{"id":4926,"date":"2015-12-03T18:41:31","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T22:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?p=4926"},"modified":"2017-12-11T11:38:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T15:38:49","slug":"christmas-carols-songs-a-catalogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2015\/12\/christmas-carols-songs-a-catalogue.html","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Carols & Songs: A Comprehensive Catalogue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Part of our Dept. 56 \u201cDickens Village\u201d (2013)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Compiled \u00a0in December 2005.
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\n<\/span><\/b>Primary (But Not Exclusive) Sources:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0The Hymns and Carols of Christmas<\/a><\/span><\/i>
\n(remarkable website from Douglas D. Anderson; all fact sheets and midi sound files are linked to from this site. Web page most used:\u00a0The Hymns and Carols<\/a><\/i>)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0MusicExpert.com: Christmas: Complete Lyrics for 200 Songs<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u2014\u2013\u00a0<\/span>red-colored songs<\/span>\u00a0= secular or not overtly-Christian in theme \u2014\u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014\u2013 current number of carols and songs:\u00a0135<\/b>\u00a0\u2014\u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

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Master Alphabetical Listing<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

Ah, Bleak and Chill the Wintry Wind\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Bates G. Burt) [1945] |\u00a0mp3 sample<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nAll I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth<\/span><\/i>(Donald Yetter Gardner) [1946] |\u00a0lyrics and audio file<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nSpike Jones introduced it in 1948.<\/span>
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\nAll on A Christmas Morning<\/i>\u00a0(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Bates G. Burt) [1946] |\u00a0mp3 sample<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nAngels From The Realms Of Glory<\/i>\u00a0(music: Englishman: Henry Thomas Smart, 1867 \/ words: Scotsman James Montgomery, 1816) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians |<\/span>
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\nAngels We Have Heard On High<\/i>\u00a0(18th century French carol; possibly originally from Lorraine. It achieved rapid popularity in France and Quebec in the 1840s, and was translated into English by Englishman Bishop James Chadwick; popular from the 1860s in England) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians |<\/span>
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\nAve Maria<\/i>\u00a0(music by Austrian Franz Schubert: 1797-1828 \/ alternate version by Frenchman Charles Gounod: 1818-1893) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Stevie Wonder (Schubert) |\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Barbra Streisand (Gounod) |<\/span>
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\nAway In A Manger<\/i>\u00a0(music [version 1]: American James Ramsey Murray, 1887 \/ music [version 2]: American William J. Kirkpatrick, late 19th c.? \/ words: unknown: Philadelphia: 1885 and verse 3: John T. McFarland, 1887) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi #1\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi #2<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Nat King Cole |<\/span>
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\nThe alleged composition of this carol by Martin Luther is almost certainly untrue. The words surfaced in an American Lutheran setting.<\/span>
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\nBlue Christmas\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson) [1948] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Elvis Presley |<\/span>
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\nBoar\u2019s Head Carol, The\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(English Trad. \/ Queens College Version, Oxford, England; First published 1521) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nFrom fact sheet: \u201cOne of the first carols to be printed (in 1521). It was probably created about a century earlier, anonymously, and probably in Oxford, England. The presumption of its fifteenth-century Oxford origins is founded on the custom of singing the song in Christmas celebrations at Queen\u2019s College, Oxford, for well over 500 years.\u201d<\/span>
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\nBring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella\u00a0<\/i>(music: French trad.: 14th c. \/ words: Emile Blemont, c. 1901) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians |<\/span>
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\nCarol, Brothers Carol\u00a0<\/i>(W. A. Muhlenberg; collected in 1916) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nCarol of the Bells\u00a0<\/i>(music: Ukrainian composer Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovich, based on an old Ukrainian melody, 1916 \/ adaptation and lyrics by Czech-American Peter J. Wilhousky, 1936) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Robert Shaw Chorale |<\/span><\/p>\n

Caroling, Caroling<\/i>\u00a0(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Wihla Hutson) [1954] |\u00a0mp3 sample<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Nat King Cole |\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

Cherry Tree Carol\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English; Herefordshire, c. 1400) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Peter, Paul, and Mary |<\/span>
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\nChildren, go where I send thee\u00a0<\/i>(African-American trad., collected by Jean Ritchie in Kentucky; possibly three centuries old) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with The Weavers|<\/span>
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\nFrom fact sheet: \u201cIt has been collected in the southern mountains, the north atlantic states, Ohio, Michigan, and in Canada. These versions trace back to Cornwall and the west country of England, where it was popular as a Christmas carol and as a harvest song . . . Another version of this same carol also exists, thought to have been brought to the United States by Cornishmen who worked in the copper mines along Lake Superior.\u201d<\/span>
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\nChipmunk Song<\/i>\u00a0(Christmas Don\u2019t Be Late)<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(Ross Bagdasarian [David Seville] ) [1958] |\u00a0lyrics and audio file<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nChrist in the Stranger\u2019s Guise\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred E. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>: An Old English Rune of Hospitality) [1948] |\u00a0mp3 sample\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nChristmas (Baby Please Come Home)<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Americans Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry) [1963] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Darlene Love |<\/span>
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\nChristmas Cometh Caroling\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/ lyrics by Fr. Andrew) [1942] |\u00a0mp3 sample<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nChristmas In Killarney\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Words and Music by John Redmond, James Cavanaugh and Frank Weldon) [1950] |\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Bing Crosby |<\/span>
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\nChristmas Song\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (Robert Wells and Mel Torme) [1945] |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Nat King Cole |<\/span>
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\nChristmas Time Is Here\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson) [1965] |\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Vince Guaraldi Trio |<\/span>
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\nFrom television special,\u00a0A<\/i>\u00a0Charlie Brown Christmas<\/i>; performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.<\/span>
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\nChristmas Waltz, The<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn) [1954] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Frank Sinatra |<\/span>
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\nCome, Dear Children\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Wihla Huston) [1952] |\u00a0<\/span>mp3 sample<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>|<\/span>
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\nCome, Thou Long-Expected Jesus\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(music: German? Christian Friedrich Witt, 1715 \/ words: Charles Wesley, 1744) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nCoventry Carol, The\u00a0<\/i>(Words Attributed to Robert Croo, 1534 \/ English Melody, 1591) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Robert Shaw Chorale |<\/span>
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\nIt is named after the city of Coventry, England, where the 15th Century Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors depicted Herod\u2019s slaughter of the innocents, told in the lyrics.<\/span>
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\nCradle In Bethlehem, A\u00a0<\/i>(Lawrence Stock and Al Bryan) [1952] |\u00a0lyrics\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Nat King Cole |<\/span>
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\nDeck The Hall\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Welsh trad., prob. 16th century) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Mormon Tabernacle Choir |<\/span>
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\nDing Dong! Merrily On High\u00a0<\/i>(music: French trad., collected in 1588 \/ English lyrics: Englishman? George Ratcliffe Woodward, early 20th c.) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma file<\/a>\u00a0with Taverner Consort |<\/span>
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\nDo You Hear What I Hear?\u00a0<\/i>(Gloria Shayna and Noel Regney) [1962] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Bing Crosby |\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Andy Williams |<\/span>
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\nFeliz Navidad\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Jose Feliciano) [1970] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Jose Feliciano |<\/span>
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\nFirst Noel, The\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Trad. English: 16th century; possibly dating from as early as the 13th Century. This tune and the present lyrics were first published in 1833). |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Mormon Tabernacle Choir |<\/span>
