L O R E E NA M C K E N N I T T

S H E ET M U S I C
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

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These sheet music arrangements have been prepared in the

spirit of Loreenas 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 Loreenas compositions and arrangements in
the joyous spirit of how they were created.

CHORAL/SOLO INSTRUMENT IN C (ANY)

The King
Words and Music Traditional

As performed by Loreena McKennitt

# 3
& 4

Descant

# 3
& 4

Alto

# 3
& 4

Baritone

# 3
& 4

Bass

# 3
& 4

Solo Instrument
in C

#
#

&

Good

health,

Good

2009 Quinlan Road Limited

health,

#
&
&

#
&

&

love

and

love

and

peace

peace

be

all

be

all

here

in

this

in

this

here

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&
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place

By

place

By

your

your

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&

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leave

we

King

King

will

sing,

will

sing,

Our

King

Our

King

cer

ning

our

cer

ning

our

con

con

is

is

well

well

dressed

dressed

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we

leave

&

in

in

silks

of

the

of

the

silks

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best

In

best

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&

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rib

rib

In

rib

&

j

bons

bons

bons

so

so

King

can

com

rare

King

can

com

rare

no

no

King

can

com

pare

pare

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&

pare

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no

so

rare

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&

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have

tra

We

have

We

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tra

&

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&
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stiles

stiles

stiles

tra

In

veled

ma - ny

miles

veled

veled

ma - ny

miles

ma - ny

miles

ver

ver

ver

In

search

of

our

search

of

of

hedg -

hedg -

hedg -

es

and

es

and

es

and

King

un

to

you

our

King

un

our

King

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search

In

#
#

&

we

to

you

we

un

to

you

we

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&
&
&
&

#
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#
#

bring

bring

We

have

pow

We

have

pow

der

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&

We

have

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&

lot

We

have

and

shot

We

have

can

can

can

to

to

on

and

j

on

on

on

con - quer

the

con - quer

and

to

con

ball

ball

and

-5-

quer

them

to

con

quer

them

ball

con

quer

them

and

the

can

lot

shot

and

#
#

der

&

&

bring

&

ball

to

to

con

quer

them

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&

&

all

all

all

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&
&

#
&

all

#
&

&

Old

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#

Old

Christ - mas

Christ - mas

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&
&

&

Christ - mas

is

past,

twelve

twelve

twelve

is

is

past,

past,

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tide

is

the

tide

is

the

is

the

tide

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&
&

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last

last

And

And

we

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&
&

last

we

bid

you

bid

you

And

we

we

bid

And

bid

dieu,

dieu,

dieu

you

you

dieu

to

the

joy

to

the

joy

to

the

the

great

great

great

great

joy

joy

to

#
&

&

new

new

&
&
&

#
#
#

new

new

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&
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&
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&
#

&

And we

bid

you

And we

bid

And we

And we

you

you

a - dieu

j

you

bid

bid

a - dieu

a - dieu

to

the

new

joy

to

the

new

joy

to

the

new

the

great

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joy

great

a - dieu

great

great

joy

to

new

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