{"id":1225,"date":"2018-07-22T16:02:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T16:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1225"},"modified":"2024-09-14T18:49:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T18:49:23","slug":"mary-baby-sweet-lamb-chorus","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/product\/mary-baby-sweet-lamb-chorus\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About the Christmas folk song Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb<\/h2>\n<p>This happy song is full of celebration. <strong>Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb<\/strong> is in call-and-response style. The lyrics are sweet and the mood is full of energy. The arrangement moves the lead line from part to part. It&#8217;s fun to sing!<\/p>\n<p>On some of the verses, soloists jump out of their section to sing a call. But you can use the full choir if needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">1. Oh, Mary and the Baby, sweet Lamb&#8230;<br \/>\n2. It\u2019s a holy Baby, sweet Lamb&#8230;<br \/>\n3. Oh, Mary and the Baby, sweet Lamb&#8230;<br \/>\n4. Oh, love that little Baby, sweet Lamb&#8230;<br \/>\n5. Oh, Mary and the Baby, sweet Lamb&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb<\/strong> appears in Ruth Crawford Seeger\u2019s <em>American Folk Songs for Christmas<\/em>. It hails from Texas. Her source was the Archive of American Folk Song, Folklore Section, Library of Congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb<\/strong> is part of a larger cantata, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/product\/shepherds-and-angels-chorus\/\">Shepherds and Angels<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, with violin, harp, and tambourine. Instrumentally, that set aligns well with Britten\u2019s <em>Ceremony of Carols<\/em> or Susa\u2019s <em>Carols and Lullabies<\/em>. Teach your chorus\u00a0<strong>Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb<\/strong>\u00a0this year, and expand to <em>Shepherds and Angels<\/em> next season.<\/p>\n<h2>View and listen<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Preview score<\/strong>\u00a0 Click the big button to download a free perusal score. The watermarked PDF is disabled for printing.<\/p>\n\n<a  data-e-Disable-Page-Transition=\"true\" class=\"download-link download-button aligncenter\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/download\/mary-and-the-baby-sweet-lamb-satb-piano-preview\/?tmstv=1777310434\" rel=\"nofollow\" id=\"download-link-1196\" data-redirect=\"false\" >\n\tDownload &ldquo;Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb, SATB &amp; piano, preview&rdquo;\t<small>pjm-sweetlamb-satb-preview.pdf\t\t&ndash; Downloaded 2968 times\t\t&ndash; 339.02 KB<\/small>\n<\/a>\n\n<p><strong>Listen<\/strong>\u00a0 The Master Singers of Lexington, MA sang\u00a0<strong>Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb<\/strong>\u00a0in 2010 in the <em>Shepherds and Angels<\/em> version with violin and harp.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1225-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/musfiles\/pjm-shepangel-maryandthebaby.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/musfiles\/pjm-shepangel-maryandthebaby.mp3\">https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/musfiles\/pjm-shepangel-maryandthebaby.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h2>Purchase options<\/h2>\n<p>Ready to purchase? You\u2019ve got two options:<br \/>\n1. <strong>Buy a single copy<\/strong>. At the top of the page, choose Single Copy as the music format, and click the Add to Cart button.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Buy printing rights for your whole chorus<\/strong> for one low price. At the top of the page, choose Duplicate for Ensemble as the music format, and click Add to Cart.<\/p>\n<h2>Share your concert with us<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tell the Spindrift community about your concert<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/spabout.php#contact_us\">Send me a link<\/a> to your concert announcement or an email with \u201cwho, what, when, where\u201d. I would be glad to add it to the Spindrift concert calendar and share on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Christmas folk song Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb This happy song is full of celebration. Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb is in call-and-response style. The lyrics are sweet and the mood is full of energy. 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