Past Three A Clock (A-major – Choral key)

Past Three A Clock is a Christmas carol, loosely based on the traditional cry of the city night watchman. The words were written by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934) to the traditional tune “London Waits”. Woodward added lines to the traditional refrain in a style characteristic of his delight in archaic poetry.

This arrangement represents one in the Series of Band Arrangements compatible with David Willcocks’ Carols for Choirs.