduction, transcription, or use of this edition in a public performance without the express prior consent of Quinlan Road Music is strictly  prohibited. Please contact Quinlan Road at [email protected] or by telephone at 1-800-361-7959 or 1-519-273-3876 to inquire about permissions. These sheet music arrangements have been prepared in the spirit of Loreena’s recordings. Although these are accurate, easy to play arrangements which in their simplicity will sound lovely on their own, you will get the most out of the music if you use the printed page as a guide to doing your own personal arrangements. The vocal and instrumental melodies are accurately transcribed  just as Loreena recorded them. For the accompaniments, feel free to improvise on the written  parts using the printed notes or chord symbols as a guide. For the instrumental songs, you may also substitute any melodic instrument for any of the written melodies. For those pieces that incorporate a hand percussion part feel free to use any combination of hand drums or percussion to accompany the song. The rhythms provided here are just guides to the basic rhythm of the arrangement and will sound best if you add your own variations. The most important thing is to have fun with the music and to enjoy playing Loreena’s compositions and arrangements in the joyous spirit of how they were created. CHORAL/SOLO INSTRUMENT IN C (ANY) ! e King Words and Music Tradi " onal  As performed by Loreena McKenni #  G C C D Descant Alto Baritone Bass Solo Instrument in C G G G G Good health, love and peace be all here in this Good health, love and peace be all here in this © 2009 Quinlan Road Limited ! e King D G C C D place By your leave we will sing, con - cer - ning our place By your leave we will sing, con - cer - ning our G G G G King Our King is well - dressed in silks of the King Our King is well - dressed in silks of the -2- ! e King D best best G G In C C D rib - bons so rare no King can com - In rib - bons so rare no King can com - In rib - bons so rare no King can com - G C pare pare pare -3- C D ! e King G G stiles tra - veled ma - ny miles o - ver hedg - es and have tra - veled ma - ny miles o - ver hedg - es and We have tra - veled ma - ny miles o - ver hedg - es and G stiles G We D stiles G In In In C C D search of   our King un - to you we search of   our King un - to you we search of   our King un - to you we -4- ! e King G G G G bring bring We have pow - der and shot to con - quer the bring We have pow - der and shot to con - quer the D lot lot G We have C C D can - on and ball to con - quer them can - on and ball to con - quer them - quer them quer them We have can - on and ball to con We have can - on and ball to con -5- ! e King G G C C D all all all all G G G G Christ - mas is past, twelve tide is the Old Christ - mas is past, twelve tide is the Old Christ - mas is past, twelve tide is the -6- ! e King D G last last last G And And we we C C D bid you a - dieu, great  joy to the bid you a - dieu, great  joy to the And we bid you a - dieu great  joy to the And we bid you a - dieu great  joy to the G C new new new new -7- C D ! e King G G C C D G And we bid you a - dieu great  joy to the new And we bid you a - dieu great  joy to the new And we bid you a - dieu great  joy to the new And we bid you a - dieu great  joy to the new -8- The King LYRICS Health, love and peace be all here in this place By your leave we shall sing, concerning our King Our King is well-dressed in silks of the best In ribbons so rare no king can compare We have travelled many miles over hedges and stiles In search of our King unto you we bring. We have powder and shot to conquer the lot We have cannon and ball to conquer them all. Old Christmas is past, twelve tide is the last And we bid you adieu, great joy to the new