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 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)

The King
Words and Music Traditional

q»¡™
As performed by Loreena McKennitt

G C C D

# 3
Descant & 4    

# 3
Alto & 4    

# 3
Baritone & 4    

# 3
Bass & 4    

# 3 Ó j
Solo Instrument
in C & 4 œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
G G G G

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&    

# Ó
& œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
# Ó
Good health, love and peace be all here in this

& œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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Good health, love and peace be all here in this

&    

#
& œ Œ Œ   

© 2009 Quinlan Road Limited

 The King

D G C C D

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&    

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& ˙ ˙ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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place By your leave we will sing, con - cer - ning our

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place By your leave we will sing, con - cer - ning our

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G G G G

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& ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ
œ œ
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King Our King is well - dressed in silks of the

& ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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King Our King is well - dressed in silks of the

&    

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 The King

D G C C D

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best In rib - bons so rare no King can com -

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best In rib - bons so rare no King can com -

& œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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In rib - bons so rare no King can com -

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G G C C D

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pare

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pare

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pare

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 The King

G G G G

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&  œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ

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tra - veled ma - ny miles o - ver hedg - es and

& Ó œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
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We have tra - veled ma - ny miles o - ver hedg - es and

& Ó œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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We have tra - veled ma - ny miles o - ver hedg - es and

&    

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& œ Œ Œ   

D G C C D

# ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ
& œ œ œ

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stiles In search of our King un - to you we

& œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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stiles In search of our King un - to you we

& ˙ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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stiles In search of our King un - to you we

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 The King

G G G G

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bring

& ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ
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bring We have pow - der and shot to con - quer the

& ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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bring We have pow - der and shot to con - quer the

&    

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D G C C D

# ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ
&  œ

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can - on and ball to con - quer them

& œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
# j
lot We have can - on and ball to con - quer them

& ˙ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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lot We have can - on and ball to con - quer them

& œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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We have can - on and ball to con quer them

&    

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 The King

G G C C D

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all

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all

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all

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all

& œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

G G G G

#  œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ
&

# Ó
Christ - mas is past, twelve tide is the

& œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
# Ó
Old Christ - mas is past, twelve tide is the

& œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
#
Old Christ - mas is past, twelve tide is the

&    

#
& œ Œ Œ   

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 The King

D G C C D

# ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
& œ

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last And we bid you a - dieu, great joy to the

& œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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œ. œ œ œ
last And we bid you a - dieu, great joy to the

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last And we bid you a - dieu great joy to the

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And we bid you a - dieu great joy to the

&    

G G C C D

# ˙
& Œ   

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new

& Œ   
˙
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new

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new

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new

& œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

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 The King

G G C C D G

# ˙ œ œ œ
& Ó œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙.

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And we bid you a - dieu great joy to the new

& Ó œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙.
# j
œ. œ œ œ œ
And we bid you a - dieu great joy to the new

& Ó œ œ œ œ œ
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œ œ œ œ œ ˙.
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And we bid you a - dieu great joy to the new

& Ó œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙.
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And we bid you a - dieu great joy to the new

& œ Œ Œ    

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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