
A Child's Christmas in Wales
by Eric Benjamin words by Dylan Thomas - Digital Sheet Music
Treble chorus, SSA OR SATB. chorus (audience sing-along opt) narrator and female actor
2+1 2*22/4231. tym+3. hp. kbd. strgs timing 25′
Dylan Thomas’ poem in a lyrical setting that quotes traditional Welsh carols and lullabies including Suo Gan, All Through the Night, Deck the halls, I heard the bells on Christmas Day and Good King Wenceslas. The narrative of the poem provides a meaningful context for an audience sing-along, and the text provides a vehicle for a narrator who loves language. Combining the poet’s comic and touching childhood memoir with Welsh songs, this is a novel treatment of holiday themes of family, community and childhood.