Choral Choir (SSA) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.890567 Composed by Marin Marais. Arranged by Jonathan Francis. Christian,Christmas,World. Octavo. 14 pages. Jonathan Francis #3241429. Published by Jonathan Francis (A0.890567). This rousing French carol with its stirring chorus has a distinctly medieval feel about it, but was actually composed by Marin Marais composed as a dance for his opera Alcyone of 1706, with the title Marche pour les Matelots. Words were later added by William Morris in 1860.