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.