Test page

The Boxer

pdf for printing: The Boxer

Optional modified scores with changes to lei and la phrases:
for tenors; for other three voice parts

YouTube: Simon & Garfunkel; Mumford & Sons

Sung voice tracks:

Equal mixSopAltoTenBass

The longest time

pdf of the score with alto note changes: tenor score; score for other voice parts

YouTube: Billy Joel

Cantamus voice tracks:

Equal mixSoloistsSopAltoTenBass

The old churchyard

pdf for printing: The Old Churchyard

YouTube: Pauline Scanlon; Waterson:Carthy

Cantamus voice tracks:

Equal mixSopAltoTenBass

Waitin’ on a sunny day

pdf for printing (alto lyrics modified bars 32-40): Waitin’ on a Sunny Day

Cantamus voice tracks:

Equal mixSopAltoTenBass

YouTube version: Bruce Springsteen

Wonderful World (new arrangement – please print this one)

pdf for printing: Wonderful World

Cantamus voice tracks:

Equal mixSopAltoTenBass

Wedding 11 April

I’m a Believer

pdf for printing: I’m a Believer, I’m a Believer for tenors

Cantamus voice tracks:

Equal mixSopAltoTenBass

Choir Festival 2025

Travel these ways

pdf for printing: Travel these ways

Corrected mp3 robot voice tracks: Travel these roads with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Upper voices Lower voices

YouTube version: Karine Polwart

Rain in the Mountains

pdf for printing: Rain in the Mountains

new robot voice mp3 tracks: Rain in the Mountains with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

Spotify link to Christine’s original version

Perfect

pdf for printing (corrected 09 April 2025): Perfect; Perfect for tenors

mp3 robot voice tracks (modified March 25): Perfect with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: Hal Leonard Choral

Catch the wind

pdf for printing: Catch the wind

mp3 robot voice tracks: Catch the wind with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: Donovan

Waitin’ on a sunny day

pdf for printing: Waitin’ on a sunny day

mp3 robot voice tracks: Waitin’ on a sunny day with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: Bruce Springsteen

Christmas 2025

A Christmas Carol (updated 06 Nov 25) by Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer’s original recording
Cantamus voice tracks:

Equal volume mix

Soprano

Alto

Tenor

Bass

O Holy Night
Cantamus voice tracks:

Equal volume mix

Soprano

Alto

Tenor

Bass

Gaudete; older style mp3 tracks: Sop Alto Ten Bass

Silent Night; older style mp3 tracks: Sop Alto Ten Bass

Coventry Carol; older style mp3 tracks (pronunciation not perfect): Sop Alto Ten Bass

Ding dong Merrily

Deck the Hall (Willcocks)

God Rest You Merry

Hark the Herald 1 page

Joy to the World

O Come, all ye faithful

Santa Baby (pdf, modified 06 Nov 2025)
Santa Baby (pdf for tenors)
Cantamus voice track for Santa Baby
Note. At this stage Cantamus does not allow for swung quavers. Listen to Eartha Kitt’s version to hear how it should be sung (but note that she sings the song in a different key).

Earlier 2025 Material

59th Street Bridge Song

pdf for printing: 59th Street Bridge Song 2025

mp3 tracks from Cantamus: 59th Street Bridge Song with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: Simon & Garfunkel

Anthem

pdf for printing: Anthem

mp3 robot voice tracks edited 12 May: Anthem with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: Leonard Cohen; choir version, similar but different

Bridge over troubled water

pdf for printing: Bridge over troubled water

mp3 robot voice tracks: Bridge over troubled water with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

Closest YouTube version: Audrey Snyder arrangement

Caledonia

pdf for printing: Caledonia

mp3 robot voice tracks: Caledonia with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: Dougie McLean

I’m on your side

pdf for printing: pdf

new mp3 robot voice tracks (with a synthesised guitar part):
I’m on your side with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: Paul Kelly

Oak and Ash and Thorn

pdf for printing: Oak and Ash and Thorn

Sung tracks:

Equal volume mix

Soprano

Alto 1

Alto 2

Tenor

Bass

Old Cape Barren

pdf for printing: Old Cape Barren

new mp3 robot voice tracks: Old Cape Barren with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: Jessie Lloyd and The Mission Songs Project

YouTube version: Hal Leonard Choral

Pokarekare Ana

pdf for printing: Pokarekare Ana

YouTube: Front Row Chorus

Sung tracks:

Equal volume mix

Soprano

Alto

Tenor

Bass

Poor Wayfaring Stranger

pdf for printing: Poor Wayfaring Stranger

new mp3 robot voice tracks: Poor Wayfaring Stranger with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: Emmylou Harris; Rhiannon Giddens; Natalie Merchant; Instrumental version Fiddlesticks

Sunshine on Leith

pdf for printing: Sunsine on Leith (soprano part corrected)

voice tracks: Sunsine on Leith with all parts equal in the mix

Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: The Proclaimers

The sound of singing

pdf for printing: The sound of singing (tenor clef); The sound of singing (bass clef)

mp3 robot voice tracks: The sound of singing with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Solo Tenor Solo Sop Sop Alto Men

YouTube version:

The storm is passing over

pdf for printing: The storm is passing over

Sung mp3 tracks: The storm is passing over with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Ten Bass
YouTube version: Detroit Mass Choir

Wildflowers

pdf for printing: Wildflowers

Altos and tenors note that Chris has swapped bars 114-123 between the two parts. Thanks to Ken the alto and tenor mp3 tracks below are now edited for this altered score.
Sung voice tracks: Wildflowers with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube versions: Wailing Jennys; Tom Petty (original)