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\n<\/span>From the facts sheet: \u201cThe usual and typical impression derived is that the carol is of French origin. But such an inference is thoroughly and unequivocally incorrect . . . All the historical evidence points clearly to the carol\u2019s being English, and probably from the remote Cornwall region in southwest England. Although the words were not published until 1823 and the tune not until 1833, a sixteenth-century date is reasonably certain. The song as we know it today, however, acquired a crucial alteration during the nineteenth century. When first published, part of the tune of the refrain was different. By the 1870s the notes for the words \u201cBorn is the King\u201d had been changed, thus developing the version we are familiar with now. The person responsible for the inspired modification is unknown, but it is conceivable that Englishman John Stainer (1840-1901) could have been the rearranger.\u201d<\/span>
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\n\u201cThe song is probably the oldest popular carol in the English language, handed down by custom over the centuries.\u201d<\/span>
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\nFor Unto Us a Child Is Born\u00a0<\/i>(German-English composer Georg Frederic Handel, from\u00a0The Messiah<\/i>) [1717] |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Mormon Tabernacle Choir |<\/span>
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\nFrosty The Snowman<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(music: Steve Edward Nelson; lyrics: Walter E. \u201cJack\u201d Rollins) [1950] |<\/span>\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<\/span>amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Gene Autry |<\/span><\/span>
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\nRecorded by Gene Autry in 1951.<\/span>
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\nGesu Bambino<\/i>\u00a0(\u201cThe Infant Jesus\u201d) (written in 1917 by Pietro Alessandro Yon while he was musical director and organist at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in New York City; English text by Frederick H. Martens) |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0wma sound file<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nGifts They Gave, The<\/i>\u00a0|\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Harry Belafonte |<\/span>
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\nGo Tell It On The Mountain\u00a0<\/i>(adapted by American John W. Work, Jr., 1907, based on an African-American Spiritual, probably early 1800s) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Blind Boys of Alabama |<\/span>
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\nGod Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English: 18th c.) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Nat King Cole |<\/span>
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\nGood Christian Men, Rejoice (<\/i>Latin, In Dulci Jubilo)\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Attributed to Heinrich Suso: c. 1295-1366; freely translated from Latin to English by Englishman John Mason Neale in 1853 \/ music:\u00a0In Dulci Jubilo<\/i>, 14th Century German melody) |\u00a0fact sheet: notes<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0fact sheet: English lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0fact sheet: Latin lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nGood King Wenceslas\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Englishman John Mason Neale, 1853 \/ music: 13th c., quite possibly Scandinavian) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nHallelujah Chorus\u00a0<\/i>(German-English composer Georg Frederic Handel, from\u00a0The Messiah<\/i>) [1717] |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Mormon Tabernacle Choir |<\/span>
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\nHappy Birthday, Jesus\u00a0<\/i>(Estelle Levitt and Lee Pockriss) [1977] |\u00a0lyrics\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma file<\/a>\u00a0with Alabama |<\/span>
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\nHappy Holiday\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Jewish-American Irving Berlin) [1941] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Bing Crosby |<\/span>
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\nHappy Xmas (War Is Over)<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(Yoko Ono and John Lennon) [1971] |\u00a0lyrics\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma file<\/a>\u00a0with John Lennon |<\/span>
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\nHark! The Herald Angels Sing<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Charles Wesley, 1739; amended by George Whitfield, 1753 and Martin Madan, 1760; other changes occurred in 1782, 1810, and 1861 \/ music: German Felix Mendelssohn, 1840; arranged by Englishman William Hayman Cummings and first presented Christmas Day, 1855) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Mormon Tabernacle Choir\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Words: Ralph Blane \/ music: Hugh Martin) [1943] |\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Perry Como |\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Tony Bennett |<\/span>
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\nFrom the film,\u00a0Meet Me in St. Louis<\/i>\u00a0(1944); performed by Judy Garland.<\/span>
\nHere Comes Santa Claus<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman) [1946] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Gene Autry |<\/span>
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\nHere We Come A-Caroling\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(aka\u00a0<\/span>Here We Come A-Wassailing<\/span><\/i>\u00a0or<\/span>The Wassail Song<\/span><\/i>) (Trad. English: 17th c.) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians |<\/span>
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\nHolly And The Ivy, The\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English: c. 1700; possibly from an ancient carol of French? origin; possibly from the Gloucestershire region; printed at Birmingham in 1710) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Holly Jolly Christmas, A\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Johnny Marks) [1962] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Burl Ives |<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

From the television special,\u00a0Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer<\/i>\u00a0(1962); performed by Burl Ives.<\/span>
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\n(There\u2019s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(music: Robert Allen \/ words: Al Stillman) [1954] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Perry Como |<\/span>
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\nRecorded by Perry Como in 1954.<\/span>
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\nHuron Carol, The\u00a0<\/i>(Fr. Jean de Brebeuf, 1640 from an old French tune; English translation by J. E. Middleton [d. 1960] ) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nFrom fact sheet: \u201c. . . originally written in the Huron Indian language in 1640 [near the eastern shores of Lake Huron in Ontario] . . . In retelling the story of the Nativity, Father Brebeuf used symbols and figures that could be understood by the Hurons, and the hymn entered the tribe\u2019s oral tradition. It was sung by the Hurons in Ontario until 1649, when the Iroquois killed Father Brebeuf, wiped out the Jesuit mission and drove the Hurons from their home. In Quebec, to which many of the Hurons escaped, the carol re-emerged and was translated into English and French. This version is still sung today throughout Canada and is considered a national treasure . . . \u201c<\/span>
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\nI Believe In Father Christmas<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(Greg Lake and Peter Sinfield) [1975] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon page\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0wma sample<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nI Heard The Bells On Christmas Day\u00a0<\/i>(Words: American Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christmas Eve, 1863; music: Englishman John Baptiste Calkin, 1872) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nAn alternate melody which has become popular in recent years, was written by Johnny Marks in 1956 (listen to an<\/span>\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>with Frank Sinatra).<\/span>
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\nI Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Tommie Connor) [1952] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Ronettes |<\/span>
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\nI Saw Three Ships\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English: 17th c.; possibly from Derbyshire)\u00a0<\/i>|\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Nat King Cole |<\/span>
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\nI Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(John Rox) [1953] {performed by Gayla Peevey} |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0FAQ page<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0wav music file of Peevey record<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nI Wonder As I Wander\u00a0<\/i>(Words and Music collected by John Jacob Niles in Murphy, North Carolina in 1933; it is uncertain how old the folk tune is) [1933] |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Barbra Streisand |<\/span>
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\nFrom fact sheet: \u201cJohn Jacob Niles, the singer and collector of folk songs, said that he based his \u201cI Wonder As I Wander\u201d on a line or two of haunting music that he heard sung by a young girl in a small North Carolina town. He asked her to sing the few notes over and over, paying her a few pennies each time, until he had jotted it all down in his notebook. So close was the finished song to its Appalachian inspiration that Niles is often cited as arranger of the tune rather than its creator.\u201d<\/span>
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\nNiles himself wrote: \u201cAfter eight tries, all of which are carefully recorded in my notes, I had only three lines of verse, a garbled fragment of melodic material\u2013and a magnificent idea. With the writing of additional verses and the development of the original melodic material, \u201cI Wonder As I Wander\u201d came into being. I sang it for five years in my concerts before it caught on. Since then, it has been sung by soloists and choral groups wherever the English language is spoken and sung.\u201d<\/span>
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\nIl Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant (He Is Born, The Divine Christ Child)\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. French; possibly from an old Normandy hunting tune; collected by 1862) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma file<\/a>\u00a0with Taverner Consort |<\/span>
