''Hail Smiling Morn'',

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which is sung either as a

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carol or as an

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carol, and features in the

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pub Christmas singing traditions found in several parts of the city of

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. It is performed also by choral societies in

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, and

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singers sing this song during the Christmas season fro
An American Christmas Harp
The song is associated with the Saddleworth

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tradition, and is also sung during Selkirk Common Riding, a centuries-old annual festival in the

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town which commemorates the

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in 1513. It was composed in 1810 by

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and has been described as having been "possibly the most popular glee in the entire repertory". An arrangement for SATB and piano is published by Banks' Music in their "York Series". :Hail smiling morn, smiling morn, :That tips the hills with gold, that tips the hills with gold, :Whose rosy fingers ope the gates of day, :Ope the gates, the gates of day, :Hail! Hail! Hail! Hail! :Who the gay face of nature doth unfold, :Who the gay face of nature doth unfold, :At whose bright presence darkness flies away, flies away, :Darkness flies away, darkness flies away, :At whose bright presence darkness flies away, flies away, :Hail! Hail! Hail! Hail! :Hail! Hail! Hail! Hail!

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* Free Scores.com
sheet music for brass quartet

Original ATTB arrangement
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