Arranged by Imogen Holst for unaccompanied SSA (and SSAA in Set 3). Inscribed: ' For Iso with love from Imo, Christmas 1949'. Each set containing 6 carols. Published by Oxford University Press, 1947 and 1948. Private binding.
The carols are:
1st set
1. The holly and the ivy
2. Joys seven
3. A Virgin most pure
4. I saw three ships
5. Bedfordshire May Day Carol
6. Matthew, Mark, and Luke and John
2nd set
1. O little town of Bethlehem
2. In dulci jubilo
3. God rest you merry, gentlemen
4. This endris night
5. Lord Jesus hath a garden
6. Joseph dearest
3rd set
1. Wassail song
2. Coventry carol
3. Rejoice and be merry
4. Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen (from the setting by Michael Praetorius)
5. Little one (from the setting by J. S. Bach)
6. In the bleak midwinter (from the hymn by Gustav Holst)