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\nI\u2019ll Be Home For Christmas<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(music by American Walter Kent \/ words by American James Kimball Gannon; also Buck Ram) [1943; revised in 1948] |\u00a0lyrics\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Bing Crosby |\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with The Carpenters |<\/span>
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\nFrom fact sheet: \u201d \u2018I\u2019ll Be Home For Christmas\u2019 proves that songs need not be complex to stir the affects of the public. This little gem, perfectly suited for Crosby\u2019s rolling baritone, is Bing\u2019s third most successful Christmas song, behind \u2018White Christmas\u2019 and \u2018Silent Night.\u2019 He recorded it Oct. 4, 1943, backed by the John Scott Trotter Orchestra, and within two months the song was on the charts, where it stayed for 7 weeks, eclipsing \u2018White Christmas.\u2019 The recording hit the charts again in December 1944 and earned Bing his fifth gold record.\u201d<\/span>
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\nIn the Bleak Midwinter\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Englishwoman Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1872; music: Englishman Gustav Holst, specifically for the text, 1906) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nFrom fact sheet: \u201cHarold Darke\u2019s well-regarded setting was written in 1911 and published by Stainer and Bell, London. It was originally made famous by the Choir of King\u2019s College, Cambridge.\u201d<\/span>
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\nIrish Carol\u00a0<\/i>(Music: Irish folk carol, 16th or 17th Century \/ words: possibly by Fr. Willian Devereaux (c. 1728); translator possibly Dr. W. H. Grattan Flood) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span><\/p>\n

It Came Upon The Midnight Clear<\/i>\u00a0(Words: American Edmund Hamilton Sears, 1849; music: American Richard Storrs Willis, 1850) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Frank Sinatra |<\/span>
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\nFrom a\u00a0<\/span>bio page<\/a>:\u00a0<\/span>Composer Willis was born in 1819 in Boston, studied in Germany, and was a personal friend of Felix Mendelssohn. He moved to Detroit (where I grew up) in 1861, and died there in 1900.<\/span>
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\nIt\u2019s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Meredith Willson) [1951] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Perry Como |\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Bing Crosby\u00a0<\/span>
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\nRecorded by Perry Como in 1951.<\/span>
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\nIt\u2019s Christmas Time<\/i>\u00a0(Stevie Wonder) [1970] |\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Smokey Robinson & the Miracles |<\/span>
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\nIt\u2019s the Most Wonderful Time Of The Year\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(George Wyle and Eddie Pola) [1963] |\u00a0lyrics\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Andy Williams |<\/span>
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\nJehovah The Lord Will Provide<\/i>\u00a0|\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Harry Belafonte |<\/span>
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\nJesu Parvule\u00a0<\/i>(\u201cPoor little Jesus\u201d) (American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Bates G. Burt) [1943] |\u00a0mp3 sample<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nJesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head<\/i>\u00a0(Kentucky folk carol; collected by John Jacob Niles: 1912-1913 and 1932-1934) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Mormon Tabernacle Choir |<\/span>
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\nJingle Bell Rock\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Joseph Carleton Beal and James Ross Boothe) [1957] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Brenda Lee |<\/span>
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\nJingle Bells\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(American James Lord Pierpont [a Unitarian], 1857) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Barbra Streisand |<\/span>
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\nJolly Old St. Nick\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Anonymous; second half of 19th c. or early 20th c. \u2013 see notes for\u00a0Up on the Housetop<\/a>) |\u00a0lyrics and audio file<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nJoy To The World\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Englishman Isaac Watts: 1719 \/ Music: American Lowell Mason, 1848) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Mormon Tabernacle Choir |<\/span>
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\nMusicologists now largely agree that the music was\u00a0not<\/i>\u00a0derived from Handel, as formerly widely believed.<\/span><\/p>\n

King Jesus Hath a Garden\u00a0<\/i>(Heer Jesus heeft een Hofken<\/i>) (Trad. Dutch, 17th c.) |fact sheet<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<\/span>
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\nLet It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(music: Jule Styne \/ words: Sammy Cahn) [1945] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Andy Williams |<\/span>
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\nLinus and Lucy\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson) [1965] |\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Vince Guaraldi Trio |<\/span>
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\nFrom television special,\u00a0A<\/i>\u00a0Charlie Brown Christmas<\/i>; performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.<\/span>
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\nLittle Drummer Boy, The\u00a0<\/i>(Katherine K. Davis, Henry V. Onorati and Harry Simeone; adapted from a Czech carol) [1941; charted in the US in 1958] |\u00a0brief history<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Harry Simeone Chorale |<\/span>
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\nLittle Saint Nick\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Brian Wilson and Mike Love) [1963] |\u00a0lyrics\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with The Beach Boys |<\/span>
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\nLo, How A Rose E\u2019er Blooming\u00a0<\/i>(Words: 15th c. German carol; translated by American Theodore Baker, 1894; music: Anonymous, 16th Century; arr. by German composer Michael Praetorius, 1609) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Robert Shaw Chorale |<\/span>
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\nMarshmallow World, A<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(Music: Peter De Rose \/ words: Carl Sigman) [1949] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Brenda Lee |\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Darlene Love |<\/span>
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\nMary Had a Baby<\/i>\u00a0(19th c. spiritual from St. Helena Island, off of South Carolina) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nMary\u2019s Little Boy Child\u00a0<\/i>(Jester Hairston) [1956] |\u00a0lyrics\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Harry Belafonte |<\/span>
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\nMerry Christmas, Baby<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Brian Wilson) [1963] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with The Beach Boys |<\/span>
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\nMerry Christmas, Darling\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(words: Frank Pooler, 1946 \/ music: Richard Carpenter, 1970) |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with The Carpenters |<\/span>
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\nMistletoe and Holly<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Frank Sinatra, Dok Stanford and Henry W. Sanicola) [1957] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Frank Sinatra |<\/span>
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\nMy Favorite Things<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) [1959] |\u00a0lyrics\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Andy Williams |<\/span>
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\nNigh Bethlehem<\/i>\u00a0(Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Bates G. Burt) [1947] |\u00a0mp3 sample<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nO Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)<\/i>\u00a0(Englishman John Francis Wade: c. 1743 \/ English translation by Frederick Oakeley: 1841) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Mormon Tabernacle Choir |<\/span>
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\nWade was a Catholic, who later relocated to Douay, France due to the religious persecution in England.<\/span>
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\nO Come, O Come, Emmanuel\u00a0<\/i>(words: anon. 8th Century Latin; translated into English by John Mason Neale, 1851 \/ music: 15th Century French Plain Song melody) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nO Hearken Ye\u00a0<\/i>(Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>: Wihla Hutson) [1953] |\u00a0mp3 sample<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nO Holy Night\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Frenchman Placide Cappeau, 1847; translated into English by John Sullivan Dwight, a Unitarian minister [1812-1893] \/ Music: Jewish Frenchman Adolphe-Charles Adam, 1847; first performed at midnight Mass that year) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Luciano Pavarotti |<\/span>
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\nO Little Town Of Bethlehem<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Phillips Brooks, Episcopal minister of Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1868 \/ Music: Lewis Henry Redner, 1868. Redner served as Brooks\u2019 organist. The tune came to him on Christmas Eve, and was first sung the next day) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>|\u00a0midi<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Mormon Tabernacle Choir |<\/span>
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\nFrom fact sheet: \u201cBy the time he went to bed the night before the Christmas program, Redner had not produced a satisfactory tune. During the night, the story continues, he woke up with \u2018an angel strain\u2019 sounding in his ears. He immediately jotted down the melody, which he called \u2018a gift from heaven,\u2019 and the following morning added the harmony . . . probably the most popular of all American carols . . . first appeared in the Episcopal hymnal in 1892.\u201d<\/span>
