Nowell, Nowell, now is well - Bastable, Jennifer

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"A carol for SATB. The verses are from a fifteenth century English carol, modernised by Edith Rickert (1878 - 1938) in her book Ancient English Christmas Carols: 1400-1700. Nowell/Now is well is a play on words, the two sounding very similar in the pronunciation of the time."

◈ Genre → Carols

♯ Key G minor

⁄ Time Signature 6/8

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range G2 – F5

¶ Language → English

Measures 82

Texture Homophonic

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 6

CPDL # 86549

Editor Jennifer Bastable

Posted 2025-08-28

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Part_1

F4 – F5

Part_2

G3 – C5

Part_3

F4 – E-5

Part_4

G2 – G3

¶Lyrics / Text

Nowell, Nowell, now is well. Now is well and all things aright And Christ is come as a true knight, For our brother is king of might, The fiend to fleme and all his. [To put the Fiend to flight, and all who belong to him] Thus the fiend is put to flight, And all his boast abated is. Since it is well, well we do, For there is none but one of two: [For the only choice is one of two] Heaven to get or heaven forgo; Other means none there is. I counsel you, since it is so, That ye well do to win you bliss. Now is well and all is well, And right well, so have I bliss; And since all thing is so well, I rede we do no more amiss. [I counsel that we sin no more]