Christmas Carols
song lyrics to Christmas hymns and Christmas carols - songs that celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ
Saturday, September 15, 2007
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Song lyrics to ‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’ - one of my favorite Christmas carols
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It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Song lyrics to ‘It Came Upon a Midnight Clear’ - written by Edmund Hamilton Sears in 1849 as a poem. The music for It Came Upon A Midnight Clear was composed by Richard Storrs Willis in 1859.
Posted by Tom Raymond on 09/15 at 10:02 PM in Christmas Carols, I
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Saturday, June 02, 2007
Angels we have heard on high
Song lyrics to ‘Angels we have heard on high’, translated from a traditional French carol (Les Anges dans Nos Campagnes); translated from French to English by James Chadwick (1862)
Posted by Tom Raymond on 06/02 at 12:26 PM in A, Christmas Carols
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Sunday, November 04, 2007
Hallelujah Chorus
Song lyrics to the Hallelujah Chorus - no really, there’s more words than just ‘Hallelujah’ (Praise the Lord, all ye people)
Posted by Tom Raymond on 11/04 at 09:57 AM in Christmas Carols, H
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
Christ Is Born In Bethlehem
Song lyrics to the Christmas carol, Christ Is Born In Bethlehem
Posted by Tom Raymond on 09/15 at 09:44 PM in C, Christmas Carols
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All My Heart This Night Rejoices
Song lyrics to a lovely Christmas carol, All My Heart This Night Rejoices - a great Christmas carol that sounds out what Christmas is about ...
Posted by Tom Raymond on 09/15 at 09:52 PM in A, Christmas Carols
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Fum, Fum, Fum
Song lyrics to a Spanish Christmas carol, ‘Fum, Fum, Fum,’
Posted by Tom Raymond on 09/15 at 08:59 PM in Christmas Carols, F
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Gentle Mary Laid Her Child
song lyrics to ‘Gentle Mary Laid Her Child’ by Joseph S. Cook, 1919
Posted by Tom Raymond on 09/15 at 08:46 PM in Christmas Carols, G
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Saturday, November 03, 2007
Good Christian Men Rejoice
Good Christian Men Rejoice song lyrics — Good Christian Men Rejoice is thought to have originated in Germany. It was originally a very old Latin Christmas song, or carol, called In Dulci Jubilo. John Mason Neale translated the words in the 1800s.
Posted by Tom Raymond on 11/03 at 10:52 PM in Christmas Carols, G
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Sunday, September 02, 2007
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Song lyrics to "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" was written by Charles Wesley (brother of John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church) in 1739. Originally sung to a different tune, the current version is taken from a cantata composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1840.
Posted by Tom Raymond on 09/02 at 05:14 PM in Christmas Carols, H
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
As With Gladness, Men of Old
Song lyrics to ‘As With Gladness, Men of Old’, a classic Christmas carol
Posted by Tom Raymond on 09/15 at 09:48 PM in A, Christmas Carols
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While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks
Song lyrics to the Christmas carol ‘While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks’
Posted by Tom Raymond on 09/15 at 08:29 PM in Christmas Carols, W
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In Excelsis Gloria
Song lyris to ‘In Excelsis Gloria’, a very old, and well-loved, Christmas carol
Posted by Tom Raymond on 09/15 at 09:02 PM in Christmas Carols, I
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Sunday, September 02, 2007
Silent Night
Song lyrics to "Silent Night"—known as the world’s best-loved Christmas Carol. The lyrics to "Silent Night" were written by Fr. Joseph Mohr in 1816, and the music was added by Franz Gruber in 1818. Legend has it that on Christmas Eve, 1914, the English soldiers witnessed the German soldiers singing "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" and started singing "Silent Night" in English, resulting in the Truce of 1914.
Posted by Tom Raymond on 09/02 at 04:53 PM in Christmas Carols, S
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Saturday, June 02, 2007
Away in a manger
Song lyrics to ‘Away in a Manger’, author unknown. Some sources inaccurately show the author as Martin Luther; this is based on the title ‘Luther’s Cradle Hymn,’ given to these words by the composer, James Murray, in his Dainty Songs for Little Lads and Lasses (Cincinnati, Ohio: The John Church Co., 1887). Verse 3 is by John T. McFarland (1851-1913). Originally published in 1885.
Posted by Tom Raymond on 06/02 at 01:00 PM in A, Christmas Carols
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