HAL LEONARD

FLEX-BAND SERIES THE CHRISTMAS SONG

(Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) Music and Lyric by
Duration - 2:40
MEL TORME and ROBERT WELLS
Moderately Slow (J = 68) Arranged by MICHAEL SWEENEY
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© 1946 (Renewed) EDWIN H. MORRIS & COMPANY, A Division of MPL Music Publishing, Inc. and SONY I ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
This arrangement© 2011 EDWIN H. MORRIS & COMPANY, A Division of MPL Music Publishing, Inc. and SONY/ ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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