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\nO Sanctissima\u00a0<\/i>(Latin prayer set to a Sicilian melody called \u201cThe Sicilian Mariner\u2019s Hymn to the Virgin\u201d; first published, with its original Latin text, in 1794 in the United States) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nO Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. German; first published in 1799; likely based on a Westphalian folk song)\u00a0<\/i>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Mormon Tabernacle Choir |\u00a0English translation<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0fact sheet and German lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nFrom the fact sheet: \u201cIn both England and America, the song could not have become popular until after the mid-19th century. The popularity of the Christmas tree did not arise until after 1841 in England when<\/span>\u00a0Prince Albert erected a tree for his bride, Queen Victoria<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>and shortly thereafter in the United States . . . By the 18th century the custom of the Christmas tree was common in Germany, and in fact German settlers had introduced the practice into North America as early as the 17th century. Hessian soldiers also practiced the custom while fighting in America during the Revolutionary War . . . The world\u2019s first electrically lighted Christmas tree is installed in December, 1882 in the New York house of Thomas Edison\u2019s associate Edward H. Johnson. And President Coolidge lights the first White House Christmas tree in 1923 to begin a lasting tradition.\u201d<\/span>
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\nOnce In Royal David\u2019s City<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander, 1848 \/ Music: Henry John Gauntlett, 1849. Written in Ireland) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Mormon Tabernacle Choir |<\/span>
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\nOne Small Child\u00a0<\/i>(David Meece) [1971] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma file<\/a>\u00a0with Jubilate Deo Chorale |<\/span>
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\nThis beautiful song was made popular by the contemporary Christian singer Evie Tornquist.<\/span>
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\nPat-A-Pan\u00a0<\/i>(Frenchman Bernard De La Monnoye, c. 1700 \u2013 from the Burgundy region) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Mormon Tabernacle Choir\u00a0<\/span>
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\nPeace on Earth \/ The Little Drummer Boy<\/i>\u00a0{performed in 1977 by Bing Crosby and David Bowie} |\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nPretty Paper\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(American Willie Nelson) [1962] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma file<\/a>\u00a0with Roy Orbison |<\/span>
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\nRiu Riu Chiu\u00a0<\/i>(Spanish trad., 16th c., from Valencia) |\u00a0amazon wma file<\/a>\u00a0with Taverner Consort |<\/span>
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\nRockin\u2019 Around The Christmas Tree\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Johnny Marks) [1958] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Brenda Lee |<\/span>
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\nRudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Johnny Marks) [1949] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Gene Autry |<\/span>
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\nSanta Baby\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Joan Ellen Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer) [1953] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma file\u00a0<\/a>with Earth Kitt |<\/span>
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\nSanta, Bring My Baby Back (To Me)\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Aaron Schroeder and Claude DeMetruis) [1957] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma file<\/a>with Elvis Presley |<\/span>
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\nSanta Claus Is Back In Town\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) [1957] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Elvis Presley |<\/span>
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\nSanta Claus is Comin\u2019 To Town\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie) [1932] |\u00a0lyrics\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Gene Autry |<\/span>
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\nEddie Cantor first sang it on his Thanksgiving radio show in 1934. The original recorded version dates from September 27 1935: by Joe Harris with Benny Goodman & His Orchestra. Versions by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters and Perry Como were the most successful.<\/span>
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\nSilent Night\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Rev. Joseph Mohr, c. 1816 \/ Music: Franz Xaver Gruber, c. 1818) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0German lyrics\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0English translation<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Bing Crosby |<\/span>
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\nFrom fact sheet: \u201cIt is likely the most popular Christmas carol in the world, but for many years, the history of the carol was a source of great confusion. The traditional story is that Rev. Josef Mohr (1792-1848) and Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863) wrote it in Oberndorf, Austria, on Christmas Eve [1818] when they discovered the church organ was damaged (different versions say it rusted out, or mice chewed through vital parts). Charming as those stories are, they are only folklore. In fact, in a letter written by Franz Gruber, son of the composer, he noted that \u201cDuring the time when my father was the organist of the church of St Nikola, there was a very poor almost unusable organ there. This may well explain why the Reverend Mohr preferred to accompany the carol on a well-tuned guitar than on an off-pitch organ.\u201d An old manuscript has reportedly been discovered that shows Rev. Mohr wrote the lyrics in 1816, and that Franz Gruber wrote the score two years later at Rev. Mohr\u2019s request . . . Gruber did not disclose why Mohr made the request to add music to the poem (and you can safely disregard any stories which invent a dialogue between the two men). Whatever the reason, this is the most popular of all Christmas carols, and a favorite worldwide for almost 200 years . . . the carol was first performed at the midnight mass on Christmas Eve, 1818. Mohr sang the tenor part, Gruber sang the bass, and the church choir did the refrains of each verse, which consisted of the last two lines of the verse. Mohr played the guitar accompaniment. It was said to have been enthusiastically received by by the congregation . . . The definitive English translation by Rev. John Freeman Young (1820-1885) was first published in\u00a0The Sunday-School Service and Tune Book: Selected and arranged by John Clark Hollister<\/i>, in 1863.\u201d<\/span>
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\nSilver Bells\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Ray Evans and Jay Livingston) [1950] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Bing Crosby |<\/span>
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\nFrom the film,\u00a0The Lemon Drop Kid<\/i>\u00a0(1950); performed by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell; first recorded by Bing Crosby.<\/span>
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\nSleep Baby Mine<\/i>\u00a0(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Wihla Huston) [1949] |\u00a0mp3 sample<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nSleigh Ride\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(music: Leroy Anderson [1948] ) (words: Mitchell Parish [1950] ) |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Andy Williams |<\/span>
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\nSnowfall\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Claude Thornhill and Ruth Thornhill) [1941] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Tony Bennett |<\/span>
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\nSome Children See Him<\/i>\u00a0(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>: Wihla Hutson) [1951] |\u00a0mp3 sample<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Perry Como |<\/span>
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\nSomeday at Christmas<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Ron Miller and Bryan Wells) [1967] |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Stevie Wonder |<\/span>
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\nSoul Cakes\u00a0<\/i>(aka\u00a0A Soalin\u2019<\/i>\u00a0or\u00a0The Souling Song<\/i>) |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Peter, Paul, and Mary |<\/span>
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\nStar Carol, The\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>: Wihla Hutson) [1954] |\u00a0mp3 sample<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nStar in the East, A<\/i>\u00a0|\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Harry Belafonte |<\/span>
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\nSussex Carol<\/i>\u00a0(aka,\u00a0On Christmas Night<\/i>) (Trad. English, 17th c.; collected in Sussex county in 1919 by Ralph Vaughan-Williams) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nThis Is Christmas (Bright, Bright The Holly Berries)<\/i>\u00a0(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>: Wihla Hutson) [1950] |\u00a0mp3 sample<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nThe Twelve Days Of Christmas\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Trad. English, c. 1700) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Perry Como |<\/span>
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\nFrom fact sheet: \u201cThere is the widely circulated notion that this is a disguised catechism song sung by Roman Catholics during a long period of repression in England. Most scholars discount this notion for the fundamental reason that the elements were largely common to both the Church of Rome and the Church of England\u00a0<\/span>[the seven sacraments would be one difference]<\/span>. Usually, the explanation runs as follows:<\/span>
\n* The Partridge in a Pear Tree = Jesus Christ, the Son of God<\/span>
\n* 2 Turtle Doves = The Old and New Testaments (or the sacrifice offered in the temple by Joseph and Mary at the presentation of Christ in the Temple)<\/span>
\n* 3 French Hens = Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues (see: I Corinthians 13) (or the gifts of the Magi)<\/span>
\n* 4 Calling Birds = the Four Gospels (or the Four Evangelists)<\/span>
\n* 5 Golden Rings = The first Five Books of the Old Testament (the \u201cPentateuch\u201d)<\/span>
\n* 6 Geese A-laying = the six days of creation<\/span>
\n* 7 Swans A-swimming = the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments<\/span>
