This song is a fairly quick and jolly. Parts of it are quiet loud in the chorus section. It is divided into 3 main parts for each voice.
Section 1: Page 3 till bar 47 on page 6.
There is a fairy long introduction. The voices then sing the first section in unison fairly loud (8 bars). We then sing in harmony - fairy quiet with the sopranos singing the melody which is a repeat of the first 8 bars - bars 19 - 26. The next section bars 27 - 34 is in harmony with the sopranos singing a melody based on the 1st tune (Chorus). This gradually gets louder and is loud by bar 35. Bar 35 to bar 47 is again the chrus in harmony with the sopranos singing the melody. The last 2 bars get quieter.
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Section 2: Bar 47 - bar 73 where the key changes. There are 4 bars where the men sing the melody and the ladies sing a harmony - This is fairly quiet. The ladies then sing the melody with the men singing a harmony - still fairly quiet. From bar 56 - 59 the sops sing the melody and the altos sing in harmony. The men, however sing a counter tune half a bar after the ladies. From bar 60 to 72 the sops sing the melody whilst the other parts sing in harmony. This section gets gradually louder until it is loud at the key change - bar 73.
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Section 3: Bar 73 to the end. This section is loud and gets gradually louder. By the end it is very loud. The Tens and sops sing the melody for the first 4 bars with the other parts singing in harmony. From there the sops mainy sing the melody with the other parts singing in harmony. Notuce at bar 78 the time changes for that bar so the melody is spread out. At bar we slow down. Bar 81 reverts to the main speed and gradually gets louder. We slow down for the last 3 bars and end very loudly. This song must Jolly.
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