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Christmas Carols

01

AWAY IN A MANGER,

No crib for a bed,

The little Lord Jesus

Laid down His sweet head.

The stars in the bright sky

Looked down where He lay;

The little Lord Jesus

Asleep on the hay.

The cattle are lowing,

The Baby awakes,

But little Lord Jesus,

No crying He makes.

I love Thee, Lord Jesus!

Look down from the sky,

And stay by my side,

Until morning is nigh.

Be near me, Lord Jesus;

I ask Thee to stay

Close by me forever,

And love me, I pray.

Bless all the dear children

In Thy tender care,

And fit us for heaven

To live with Thee there.

02

LITTLE DONKEY, little donkey,

On the dusty road,

Got to keep on plodding onwards,

With your precious load.

Been a long time, little donkey,

Through the winter’s night,

Don’t give up now, little donkey,

Bethlehem’s in sight.

Ring out those bells tonight,

Bethlehem, Bethlehem.

Follow that star tonight,

Bethlehem, Bethlehem.

Little donkey, little donkey,

Journey’s end is near,

There are wise men waiting for a

Sign to bring them here.

Do not falter, little donkey,

There’s a star ahead,

It will guide you, little donkey,

To a cattle shed.

Ring out those bells tonight,

Bethlehem, Bethlehem.

Follow that star tonight,

Bethlehem, Bethlehem.

Little donkey, little donkey,

Had a heavy day,

Little donkey, carry Mary

Safely on her way.

03

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS;

We wish you a Merry Christmas;

We wish you a Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year!

Good tidings we bring, to you and

your kin;

We wish you a Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year!

Oh, bring us some figgy pudding

And bring it right here

Good tidings we bring, to you and

your kin;

We wish you a Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year!

We won’t go until we got some

So bring some out here!

Good tidings we bring, to you and

your kin;

We wish you a Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year!

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you

a Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year!

04

SILENT NIGHT, holy night;

All is calm, all is bright,

Round yonVirgin mother and

Child;

Holy Infant, so tender and mild,

Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in

heavenly peace.

Silent night, holy night;

Shepherds quail at the sight,

Glories stream from heaven afar,

Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!

Christ, the Saviour is born, christ,

the saviour is born.

Silent night, holy night;

Son of God, Love’s pure Light,

Radiant beams from Thy holy

face,

With the dawn of redeeming

grace:

Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth, Jesus,

Lord, at Thy birth.

05

O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL,

Joyful and triumphant,

Come ye, O come ye to

Bethlehem;

Come and behold Him,

Born the King of angels:

O come let us adore Him,

Christ the Lord!

God of God,

Light of light,

Lo he abhors not the virgin’s

womb;

Very God,

Begotton not created:

O come let us adore Him,

Christ the Lord!

Sing, choirs of angels,

Sing in exultation,

Sing all ye citizens of heaven

above;

Glory to God

In the highest:

O come let us adore Him,

Christ the Lord!

06

O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM,

How still we see thee lie!

Above thy deep and dreamless

sleep

The silent stars go by.

Yet in thy dark streets shineth

The everlasting Light;

The hopes and fears of all the

years

Are met in thee tonight

O morning stars, together

Proclaim the holy birth,

And praises sing to God the King,

And peace to all on earth.

For Christ is born of Mary;

And, gathered all above,

While mortals sleep, the angels

keep

Their watch of wondering love.

How silently, how silently,

The wondrous gift is given;

So God imparts to human hearts

The blessings of his heaven.

No ear may hear his coming;

But in this world of sin,

Where meek souls will receive

him, still

The dear Christ enters in.

O holy Child of Bethlehem,

Descend to us, we pray;

Cast out our sin, and enter in,

Be born to us today.

We hear the Christmas angels

The great glad tidings tell:

O come to us, abide with us,

Our Lord Emmanuel!

07

HARK! THE HERALD-ANGELS

SING

Glory to the newborn King,

Peace on earth and mercy mild,

God and sinners reconciled.

Joyful, all ye nations, rise,

Join the triumph of the skies;

With the angelic host proclaim,

Christ is born in Bethlehem.

Hark! The herald-angels sing

Glory to the newborn King!

Christ, by highest heaven adored,

Christ, the everlasting Lord,

Late in time behold him come,

Offspring of a Virgin’s womb!

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see!

Hail, the incarnate Deity!

Pleased as Man with man to

dwell,

Jesus, our Emmanuel!

Hark! The herald-angels sing

Glory to the newborn King!

Hail, the

heaven-born Prince of Peace!

Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!

Light and life to all, he brings

Risen with healing in his wings.

Mild, he lays his glory by,

Born that we no more may die,

Born to raise the sons of earth,

Born to give them second birth.

Hark! The herald-angels sing

Glory to the newborn King!

08

ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID’S CITY

Stood a lowly cattle shed,

Where a mother laid her baby

In a manger for His bed;

Mary was that mother mild,

Jesus Christ her little Child.

He came down to earth from

heaven,

Who is God and Lord of all,

And His shelter was a stable,

And His cradle was a stall;

With the poor and mean and

lowly

Lived on earth our Saviour holy.