\n* 8 Maids A-milking = the eight beatitudes (see: Matthew 5: 3-11)<\/span>
\n* 9 Ladies Dancing = the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit (see: Galatians 5:22-23: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control)<\/span>
\n(or the nine choirs of angels)<\/span>
\n* 10 Lords A-leaping = the Ten Commandments<\/span>
\n* 11 Pipers Piping = the eleven faithful apostles<\/span>
\n* 12 Drummers Drumming = the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle\u2019s Creed\u201d<\/span>
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\nThere\u2019s a Song In The Air<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Josiah Gilbert Holland, 1872, and W. T. Giffe, 1874 \/ Music: Karl Pomeroy Harrington, 1904) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>|\u00a0midi<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nThis Endris Night<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Trad. English, 15th c.) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma file<\/a>\u00a0with Taverner Consort |<\/span>
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\nUp On The Housetop<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(American Benjamin R. Hamby, c. 1860) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|midi<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Gene Autry |<\/span>
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\nFrom fact sheet: \u201cUp on the Housetop<\/i>\u00a0may well have been the first American song of importance which elaborates on the theme on Santa Claus. It also is one of the first entirely secular Christmas songs composed in the Unite States. Written by little-known Benjamin R. Hanby (1833-1867), sometime in the 1850s or 1860s, and probably in Ohio, this vivacious song could possibly predate the early secular classic,\u00a0Jingle Bells<\/i>\u00a0(1857). The best estimate, though, is that Hanby\u2019s song was created in the 1860s.<\/span>
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\nHanby\u2019s life was short, less than 35 years. Yet he did manage to contribute this bouncy song, which is an especial favorite of children, to the enduring literature of the holiday. Furthermore, he may possibly have composed another popular carol,\u00a0Jolly Old Saint Nicholas<\/i>\u00a0which is of roughly the same period and which has a suspiciously similar style of music and lyrics. There is absolutely no evidence that Hanby was responsible for the other song, yet the chronological and stylistic coincidences, plus the total anonymity of\u00a0Jolly Old Saint Nicholas<\/i>, do elicit the conjecture that Hanby might have authored both songs. At the least, Hanby\u2019s\u00a0Up on the Housetop<\/i>\u00a0may have influenced\u00a0Jolly Old Saint Nicholas<\/i>.\u201d<\/span>
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\nWassail, Wassail\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(aka\u00a0<\/span>Gloucestershire Wassail<\/span><\/i>)\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English folk carol: 17th c.) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nWe Three Kings Of Orient Are\u00a0<\/i>(John Henry Hopkins, Jr., 1857; written as part of a Christmas pageant for the General Theological Seminary in New York City) |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0midi<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians |<\/span>
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\nWe Wish You a Merry Christmas<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Trad. English [west country], 16th c.) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Peter, Paul, and Mary |<\/span><\/p>\n

We Wish You the Merriest<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Les Brown, Date Unknown) |\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby |<\/span>
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\nWe\u2019ll Dress the House\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/ lyrics by Wihla Huston) [1954] |\u00a0mp3 sample<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nWexford Carol, The\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. Irish: 12th c. from County Wexford [?]) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a02nd audio file<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nWhat Are the Signs\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/ lyrics by Bates G. Burt) [1944] |\u00a0mp3 sample<\/a>\u00a0|<\/span>
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\nWhat Child Is This?<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Englishman William Chatterton Dix, 1865 \/ Music:\u00a0Greensleeves<\/i>, 16th Century English melody) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nWhat Fragrance is That?\u00a0<\/i>(Quelle est cette odeur agreable<\/i>) (French trad., 17th c.) |\u00a0English lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0French lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nWhere The Little Jesus Sleeps<\/i>\u00a0|\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Harry Belafonte |<\/span>
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\nWhile Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Nahum Tate, c. 1701 \/ Music: \u201cChristmas,\u201d George Frederick Handel, 1728) |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0midi\u00a0<\/a>|<\/span>
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\nFrom fact sheet: \u201cThe great English classical composer George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) has been commonly linked with two great English Christmas carols. One of these connections, as composer of the melody for\u00a0Joy to the World!<\/i>, is completely bogus. The other connection, as composer of one of the melodies for\u00a0While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks<\/i>, is, on the other hand, definitely valid.\u201d<\/span>
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\nWhite Christmas<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Jewish-American Irving Berlin) [1940] |\u00a0fact sheet\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0amazon wma sample\u00a0<\/a>with Bing Crosby |<\/span>
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\nFrom the film,\u00a0Holiday Inn<\/i>\u00a0(1942); performed by Bring Crosby.<\/span>
\nFrom the fact sheet: \u201cWhite Christmas was written in 1940 by a Irving Berlin for the 1942 movie \u201cHoliday Inn\u201d starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. Berlin\u2019s assignment was to write a song about each of the major holidays of the year. But Berlin, who was Jewish, found that writing a song about Christmas was the most challenging. He drew upon his experiences of the holiday in New York (including Christmas Trees erected by neighbors when he was a boy) and Los Angeles, but still felt that the end result was wanting. However, when Bing first heard Berlin audition \u201cWhite Christmas\u201d in 1941 he reassured Irving that he had created a winner. Bing\u2019s preliminary evaluation turned out to be a gross understatement . . . Bing\u2019s single of \u201cWhite Christmas\u201d sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and was recognized as the best-selling single in any music category for more than 50 years until 1998 when Elton John\u2019s tribute to Princess Diana, \u201cCandle in the Wind,\u201d overtook it in a matter of months. However, Bing\u2019s recording of \u201cWhite Christmas\u201d has sold additional millions of copies as part of numerous albums, including his best-selling album \u201cMerry Christmas\u201d, which was first released as an L.P. in 1949.\u201d<\/span>
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\n\u201c. . . According to a 1998 press release from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), \u201cWhite Christmas\u201d remains the number one performed Christmas carol, and is the most recorded Christmas carol (over 500 versions in \u201cscores of languages\u201d). The other top five are \u201cSanta Claus is Comin\u2019 to Town,\u201d Mel Torme\u2019s \u201cThe Christmas Song,\u201d \u201cWinter Wonderland,\u201d \u201cRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\u201d and Leroy Anderson\u2019s \u201cSleigh Ride.\u201d<\/span>
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\nBy 2003, however, \u201cWhite Christmas\u201d had slipped to the number two position on their list of Christmas songs. The number one song was \u201cThe Christmas Song\u201d (Mel Torme and Robert Wells). The other three in the top five are \u201cSanta Claus Is Coming To Town (J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie), \u201cWinter Wonderland\u201d (Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith), and \u201cHave Yourself A Merry Little Christmas\u201d (Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin). For more information, see the\u00a0ASCAP Top 25 Holiday Song List<\/a>.\u201d<\/span>
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\nWinter Wonderland\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(music: Felix Bernard \/ lyrics: Richard B. Smith) [1934] |\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0amazon wma sample<\/a>\u00a0with Tony Bennett |<\/span>
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\nFrom fact sheet: \u201cWinter Wonderland<\/i>\u00a0[was] an immediate hit for Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (1934). Then, in 1946, rival recordings were made by Perry Como and The Andrews Sisters (backed by Guy Lombardo) that established the bubbly tune as a Yuletide favorite.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nChronological Listing of Carols and Songs<\/span>
\n(Dates Based on the Music, Not Lyrics) \u00a0<\/span><\/strong>
\n12th c.<\/b>\u00a0Wexford Carol, The\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. Irish: 12th c. from County Wexford [?])<\/span>
\n13th c.<\/b>\u00a0Good King Wenceslas\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Englishman John Mason Neale, 1853 \/ music: 13th c., quite possibly Scandinavian)<\/span>
\nFirst Noel, The\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Trad. English: 16th century; possibly dating from as early as the 13th Century. This tune and the present lyrics were first published in 1833).<\/span>
\n14th c.\u00a0<\/b>Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella\u00a0<\/i>(music: French trad.: 14th c. \/ words: Emile Blemont, c. 1901)<\/span>
\nGood Christian Men, Rejoice (<\/i>Latin, In Dulci Jubilo)\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Attributed to Heinrich Suso: c. 1295-1366; freely translated from Latin to English by Englishman John Mason Neale in 1853 \/ music:\u00a0In Dulci Jubilo<\/i>, 14th Century German melody)<\/span>
\n1400<\/b>\u00a0Cherry Tree Carol\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English; Herefordshire, c. 1400)<\/span>
\n15th c.<\/b>\u00a0This Endris Night<\/i>\u00a0(Trad. English, 15th c.)<\/span>
\nLo, How A Rose E\u2019er Blooming\u00a0<\/i>(Words: 15th c. German carol; translated by American Theodore Baker, 1894; music: Anonymous, 16th Century; arr. by German composer Michael Praetorius, 1609)<\/span>
\nO Come, O Come, Emmanuel\u00a0<\/i>(words: anon. 8th Century Latin; translated into English by John Mason Neale, 1851 \/ music: 15th Century French Plain Song melody)<\/span>
