Jolly Old Saint Nicholas: notes for 9 instruments
“Jolly old Saint Nicholas…” Pick your instrument. Each page shows the notes in the easiest key that fits it, with a play-along player and a print sheet.
- PianoLetters · C majorE4–E5 Medium
- KalimbaTabs · C majorE4–E5 Medium
- RecorderLetters · B♭ majorD4–D5 Medium
- FluteLetters · C majorE4–E5 Medium
- ViolinLetters · C majorE4–E5 Medium
- ClarinetLetters · C major (written)E3–E4 Medium
- TrumpetValves · B♭ major (written)D4–D5 Medium
- Alto SaxLetters · C major (written)E4–E5 Medium
- HarmonicaTabs · G majorB4–B5 Medium
Not on bells & xylophone: no key keeps every note on that instrument without sharps, flats or bends.
Words (first verse)
Jolly old Saint Nicholas, Lean your ear this way! Don't you tell a single soul What I'm going to say;
Christmas Eve is coming soon; Now, you dear old man, Whisper what you'll bring to me; Tell me if you can.
About this song
- Melody
- Traditional, 1881
- Words
- Traditional, 1881 (first verse shown)
- Public domain
- Melody 1881, words 1881: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Franklin Square Song Collection (Harper & Brothers, 1881), p. 80, from “School Chimes” (1881)