For Reconciliation Day

We won’t cry

pdf for printing: We won’t cry 2025

mp3 robot voice tracks: We won’t cry with parts equal in the mix
(note there are two bars of silence before the song starts)
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: Archie Roach

Christmas scores

Joy to the World
O come all ye faithful
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
Gaudete; mp3 tracks: Sop Alto Ten Bass
(We have added the solo verses in each part so you can hear when to come in each time with the chorus. The final chorus after the fourth verse is not included in these mp3 tracks.)
Carol of the Birds; mp3 track: unison
Hark! the Herald Angels
Ding Dong Merrily
Christmas Day; mp3 track: unison
Good King Wenceslas
Deck The Halls (replacement score)
Coventry Carol; mp3 tracks (pronunciation not perfect): Sop Alto Ten Bass
Silent Night; mp3 tracks: Sop Alto Ten Bass

Earlier material

All I have to do is dream

pdf for printing: All I have to do is dream

Noteflight link: All I have to do is dream

NB. The following mp3 tracks are now set at tempo 85
mp3 robot voice tracks: All I have to do is dream with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: The Everly Brothers

Andachtsjodler

pdf for printing: Andachtsjodler

mp3 robot voice tracks: Andachtsjodler with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass
(Note that at this stage the software that generates robot voices does not follow the dynamic instructions.)

Asalaam aleikum

pdf for printing: Asalaam aleikum

voice track: Asalaam aleikum

Baba Waiar

pdf for printing: Baba Waiar

Sibelius mp3 tracks: Baba Waiar with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor & Bass

YouTube version: Hummingsong Choirs

Crossing the bar

Sung voice tracks: Crossing the bar with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

God only knows

pdf for printing: God only knows

Sung voice tracks: God only knows with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube cersion: The Beach Boys

In this heart

pdf for printing: In this heart

Noteflight link: In this heart

YouTube version: Sinead O’Connor

mp3 robot voice tracks: In this heart with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

Irish Heartbeat

pdf for printing: Irish Heartbeat

Noteflight link: Irish Heartbeat

YouTube version: Van Morrison & The Chieftains

mp3 robot voice tracks: Irish Heartbeat with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

Lean on me

pdf for printing: Lean on me

Noteflight link: Lean on me

mp3 robot voice tracks: Lean on me with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: Bill Withers

Liyarn Ngarn

pdf for printing: Liyarn Ngarn

Noteflight link: Liyarn Ngarn

mp3 robot voice tracks: Liyarn Ngarn with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: Archie Roach

Only you

pdf for printing: Only you

Noteflight link: Only you

YouTube version: Flying Pickets

mp3 robot voice tracks: Only You with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

Rain in the Mountains

pdf for printing: Rain in the Mountains

Computer voice tracks: Rain in the Mountains with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

Spotify link to Christine’s original version

Requiem

pdf for printing: Requiem

Noteflight link: Requiem

YouTube version: From Age to Age choir; Eliza Gilkyson

mp3 robot voice tracks: Requiem with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

River river

pdf for printing: River river

Noteflight link: River River

mp3 robot voice tracks: River river with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

See my World

pdf for printing: See my World; See my world (bass score)

Noteflight link: See My World

YouTube version: Glenn Skuthorpe

mp3 robot voice tracks: See my world with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

Sisi ni moja

pdf for printing: Sisi ni moja

Link to pronunciation (look for CLICK HERE: Composer’s Notes)

voice tracks: Sisi ni moja with all parts equal in the mix

Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: The Festival Singers of Florida

Sumer is icumen in

pdf for printing: Sumer is icumen in

YouTube version: The Hilliard Ensemble

Summertime

pdf for printing: Summertime

voice tracks: Summertime with all parts equal in the mix

Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor & Bass

Tears in Heaven

pdf for printing: Tears in Heaven (not for terms 1 or 2)

The Bush

pdf for printing: The Bush

Computer voice tracks: The Bush with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: Jim Low

The Circle Game

Sung voice tracks: The circle game with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version

The parting glass

pdf for printing: The Parting Glass 03 Sep

Noteflight link: The Parting Glass

mp3 robot voice tracks: The Parting Glass with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

YouTube version: The High Kings

The sound of singing

pdf for printing: The Sound of Singing (3 part version); The Sound of Singing for basses

Noteflight link: The sound of singing

YouTube version: Eric Bogle

The Wollemi Pine

pdf for printing: Wollemi Pine (corrected Sep 2024) reprint P5)
Alternate pdf with chorus repeated after each verse (corrected 06 Oct 2024, bass part only, added “eyes” before “open” in two bars of each chorus)
The Wollemi Pine expanded

Computer voice tracks: Wollemi Pine with parts equal in the mix (with missing bar now added)
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass (with missing bar now added)

YouTube version: Sonia Bennett

Throw your arms around me

pdf for printing: Throw your arms around me

The following mp3 tracks were produced by Cantamus, a different voice generator:
mp3 tracks: Throw your arms around me with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Ten Bass

YouTube version: Hunters and Collectors

Torres Strait Alleluia

pdf for printing: Torres Strait Alleluia

mp3 robot voice tracks: Torres Strait Alleluia with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

We rise again

mp3 robot voice tracks: We rise again with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto1 Alto2 Tenor Bass

Ken has added Chris’s introduction to the mp3 robot voice tracks for:
All parts equal in the mix tenors

YouTube version: The Rankin Family original recoding
There are numerous choral versions but none captures the nuance of the original recording.

You’ll never walk alone

pdf for printing: You’ll never walk alone

mp3 robot voice tracks: You’ll Never Walk Alone with parts equal in the mix
Accented parts: Sop Alto Tenor Bass

Closest YouTube version (the original version, but listen to others): Gerry & The Pacemakers