\n1521<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Boar\u2019s Head Carol, The\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(English Trad. \/ Queens College Version, Oxford, England; First published 1521)<\/span>
\n16th c<\/span><\/b>. Deck The Hall\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Welsh trad., prob. 16th century)<\/span>
\nRiu Riu Chiu\u00a0<\/i>(Spanish trad., 16th c., from Valencia)<\/span>
\nWe Wish You a Merry Christmas<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Trad. English [west country], 16th c.)<\/span>
\nWhat Child Is This?<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Englishman William Chatterton Dix, 1865 \/ Music:\u00a0Greensleeves<\/i>, 16th Century English melody)<\/span>
\n1588<\/b>\u00a0Ding Dong! Merrily On High\u00a0<\/i>(music: French trad., collected in 1588 \/ English lyrics: Englishman? George Ratcliffe Woodward, early 20th c.)<\/span>
\n1591\u00a0<\/b>Coventry Carol, The\u00a0<\/i>(Words Attributed to Robert Croo, 1534 \/ English Melody, 1591)<\/span>
\n1600<\/b>\u00a0Irish Carol\u00a0<\/i>(Music: Irish folk carol, 16th or 17th Century \/ words: possibly by Fr. Willian Devereaux (c. 1728); translator possibly Dr. W. H. Grattan Flood)<\/span>
\nChildren, go where I send thee\u00a0<\/i>(African-American trad., collected by Jean Ritchie in Kentucky; possibly three centuries old)<\/span>
\n17th c.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Here We Come A-Caroling\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(aka\u00a0<\/span>Here We Come A-Wassailing<\/span><\/i>\u00a0or<\/span>The Wassail Song<\/span><\/i>) (Trad. English: 17th c.)<\/span>
\nWassail, Wassail\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(aka\u00a0<\/span>Gloucestershire Wassail<\/span><\/i>)\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English folk carol: 17th c.)<\/span>
\nSussex Carol<\/i>\u00a0(aka,\u00a0On Christmas Night<\/i>) (Trad. English, 17th c.; collected in Sussex county in 1919 by Ralph Vaughan-Williams)<\/span>
\nI Saw Three Ships\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English: 17th c.; possibly from Derbyshire)<\/span>
\nWhat Fragrance is That?\u00a0<\/i>(Quelle est cette odeur agreable<\/i>) (French trad., 17th c.)<\/span>
\nKing Jesus Hath a Garden\u00a0<\/i>(Heer Jesus heeft een Hofken<\/i>) (Trad. Dutch, 17th c.)<\/span>
\n1640<\/b>\u00a0Huron Carol, The\u00a0<\/i>(Fr. Jean de Brebeuf, 1640 from an old French tune; English translation by J. E. Middleton [d. 1960] )<\/span>
\n1700<\/b>\u00a0Holly And The Ivy, The\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English: c. 1700; possibly from an ancient carol of French? origin; possibly from the Gloucestershire region; printed at Birmingham in 1710)<\/span>
\nPat-A-Pan\u00a0<\/i>(Frenchman Bernard De La Monnoye, c. 1700 \u2013 from the Burgundy region)<\/span>
\nThe Twelve Days Of Christmas\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Trad. English, c. 1700)<\/span>
\n1715\u00a0<\/b>Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus\u00a0<\/i>(music: German? Christian Friedrich Witt, 1715 \/ words: Charles Wesley, 1744)<\/span>
\n1717<\/b>\u00a0For Unto Us a Child Is Born\u00a0<\/i>(German-English composer Georg Frederic Handel, from\u00a0The Messiah<\/i>) [1717]<\/span>
\nHallelujah Chorus\u00a0<\/i>(German-English composer Georg Frederic Handel, from\u00a0The Messiah<\/i>) [1717]<\/span>
\n1728<\/b>\u00a0While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Nahum Tate, c. 1701 \/ Music: \u201cChristmas,\u201d George Frederick Handel, 1728)<\/span>
\n1743\u00a0<\/b>O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)<\/i>\u00a0(Englishman John Francis Wade: c. 1743 \/ English translation by Frederick Oakeley: 1841)<\/span>
\n18th c.<\/b>\u00a0Angels We Have Heard On High<\/i>\u00a0(18th century French carol; possibly originally from Lorraine. It achieved rapid popularity in France and Quebec in the 1840s, and was translated into English by Englishman Bishop James Chadwick; popular from the 1860s in England)<\/span>
\nGod Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English: 18th c.)<\/span>
\n1794<\/b>\u00a0O Sanctissima\u00a0<\/i>(Latin prayer set to a Sicilian melody called \u201cThe Sicilian Mariner\u2019s Hymn to the Virgin\u201d; first published, with its original Latin text, in 1794 in the United States)<\/span>
\n1799<\/b>\u00a0O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. German; first published in 1799; likely based on a Westphalian folk song)<\/span>
\nEarly 1800s<\/b>\u00a0Ave Maria<\/i>\u00a0(music by Austrian Franz Schubert: 1797-1828)<\/span>
\nGo Tell It On The Mountain\u00a0<\/i>(adapted by American John W. Work, Jr., 1907, based on an African-American Spiritual, probably early 1800s)<\/span>
\n1818\u00a0<\/b>Silent Night\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Rev. Joseph Mohr, c. 1816 \/ Music: Franz Xaver Gruber, c. 1818)<\/span>
\n1840<\/b>\u00a0Hark! The Herald Angels Sing<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Charles Wesley, 1739; amended by George Whitfield, 1753 and Martin Madan, 1760; other changes occurred in 1782, 1810, and 1861 \/ music: German Felix Mendelssohn, 1840; arranged by Englishman William Hayman Cummings and first presented Christmas Day, 1855)<\/span>
\n1847<\/b>\u00a0O Holy Night\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Frenchman Placide Cappeau, 1847; translated into English by John Sullivan Dwight, a Unitarian minister [1812-1893] \/ Music: Jewish Frenchman Adolphe-Charles Adam, 1847; first performed at midnight Mass that year)<\/span>
\n1848<\/b>\u00a0Joy To The World\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Englishman Isaac Watts: 1719 \/ Music: American Lowell Mason, 1848)<\/span>
\n1849<\/b>\u00a0Once In Royal David\u2019s City<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander, 1848 \/ Music: Henry John Gauntlett, 1849. Written in Ireland)<\/span>
\n1850<\/b>\u00a0It Came Upon The Midnight Clear<\/i>\u00a0(Words: American Edmund Hamilton Sears, 1849; music: American Richard Storrs Willis, 1850)<\/span>
\n19th c.<\/b>\u00a0Mary Had a Baby<\/i>\u00a0(19th c. spiritual from St. Helena Island, off of South Carolina)<\/span>
\n1857\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Jingle Bells\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(American James Lord Pierpont [a Unitarian], 1857)<\/span>
\nWe Three Kings Of Orient Are\u00a0<\/i>(John Henry Hopkins, Jr., 1857; written as part of a Christmas pageant for the General Theological Seminary in New York City)<\/span>
\n1860<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Up On The Housetop<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(American Benjamin R. Hamby, c. 1860)<\/span>
\n1862<\/b>\u00a0Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant (He Is Born, The Divine Christ Child)\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. French; possibly from an old Normandy hunting tune; collected by 1862)<\/span>
\n1867<\/b>\u00a0Angels From The Realms Of Glory<\/i>\u00a0(music: Englishman: Henry Thomas Smart, 1867 \/ words: Scotsman James Montgomery, 1816)<\/span>
\n1868<\/b>\u00a0O Little Town Of Bethlehem<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Phillips Brooks, Episcopal minister of Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1868 \/ Music: Lewis Henry Redner, 1868. Redner served as Brooks\u2019 organist. The tune came to him on Christmas Eve, and was first sung the next day)<\/span>
\n1872<\/b>\u00a0I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day\u00a0<\/i>(Words: American Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christmas Eve, 1863; music: Englishman John Baptiste Calkin, 1872)<\/span>
\n1887<\/b>\u00a0Away In A Manger<\/i>\u00a0(music: American James Ramsey Murray, 1887)<\/span>
\n1900<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Jolly Old St. Nick\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Anonymous; second half of 19th c. or early 20th c. \u2013 see notes for\u00a0Up on the Housetop<\/a>)<\/span>
\n1904\u00a0<\/b>There\u2019s a Song In The Air<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Josiah Gilbert Holland, 1872, and W. T. Giffe, 1874 \/ Music: Karl Pomeroy Harrington, 1904)<\/span>
\n1906\u00a0<\/b>In the Bleak Midwinter\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Englishwoman Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1872; music: Englishman Gustav Holst, specifically for the text, 1906)<\/span>
\n1916<\/b>\u00a0Carol, Brothers Carol\u00a0<\/i>(W. A. Muhlenberg; collected in 1916)<\/span>
\nCarol of the Bells\u00a0<\/i>(music: Ukrainian composer Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovich, based on an old Ukrainian melody, 1916 \/ adaptation and lyrics by Czech-American Peter J. Wilhousky, 1936)<\/span>
\n1917<\/b>\u00a0Gesu Bambino<\/i>\u00a0(\u201cThe Infant Jesus\u201d) (written in 1917 by Pietro Alessandro Yon while he was musical director and organist at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in New York City; English text by Frederick H. Martens)<\/span>
\n1932\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Santa Claus is Comin\u2019 To Town\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie) [1932]<\/span>
\n1933<\/b>\u00a0I Wonder As I Wander\u00a0<\/i>(Words and Music collected by John Jacob Niles in Murphy, North Carolina in 1933; it is uncertain how old the folk tune is) [1933]<\/span>
\n1934<\/b>\u00a0Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head<\/i>\u00a0(Kentucky folk carol; collected by John Jacob Niles: 1912-1913 and 1932-1934)<\/span>
\nWinter Wonderland\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(music: Felix Bernard \/ lyrics: Richard B. Smith) [1934]<\/span>
\n1940<\/span><\/b>\u00a0White Christmas<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Jewish-American Irving Berlin) [1940]<\/span>
\n1941<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Happy Holiday\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Jewish-American Irving Berlin) [1941]<\/span>
\nLittle Drummer Boy, The\u00a0<\/i>(Katherine K. Davis, Henry V. Onorati and Harry Simeone; adapted from a Czech carol) [1941; charted in the US in 1958]<\/span>
\nSnowfall\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Claude Thornhill and Ruth Thornhill) [1941]<\/span>
\n1942<\/b>\u00a0Christmas Cometh Caroling\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/ lyrics by Fr. Andrew) [1942]<\/span>
\n1943<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Words: Ralph Blane \/ music: Hugh Martin) [1943]<\/span>
\nI\u2019ll Be Home For Christmas<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(music by American Walter Kent \/ words by American James Kimball Gannon; also Buck Ram) [1943; revised in 1948]<\/span>
\nJesu Parvule\u00a0<\/i>(\u201cPoor little Jesus\u201d) (American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Bates G. Burt) [1943]<\/span>
\n1944\u00a0<\/b>What Are the Signs\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/ lyrics by Bates G. Burt) [1944]<\/span>
\n1945\u00a0<\/b>Ah, Bleak and Chill the Wintry Wind\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Bates G. Burt) [1945]<\/span>
