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sing along nsm rSing-Along Materials, arranged by John W. Pratt

Piano Scores and Lyrics, Free Downloads

In an ongoing project with John Pratt, we are uploading a variety of free materials for community sing-alongs.  These include large-font lyrics sheets and piano scores with modifications or arrangements by Mr. Pratt.  Just click on the title links or download buttons to access the pdfs, free of charge.
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We Gather Together - Netherlands folk song   optional piccolo part

Our friend John Pratt decided to liven up the traditional Thanksgiving hymn when he plays it at his extended family's annual feast, and we decided to make his version freely available to others similarly inclined. The first stanza is traditional, the second adds all the octaves John is able to play, and the third replaces the usual bass line with one which marches along step-wise, mostly in eighths, leading to a few nontraditional harmonies.  For 2022 he added an optional piccolo part to accompany the piano and voice score.
He has also made a version without octaves for two players at one piano.    We Gather Together, 4-hand version without octaves

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Large-font lyrics for Christmas carols and Thanksgiving songs [1] to [42]
One of the most common problems with song books for community sing-alongs, especially for seniors, is that the lyrics are too small to be seen easily.  John Pratt has created large-font lyrics sheets with the words (public domain) for 42 popular songs for the holiday season.  Open the pdf by clicking the link above and print as few or as many as you'd like.

Mr. Pratt has also created a booklet format for the large-font lyrics for holiday songs [1] to [42], called The NSM Carol Book, which is handy for group sing-alongs and is easily re-usable.  The booklets should be printed double-sided on 8.5" x 11" paper (or 9" x 12", if available), stapled in the middle and folded to form a 5.5" x 8.5" booklet.  Since printing directions will be different for every printer, we leave it to our visitors to know what settings to use on their own equipment to have all pages come out in order, right-side up, etc.  With my Canon ImageCLASS MF4890 machine, for example, I would do the following: print using fit to page, landscape orientation, 2-sided, flipping on short edge; then staple along the mid-line and fold down the center along the staples so that the Contents are on the front page.  Note that a long-arm stapler (reaching to 5.5") is required for manual stapling, but some institutions may have printer/copiers that can auto-staple along the mid-line.

For some of these traditional Christmas carols and Thanksgiving songs we also provide piano scores - most arranged or modified by John W. Pratt - for accompanists: 

[15] Good King Wenceslas

[17] Hark! the herald angels sing   

[18] Here we come a-wassailing 

[19] The holly and the ivy 

[21] I saw three ships 

[23] Jingle bells 

[24] Lo, how a rose e'er blooming 

26] Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing 

[27] Now thank we all our God 

[30] O Holy Night!

[37] The twelve days of Christmas

[40] We Three Kings of Orient Are

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Large-font Sing-Along Lyrics for Songs [43] to [67]

This single PDF contains lyrics for the following songs; click the link above and print as few or as many pages as you like:

[43]   My Old Kentucky Home

[44]   When you wore a tulip

[45]   Take me out to the Ball Game

[46]   Drink to me only with thine eyes

[47]   Oh, my darling Clementine

[48]   Comin’ thro’ the rye

[49]   Home on the Range

[50]   We are coming, Father Abraam

[51]   Marine’s Hymn

[52]   The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be

[53]   Abide with me

[54]   When Irish eyes are smiling

[55]   Arkansas Traveler

[56]   Aura Lee

[57]   The band played on

[58]   Battle Hymn of the Republic

[59]   Skye boat song

[60]   Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

[61]   The bear went over the mountain

[62]   Believe me, if all those endearing young charms

[63]   Bicycle built for two

[64]   Billy Boy

[65]   Go tell Aunt Rhody

[66]   All through the night

[67]   America

 

Piano Scores, either public domain or arrangements by John W. Pratt, for a subset of Songs [43] to [67].

This single PDF contains piano scores for the following songs [43], [44], [45], [50], [51], [52], [57], [60], [63], [64], [65],[66]; print as few or as many pages as you like.

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Large-font Sing-Along Lyrics for Songs [68] to [92]

This single PDF contains lyrics for the following songs; print as few or as many pages as you like:

[68]   Hail! Hail! The gang’s all here

[69]   Loch Lomond

[70]   On top of Old Smoky

[71]   Sweet Adeline

[72]   A Capital Ship

[73]   Beautiful Dreamer

[74]   Camptown races ditty

[75]   O dear, what can the matter be?

[76]   America the beautiful

[77]   The Bluebells Of Scotland

[78]   Go down, Moses

[79]   O Columbia! the gem of the ocean

[80]   Be prepared

[81]   Blow the Man Down

[82]   Blue-tail Fly

[83]   The Caissons go rolling along

[84]   Merry Widow Waltz

[85]   Ethernal Father, strong to save

[86]   Sailing, Sailing

[87]   For me and my gal

[88]   God is my strong salvation

[89]   Danny Boy

[90]   Alouette

[91]   April Showers

[92]   Auld Lang Syne

 

Piano Scores, either public domain or arrangements by John W. Pratt, for a subset of Songs [68] to [92].

