I found this round in one of Pamela’s notebooks, handwritten with blocked chords as a guide for creating the tune. There’s no evidence that she ever sang it with anyone.

Pamela wrote it in the key of G, but many people will find that too high, so I’ve transposed it down to D. I’ve added the sheet music in the higher key to download, if you prefer.

See the recordings below to help you learn it.

Here is a piano playing the tune (in D), with repeats to help you learn it and sing another part with it:

And here’s all four parts in a round, using different (computer-generated) instruments: piano, guitar, marimba and banjo (in D), so hopefully you can follow one of them and hear how it goes, and sing along:

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Sheet music

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In the recording below, Pamela had run out of time at the end of a workshop and didn’t have time to teach it as a round, so sang it straight through. It must have been during the daytime, as she substituted “closing time” for “evening time”.

Technical note: If you’re singing it as a round, I would suggest singing the second measure of the first line as written, with a D on the word “is”, rather than how she sings it in the recording, dropping to the B. Otherwise, you’ll be missing the fifth in the chord of G major.

(Side note: The photo shows Pam’s delight as a roomful of family and friends had just finished stumbling through Silent Night in German, just for fun, Christmas 2015.)

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