\nChristmas Song\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (Robert Wells and Mel Torme) [1945]<\/span>
\nLet It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(music: Jule Styne \/ words: Sammy Cahn) [1945]<\/span>
\n1946\u00a0<\/span><\/b>All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Donald Yetter Gardner) [1946]<\/span>
\nAll on A Christmas Morning<\/i>\u00a0(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Bates G. Burt) [1946]<\/span>
\nHere Comes Santa Claus<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman) [1946]<\/span>
\n1947<\/b>\u00a0Nigh Bethlehem<\/i>\u00a0(Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Bates G. Burt) [1947]<\/span>
\n1948<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Blue Christmas\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson) [1948]<\/span>
\nChrist in the Stranger\u2019s Guise\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred E. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>: An Old English Rune of Hospitality) [1948]<\/span>
\nSleigh Ride\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(music: Leroy Anderson [1948] ) (words: Mitchell Parish [1950] )<\/span>
\n1949<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Marshmallow World, A<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(Music: Peter De Rose \/ words: Carl Sigman) [1949]<\/span>
\nSleep Baby Mine<\/i>\u00a0(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Wihla Huston) [1949]<\/span>
\nRudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Johnny Marks) [1949]<\/span>
\n1950<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Christmas In Killarney\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Words and Music by John Redmond, James Cavanaugh and Frank Weldon) [1950]<\/span>
\nFrosty The Snowman<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(music: Steve Edward Nelson; lyrics: Walter E. \u201cJack\u201d Rollins) [1950]<\/span>
\nSilver Bells\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Ray Evans and Jay Livingston) [1950]<\/span>
\nThis Is Christmas (Bright, Bright The Holly Berries)<\/i>\u00a0(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>: Wihla Hutson) [1950]<\/span>
\n1951<\/span><\/b>\u00a0It\u2019s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas<\/span><\/i>(Meredith Willson) [1951]<\/span>
\nSome Children See Him<\/i>\u00a0(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>: Wihla Hutson) [1951]<\/span>
\n1952<\/b>\u00a0Come, Dear Children\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Wihla Huston) [1952]<\/span>
\nCradle In Bethlehem, A\u00a0<\/i>(Lawrence Stock and Al Bryan) [1952]<\/span>
\nI Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Tommie Connor) [1952]<\/span>
\n1953\u00a0<\/span><\/b>I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(John Rox) [1953]<\/span>
\nO Hearken Ye\u00a0<\/i>(Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>: Wihla Hutson) [1953]<\/span>
\nSanta Baby\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Joan Ellen Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer) [1953]<\/span>
\n1954<\/b>\u00a0Caroling, Caroling<\/i>\u00a0(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Wihla Hutson) [1954]<\/span>
\nChristmas Waltz, The<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn) [1954]<\/span>
\n(There\u2019s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays<\/span><\/i>(music: Robert Allen \/ words: Al Stillman) [1954]<\/span>
\nStar Carol, The\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>: Wihla Hutson) [1954]<\/span>
\nWe\u2019ll Dress the House\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/ lyrics by Wihla Huston) [1954]<\/span>
\n1956<\/b>\u00a0Mary\u2019s Little Boy Child\u00a0<\/i>(Jester Hairston) [1956]<\/span>
\n1957<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Jingle Bell Rock\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Joseph Carleton Beal and James Ross Boothe) [1957]<\/span>
\nMistletoe and Holly<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Frank Sinatra, Dok Stanford and Henry W. Sanicola) [1957]<\/span>
\nSanta, Bring My Baby Back (To Me)\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Aaron Schroeder and Claude DeMetruis) [1957]<\/span>
\nSanta Claus Is Back In Town\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) [1957]<\/span>
\n1958<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Rockin\u2019 Around The Christmas Tree\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Johnny Marks) [1958]<\/span>
\nChipmunk Song<\/i>\u00a0(Christmas Don\u2019t Be Late)<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(Ross Bagdasarian [David Seville] ) [1958]<\/span>
\n1959\u00a0<\/span><\/b>My Favorite Things<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) [1959]<\/span>
\n1962<\/b>\u00a0Do You Hear What I Hear?\u00a0<\/i>(Gloria Shayna and Noel Regney) [1962]<\/span>
\nHolly Jolly Christmas, A\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Johnny Marks) [1962]<\/span>
\nPretty Paper\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(American Willie Nelson) [1962]<\/span>
\n1963<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Americans Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry) [1963]<\/span>
\nIt\u2019s the Most Wonderful Time Of The Year\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(George Wyle and Eddie Pola) [1963]<\/span>
\nLittle Saint Nick\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Brian Wilson and Mike Love) [1963]<\/span>
\nMerry Christmas, Baby<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Brian Wilson) [1963]<\/span>
\n1965<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Christmas Time Is Here<\/span><\/i>(Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson) [1965]<\/span>
\nLinus and Lucy\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson) [1965]<\/span>
\n1967<\/b>\u00a0Someday at Christmas<\/i>\u00a0(Ron Miller and Bryan Wells) [1967]<\/span>
\n1970<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Feliz Navidad\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Jose Feliciano) [1970]<\/span>
\nIt\u2019s Christmas Time<\/i>\u00a0(Stevie Wonder) [1970]<\/span>
\nMerry Christmas, Darling\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(words: Frank Pooler, 1946 \/ music: Richard Carpenter, 1970)<\/span>
\n1971<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Happy Xmas (War Is Over)<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(Yoko Ono and John Lennon) [1971]<\/span>
\nOne Small Child\u00a0<\/i>(David Meece) [1971]<\/span>
\n1975<\/span><\/b>\u00a0I Believe In Father Christmas<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(Greg Lake and Peter Sinfield) [1975]<\/span>
\n1977<\/b>\u00a0Happy Birthday, Jesus\u00a0<\/i>(Estelle Levitt and Lee Pockriss) [1977]<\/span>
\nPeace on Earth \/ The Little Drummer Boy<\/i>\u00a0{performed in 1977 by Bing Crosby and David Bowie}<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Listing of Christmas Carols and Songs by Country (Up to 1945)<\/span>
\n(Based on the Music, Not Lyrics)<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n


\nEngland<\/span><\/b>
\nFirst Noel, The\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Trad. English: 16th century; possibly dating from as early as the 13th Century. This tune and the present lyrics were first published in 1833).<\/span>
\nCherry Tree Carol\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English; Herefordshire, c. 1400)<\/span>
\nThis Endris Night<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Trad. English, 15th c.)<\/span>
\nBoar\u2019s Head Carol, The\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(English Trad. \/ Queens College Version, Oxford, England; First published 1521)<\/span>
\nDeck The Hall\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Welsh trad., prob. 16th century)<\/span>
\nWe Wish You a Merry Christmas<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Trad. English [west country], 16th c.)<\/span>
\nWhat Child Is This?<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Englishman William Chatterton Dix, 1865 \/ Music:\u00a0Greensleeves<\/i>, 16th Century English melody)<\/span>
\nCoventry Carol, The\u00a0<\/i>(Words Attributed to Robert Croo, 1534 \/ English Melody, 1591)<\/span>
\nHere We Come A-Caroling\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(aka\u00a0<\/span>Here We Come A-Wassailing<\/span><\/i>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>The Wassail Song<\/span><\/i>) (Trad. English: 17th c.)<\/span>
\nWassail, Wassail\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(aka\u00a0<\/span>Gloucestershire Wassail<\/span><\/i>)\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English folk carol: 17th c.)<\/span>
\nSussex Carol<\/i>\u00a0(aka,\u00a0On Christmas Night<\/i>) (Trad. English, 17th c.; collected in Sussex county in 1919 by Ralph Vaughan-Williams)<\/span>
\nI Saw Three Ships\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English: 17th c.; possibly from Derbyshire)<\/span>
\nHolly And The Ivy, The\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English: c. 1700; possibly from an ancient carol of French? origin; possibly from the Gloucestershire region; printed at Birmingham in 1710)<\/span>
\nThe Twelve Days Of Christmas\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Trad. English, c. 1700)<\/span>
\nFor Unto Us a Child Is Born\u00a0<\/i>(German-English composer Georg Frederic Handel, from\u00a0The Messiah<\/i>) [1717]<\/span>
\nHallelujah Chorus\u00a0<\/i>(German-English composer Georg Frederic Handel, from\u00a0The Messiah<\/i>) [1717]<\/span>
\nWhile Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Nahum Tate, c. 1701 \/ Music: \u201cChristmas,\u201d George Frederick Handel, 1728)<\/span>
\nO Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)<\/i>\u00a0(Englishman John Francis Wade: c. 1743 \/ English translation by Frederick Oakeley: 1841)<\/span>
\nGod Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. English: 18th c.)<\/span>
\nAngels From The Realms Of Glory<\/i>\u00a0(music: Englishman: Henry Thomas Smart, 1867 \/ words: Scotsman James Montgomery, 1816)<\/span>
\nI Heard The Bells On Christmas Day\u00a0<\/i>(Words: American Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christmas Eve, 1863; music: Englishman John Baptiste Calkin, 1872)<\/span>
\nIn the Bleak Midwinter\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Englishwoman Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1872; music: Englishman Gustav Holst, specifically for the text, 1906)<\/span>
\nAmerica<\/span><\/b>
\nChildren, go where I send thee\u00a0<\/i>(African-American trad., collected by Jean Ritchie in Kentucky; possibly three centuries old)<\/span>
\nGo Tell It On The Mountain\u00a0<\/i>(adapted by American John W. Work, Jr., 1907, based on an African-American Spiritual, probably early 1800s)<\/span>
\nJoy To The World\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Englishman Isaac Watts: 1719 \/ Music: American Lowell Mason, 1848)<\/span>
\nIt Came Upon The Midnight Clear<\/i>\u00a0(Words: American Edmund Hamilton Sears, 1849; music: American Richard Storrs Willis, 1850)<\/span>