And our eyes at last shall see Him,

Through His own redeeming love;

For that Child, so dear and gentle,

Is our Lord in heaven above;

And He leads His children on,

To the place where He is gone.

Not in that poor lowly stable,

with the oxen standing by,

We shall see him, but in heaven,

Set at God's right hand on high

When like stars his children

crowned,

All in while shall wait around.

09

JOY TO THE WORLD, the Lord has

come;

Let earth receive her King.

Let every heart, prepare him

room,

And heaven and nature sing,

And heaven, and heaven and

nature sing.

Joy to the World! The Saviour

reigns;

Let us our songs employ;

While fields and floods, rocks,

hills and plains

Repeat the sounding joy,

Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

He rules the

world with truth and grace,

And makes the nations prove

The glories of his righteousness,

And wonders of his love,

And wonders, wonders of his

love.

10

We three kings of Orient are;

bearing gifts we traverse afar,

field and fountain, moor and

mountain,

following yonder star.

O star of wonder, star of light,

star with royal beauty bright,

westward leading, still proceeding

guide us to thy perfect light.

Born a king on Bethlehem’s plain,

Gold I bring to crown him again,

King forever, ceasing never,

over us all to reign.

O star of wonder, star of light,

star with royal beauty bright,

westward leading, still proceeding

guide us to thy perfect light.

Frankincense to offer have I;

incense owns a deity nigh;

prayer and praising, voices

raising,

worshipping God on high.

O star of wonder, star of light,

star with royal beauty bright,

westward leading, still proceeding

guide us to thy perfect light.

11

RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED

REINDEER,

Had a very shiny nose,

And if you ever saw it,

You would even say it glows.

All of the other reindeer,

Used to laugh and call him

names,

They never let poor Rudolph,

Join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve,

Santa came to say,

“Rudolph with your nose so

bright,

Won’t you guide my sleigh

tonight?”

Then how the reindeer loved him,

As they shouted out with glee,

“Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,

You’ll go down in history.”

12

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO

TOWN

You better watch out, you better

not cry,

Better not pout, I'm telling you

why;

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO

TOWN!

He's making a list, and checking it

twice,

Gonna find out who's naughty

and nice;

Santa Claus is coming to town!

He sees you when you're sleeping,

He knows when you're awake,

He knows if you've been bad or

good;

So be good for goodness sake!

You better watch out, you better

not cry,

Better not pout, I'm telling you

why;

Santa Claus is coming to town!

13

JINGLE BELLS

Dashing through the snow,

On a one-horse open sleigh,

Over the hills we go,

Laughing all the way...

Bells on bob-rails ring,

Making spirits bright,

Oh what fun it is to ride

And sing a sleighing song tonight!

Jingle bells, Jingle Bells,

Jingle all the way!

Oh what fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh!

14

Rocking around the Christmas

tree

At the Christmas party hop

Mistletoe hung where you can

see

Every couple try to stop

Rocking around the Christmas

tree

Let the Christmas spirit ring

Later we’ll have some pumpkin

pie

And we’ll do some carol-ling

You will get a sentimental feeling

when you hear

Voices singing ‘Let’s be jolly

Deck the halls with boughs of

holly’

Rocking around the Christmas

tree

Have a happy holiday

Everyone dancing merrily

In the new old-fashioned way

You will get a sentimental feeling

when you hear

Voices singing ‘ Let’s be jolly

Deck the halls with boughs of

holly’

“ Fa la la la laaa la la la laa”

Rocking around the Christmas

tree

Let the Christmas spirit ring

Later we’ll have some pumpkin

pie

And we’ll do some carol-ling

Rocking around the Christmas

tree

Have a happy holiday

Everyone dancing merrily in the

New - Old – Fashioned Way

15

Oh, the weather outside is

frightful,

But the fire is so delightful,

And since we've no place to go,

Let it snow, let it snow, let it

snow.

Oh, it doesn’t show signs of

stopping,

And I’ve brought some corn for

popping,

The lights are turned way down

low,

Let it snow, let it snow, let it

snow.

When we finally kiss good night,

How I hate going out in the

storm.

But if you really hold me tight,

All the way home I'll be warm.

Oh, the fire is slowly dying,

And my dear we’re still good-bye-

ing ,

But as long as you love me so,

Let it snow, let it snow, let it

snow.

When we finally kiss good night,

How I hate going out in the

storm.

But if you really hold me tight,

All the way home I'll be warm.

Oh, the fire is slowly dying,

And my dear we’re still good-bye-

ing ,

But as long as you love me so,

Let it snow,

let it snow,

let it snow.

Let it snow, let it snow, and

snow.

16

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE

CHRISTMAS

Let your heart be light

From now on your troubles will

be out of sight

Have yourself a merry little

Christmas

Make the yuletide gay

From now on your troubles will

be miles away

Once again as in olden days

Happy golden days of yore

Faithful friends who are dear to

Shall be near to us once more

Someday soon we all will be

together

If the fates allow

Until then we’ll have to muddle

through some how

So have yourself a merry little

Christmas now