Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.742451 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Javier Martinez Maya. Christmas,Romantic Period,Standards. Score. 2 pages. Arte Nova Music Lab #3879201. Published by Arte Nova Music Lab (A0.742451). Deck the Halls or Deck the Hall (which is the original version of the lyrics) is a traditional Christmas, yuletide, and New Years' carol. The melody is Welsh dating back to the sixteenth century, and belongs to a winter carol, Nos Galan, while the English lyrics, written by the Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant, date to 1862.The English-language lyrics were written by the Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant. They first appeared in 1862, in volume 2 of Welsh Melodies, a set of four volumes authored by John Thomas, including Welsh words by John Jones (Talhaiarn) and English words by Oliphant.[2] The repeated fa la la goes back to the earlier Welsh and may originate from medieval ballads.