\nMary Had a Baby<\/i>\u00a0(19th c. spiritual from St. Helena Island, off of South Carolina)<\/span>
\nJingle Bells\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(American James Lord Pierpont [a Unitarian], 1857)<\/span>
\nWe Three Kings Of Orient Are\u00a0<\/i>(John Henry Hopkins, Jr., 1857; written as part of a Christmas pageant for the General Theological Seminary in New York City)<\/span>
\nUp On The Housetop<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(American Benjamin R. Hamby, c. 1860)<\/span>
\nO Little Town Of Bethlehem<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Phillips Brooks, Episcopal minister of Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1868 \/ Music: Lewis Henry Redner, 1868. Redner served as Brooks\u2019 organist. The tune came to him on Christmas Eve, and was first sung the next day)<\/span>
\nAway In A Manger<\/i>\u00a0(music: American James Ramsey Murray, 1887)<\/span>
\nJolly Old St. Nick\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Anonymous; second half of 19th c. or early 20th c. \u2013 see notes for\u00a0Up on the Housetop<\/a>)<\/span>
\nGesu Bambino<\/i>\u00a0(\u201cThe Infant Jesus\u201d) (written in 1917 by Pietro Alessandro Yon while he was musical director and organist at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in New York City; English text by Frederick H. Martens)<\/span>
\nSanta Claus is Comin\u2019 To Town\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie) [1932]<\/span>
\nI Wonder As I Wander\u00a0<\/i>(Words and Music collected by John Jacob Niles in Murphy, North Carolina in 1933; it is uncertain how old the folk tune is) [1933]<\/span>
\nJesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head<\/i>\u00a0(Kentucky folk carol; collected by John Jacob Niles: 1912-1913 and 1932-1934)<\/span>
\nWinter Wonderland\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(music: Felix Bernard \/ lyrics: Richard B. Smith) [1934]<\/span>
\nWhite Christmas<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Jewish-American Irving Berlin) [1940]<\/span>
\nHappy Holiday\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Jewish-American Irving Berlin) [1941]<\/span>
\nSnowfall\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Claude Thornhill and Ruth Thornhill) [1941]<\/span>
\nChristmas Cometh Caroling\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/ lyrics by Fr. Andrew) [1942]<\/span>
\nHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Words: Ralph Blane \/ music: Hugh Martin) [1943]<\/span>
\nI\u2019ll Be Home For Christmas<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(music by American Walter Kent \/ words by American James Kimball Gannon; also Buck Ram) [1943; revised in 1948]<\/span>
\nJesu Parvule\u00a0<\/i>(\u201cPoor little Jesus\u201d) (American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Bates G. Burt) [1943]<\/span>
\nWhat Are the Signs\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/ lyrics by Bates G. Burt) [1944]<\/span>
\nAh, Bleak and Chill the Wintry Wind\u00a0<\/i>(American Alfred S. Burt \/\u00a0lyrics<\/a>\u00a0by Bates G. Burt) [1945]<\/span>
\nChristmas Song\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (Robert Wells and Mel Torme) [1945]<\/span>
\nLet It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(music: Jule Styne \/ words: Sammy Cahn) [1945]<\/span>
\nIreland<\/span><\/b>
\nWexford Carol, The\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. Irish: 12th c. from County Wexford [?])<\/span>
\nIrish Carol\u00a0<\/i>(Music: Irish folk carol, 16th or 17th Century \/ words: possibly by Fr. Willian Devereaux (c. 1728); translator possibly Dr. W. H. Grattan Flood)<\/span>
\nOnce In Royal David\u2019s City<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander, 1848 \/ Music: Henry John Gauntlett, 1849. Written in Ireland)<\/span>
\nFrance<\/span><\/b>
\nBring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella\u00a0<\/i>(music: French trad.: 14th c. \/ words: Emile Blemont, c. 1901)<\/span>
\nO Come, O Come, Emmanuel\u00a0<\/i>(words: anon. 8th Century Latin; translated into English by John Mason Neale, 1851 \/ music: 15th Century French Plain Song melody)<\/span>
\nDing Dong! Merrily On High\u00a0<\/i>(music: French trad., collected in 1588 \/ English lyrics: Englishman? George Ratcliffe Woodward, early 20th c.)<\/span>
\nWhat Fragrance is That?\u00a0<\/i>(Quelle est cette odeur agreable<\/i>) (French trad., 17th c.)<\/span>
\nPat-A-Pan\u00a0<\/i>(Frenchman Bernard De La Monnoye, c. 1700 \u2013 from the Burgundy region)<\/span>
\nAngels We Have Heard On High<\/i>\u00a0(18th century French carol; possibly originally from Lorraine. It achieved rapid popularity in France and Quebec in the 1840s, and was translated into English by Englishman Bishop James Chadwick; popular from the 1860s in England)<\/span>
\nO Holy Night\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Frenchman Placide Cappeau, 1847; translated into English by John Sullivan Dwight, a Unitarian minister [1812-1893] \/ Music: Jewish Frenchman Adolphe-Charles Adam, 1847; first performed at midnight Mass that year)<\/span>
\nIl Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant (He Is Born, The Divine Christ Child)\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. French; possibly from an old Normandy hunting tune; collected by 1862)<\/span>
\nGermany \/ Austria<\/span><\/b>
\nGood Christian Men, Rejoice (<\/i>Latin, In Dulci Jubilo)\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Attributed to Heinrich Suso: c. 1295-1366; freely translated from Latin to English by Englishman John Mason Neale in 1853 \/ music:\u00a0In Dulci Jubilo<\/i>, 14th Century German melody)<\/span>
\nLo, How A Rose E\u2019er Blooming\u00a0<\/i>(Words: 15th c. German carol; translated by American Theodore Baker, 1894; music: Anonymous, 16th Century; arr. by German composer Michael Praetorius, 1609)<\/span>
\nCome, Thou Long-Expected Jesus\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(music: German? Christian Friedrich Witt, 1715 \/ words: Charles Wesley, 1744)<\/span>
\nO Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)\u00a0<\/i>(Trad. German; first published in 1799; likely based on a Westphalian folk song)<\/span>
\nAve Maria<\/i>\u00a0(music by Austrian Franz Schubert: 1797-1828)<\/span>
\nSilent Night\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Rev. Joseph Mohr, c. 1816 \/ Music: Franz Xaver Gruber, c. 1818)<\/span>
\nHark! The Herald Angels Sing<\/i>\u00a0(Words: Charles Wesley, 1739; amended by George Whitfield, 1753 and Martin Madan, 1760; other changes occurred in 1782, 1810, and 1861 \/ music: German Felix Mendelssohn, 1840; arranged by Englishman William Hayman Cummings and first presented Christmas Day, 1855)<\/span>
\nScandinavia<\/span><\/b>
\nGood King Wenceslas\u00a0<\/i>(Words: Englishman John Mason Neale, 1853 \/ music: 13th c., quite possibly Scandinavian)<\/span>
\nNetherlands<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

King Jesus Hath a Garden\u00a0<\/i>(Heer Jesus heeft een Hofken<\/i>) (Trad. Dutch, 17th c.)<\/span>
\nCanada<\/span><\/b>
\nHuron Carol, The\u00a0<\/i>(Fr. Jean de Brebeuf, 1640 from an old French tune; English translation by J. E. Middleton [d. 1960] )<\/span>
\nSpain<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Riu Riu Chiu\u00a0<\/i>(Spanish trad., 16th c., from Valencia)<\/span>
\nSicily<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

O Sanctissima\u00a0<\/i>(Latin prayer set to a Sicilian melody called \u201cThe Sicilian Mariner\u2019s Hymn to the Virgin\u201d; first published, with its original Latin text, in 1794 in the United States)<\/span>
\nCzech Republic<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Little Drummer Boy, The\u00a0<\/i>(Katherine K. Davis, Henry V. Onorati and Harry Simeone; adapted from a Czech carol) [1941; charted in the US in 1958]<\/span>
\nUkraine<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Carol of the Bells\u00a0<\/i>(music: Ukrainian composer Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovich, based on an old Ukrainian melody, 1916 \/ adaptation and lyrics by Czech-American Peter J. Wilhousky, 1936)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part of our Dept. 56 \u201cDickens Village\u201d (2013) * * * Compiled \u00a0in December 2005. Primary (But Not Exclusive) Sources: \u00a0\u00a0The Hymns and Carols of Christmas (remarkable website from Douglas D. Anderson; all fact sheets and midi sound files are linked to from this site. Web page most used:\u00a0The Hymns and Carols) \u00a0\u00a0MusicExpert.com: Christmas: Complete […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2331,"featured_media":4927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1005,709],"tags":[1594,1592,1593],"class_list":["post-4926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-music","tag-christmas-carols","tag-christmas-music","tag-christmas-songs"],"yoast_head":"\nChristmas Carols & Songs: A Comprehensive Catalogue<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"135 Christmas carols and secular songs are categorized, with lots of information about date, composers, country of origin, etc.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \\\"This Rock\\\" (now called \\\"Catholic Answers Magazine\\\"), \\\"Envoy Magazine\\\" (Patrick Madrid), \\\"The Catholic Answer,\\\" \\\"The Coming Home Journal,\\\" \\\"Gilbert Magazine\\\" (American Chesterton Society), and \\\"The Latin Mass.\\\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \\\"The Michigan Catholic\\\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \\\"Envoy Magazine.\\\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \\\"Catholic Answers Live\\\" (twice), \\\"Faith and Family Live\\\" (Steve Wood), \\\"Kresta in the Afternoon,\\\" \\\"Son Rise Morning Show,\\\" \\\"Catholic Connection\\\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \\\"The Catholics Next Door.\\\" His large and popular website, \\\"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\\\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \\\"Envoy Magazine.\\\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \\\"index\\\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \\\"Surprised by Truth\\\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \\\"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\\\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \\\"The Catholic Verses\\\" (2004), \\\"The One-Minute Apologist\\\" (2007), \\\"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\\\" (2009), \\\"The Quotable Newman\\\" (editor: 2012), and \\\"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\\\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \\\"The New Catholic Answer Bible\\\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \\\"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\\\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \\\"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\\\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \\\"Quotable Wesley\\\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. 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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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