This single PDF contains piano scores for the following songs [68], [69], [72], [73], [75], [76], [77], [78], [82], [83], [86], [87], [92]; print as few or as many pages as you like.

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Large-font Sing-Along Lyrics for Songs [93] to [113]

This single PDF contains lyrics for the following songs; print as few or as many pages as you like:

[93]   Oh! Susanna

[94]   The foggy, foggy dew

[95]   Down by the old mill stream

[96]   Fair are the meadows

[97]   My Bonnie lies over the ocean

[98]   Anchors aweigh

[99]   Darktown strutters’ ball

[100] Cockles and mussels

[101] The farmer in the dell

[102] Dixie

[103] Flow gently, sweet Afton

[104] Evening Prayer from “Hänsel & Gretel”

[105] She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain

[106] The Major-General’s song

[107] The Irish ballad

[108] Santa Lucia

[109] The old gray mare

[110] Red River valley

[111] Waltzing Matilda

[112] Semper Paratus

[113] Turn back, O man

Piano Scores, either public domain or arrangements by John W. Pratt, for a subset of Songs [93] to [113].

This single PDF contains piano scores for the following songs [93], [95], [96], [97], [98], [99], [100], [104], [106], [107], [108],[109], [111], [113]; print as few or as many pages as you like.

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Large-font Sing-Along Lyrics for Songs [114] to [131]

This single PDF contains lyrics for the following songs; print as few or as many pages as you like:

[114] Old Folks at Home

[115] Yankee Doodle

[116] Putting on the style

[117] Things are seldom what they seem

[118] Let me call you sweetheart

[119] Streets of Laredo

[120] Swing low, sweet chariot

[121] Onward, Christian soldiers

[122] Though dark are our sorrows (The Prince’s Day)

[123] Polly Wolly Doodle

[124] I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair

[125] Pack up your troubles

[126] Old Dan Tucker

[127] Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen

[128] Old MacDonald had a farm

[129] Missouri waltz

[130] Mary had a little lamb

[131] Now the Day is Over

Piano Scores, either public domain or arrangements by John W. Pratt, for a subset of Songs [114] to [131].

This single PDF contains piano scores for the following songs [114], [115], [116], [117], [118], [119], [121], [122], [123], [124], [125],[126], [127], [128], [129], [131]; print as few or as many pages as you like.

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Large-font Sing-Along Lyrics for Songs [132] to [152]

This single PDF contains lyrics for the following songs; print as few or as many pages as you like:

[132] The old oaken bucket

[133] Greensleeves

[134] Jerusalem

[135] The Wearing of the Green

[136] Shall we gather at the river

[137] Sweet Betsy from Pike

[138] When I was a lad

[139] When Johnny comes marching home again

[140] There’s a long, long trail

[141] Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing

[142] Would God I were the tender apple blossom

[143] Sing a song of sixpence

[144] Swanee

[145] Riddle song

[146] It’s a long way to Tipperary

[147] I had a little nut tree

[148] Old black Joe

[149] I’m called Little Buttercup

[150] The yellow rose of Texas

[151] Funiculì, funiculà

[152] Stars and stripes forever

Piano Scores, either public domain or arrangements by John W. Pratt, for a subset of Songs [132] to [152].

This single PDF contains piano scores for the following songs [132], [133], [134], [138], [140], [144], [148], [149], [150], [151]; print as few or as many pages as you like.

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Large-font Sing-Along Lyrics for Songs [153] to [181]

This single PDF contains lyrics for the following songs; print as few or as many pages as you like:

[153] Brahms cradle song

[154] The Campbells are coming

[155] For all the saints

[156] A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go

[157] From Greenland’s icy mountains

[158] Goodnight, Ladies

[159] Gwine to run all night; (De Camptown races)

[160] Here we go round the mulberry bush

[161] Home, sweet home

[162] In heavenly love abiding

[163] I’ve been working on the railroad

[164] Jack and Jill

[165] The jolly miller

[166] John Peel

[167] Joshua fought the Battle Of Jericho

[168] London Bridge is falling down

[169] Mademoiselle from Armentieres

[170] Marine’s Hymn

[171] Men of Harlech!

[172] Over there

[173] Pussy cat, pussy cat

[174] Rock-a-bye baby

[175] Shenandoah

[176] Short’nin’ bread

[177] The sidewalks of New York

[178] Pop! Goes the weasel

[179] There is a Tavern in the Town

[180] Tit willow

[181] Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Git Along Little Dogies

Piano Scores, either public domain or arrangements by John W. Pratt, for a subset of Songs [153] to [181].

This single PDF contains piano scores for the following songs [155], [157], [162], [167], [172], [175], [176], [179]; print as few or as many pages as you like.