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Religious Christmas carols
[edit]- "A Babe is Born in Bethlehem" ("Puer natus in Bethlehem")
- 14th Century Latin hymn
- "Adam Lay Ybounden"
- 15th Century text, set by numerous composers
- "Adeste Fideles" ("O Come All Ye Faithful")
- attributed to Author:John Francis Wade around 1743
- "All Hail to Thee"
- "The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came"
- see "Gabriel's Message"
- "Angels, from the Realms of Glory"
- Words by Author:James Montgomery, 1816
- Commonly used tune, the traditional French "Les anges dans nos campagnes"
- Commonly used tune in the US by Author:Henry Thomas Smart 1813-79
- "Angels We Have Heard on High" ("Les anges dans nos campagnes")
- French traditional
- based on traditional carol "Les Anges dans nos Campagnes"
- music is traditional hymn "Gloria"
- English translation by Author:James Chadwick in 1862
- reworded, retitled, and sung by Author:Michael W. Smith as "Gloria"
- "As Lately We Watched"
- "As With Gladness Men of Old"
- "Away in a Manger"
- first published in 1885
- first two stanzas attributed to unknown author
- third stanza written by Dr. Author:John McFarland in 1904
- "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem"
- Bluegrass Traditional
- "The Boar's Head Carol"
- English traditional
- "Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heav'nly Light"
- "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" ("Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle!")
- Provençal traditional
- "Carol of the Bells"
- music and Ukrainian lyrics written by Author:Mykola Leontovych in 1916 (originally titled "Shchedryk")
- English lyrics written by Author:Peter Wilhousky in 1936
- Sometimes called the "Bulgarian Carol" even though its origin is Ukrainian, not Bulgarian
- "Burgundian Carol"
- "Caroling Caroling"
- music written by Author:Alfred Burt in 1954
- lyrics written by Author:Wihla Hutson in 1954
- "The Cherry Tree Carol"
- English traditional
- "Children, Go Where I Send Thee"
- "Christ Is Born in Bethlehem"
- "Christ Is Born, the Divine Christ Child" ("Il est né, le divin Enfant!")
- French traditional
- "Christians, Awake, Salute the Happy Morn"
- "Christmas Auld Lang Syne"
- "Christmas is Coming"
- "Christmas Time at Home"
- Written by Rhonda Vincent in 2006
- "Christmas Time's A Coming"
- Bluegrass Traditional
- "Cold December's Winds Were Stilled" ("El desembre congelat")
- Catalan traditional
- "Come Buy My Nice Fresh Ivy"
- music written by Turlough O'Carolan (originally titled "O'Carolan's Lament")
- lyrics written by Author:John Keegan in 1849
- "Come, All Ye Shepherds" ("Kommet, ihr Hirten")
- Bohemian traditional
- "Coventry Carol"
- "Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly" ("Oer yw'r gŵr sy'n methu caru")
- Welsh traditional
- "Ding Dong Merrily on High"
- music written by Author:Jehan Tabourot
- words written by Author:George Ratcliffe Woodward
- "Down In Yon Forest"
- English traditional
- "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
- written by Author:Noel Regney and Author:Gloria Shayne in 1962
- first recorded by The Author:Harry Simeone Chorale in 1962
- "Flemish Carol"
- "The First Nowell" (or "The First Noël")
- English traditional
- "The Friendly Beasts"
- "From Highest Heaven I Come to Tell" ("Von Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her")
- "Fum, Fum, Fum!" ("Veinticinco de diciembre")
- Spanish traditional
- "Gabriel's Message"
- from the Basque traditional carol "Birjina gaztettobat zegoen"
- Translated into English by Author:Sabine Baring-Gould
- "A Gallery Carol"
- "Gaudete"
- "Gesu Bambino" ("The Infant Jesus")
- "Glory to God" ("Ere Zij God")
- Dutch traditional
- "Gloucester Wassail"
- "Good People All, This Christmastime"
- Irish traditional
- "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
- American traditional
- "God is Being Born" ("Bóg się rodzi")
- Polish, lyrics written by Author:Franciszek Karpinski
- "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"
- English traditional
- "Good King Wenceslaus"
- Words by Author:John Mason Deale
- Music traditional for Easter, from Piae Cantiones
- "Hail, Blessed Virgin Mary!"
- Italian traditional
- "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
- music written by Author:Felix Mendelssohn originally as part of Festgesang
- words written by Author:Charles Wesley
- "Here We Come a-Wassailling"
- English traditional
- "Hey, Ho, Nobody Home"
- "The Holly and the Ivy"
- English traditional
- "How Brightly Beams" ("Wie Schön Leuchtet")
- "How Far Is It to Bethlehem"
- "Huron Carol" ("'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime")
- "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
- lyrics by Author:Longfellow
- "I Pray On Christmas"
- written by Author:Harry Connick, Jr.
- "I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In"
- English traditional
- "In Dulci Jubilo" ("Good Christian Men, Rejoice" or "Good Christian Friends, Rejoice")
- "In the Bleak Midwinter"
- "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly" ("W żłobie leży")
- Polish traditional
- "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"
- Music by Author:Richard Storrs Willis,
- Music usually sung in Britain by Sir Author:Arthur Sullivan
- Words by Edmund Hamilton Sears
- "I Wonder as I Wander"
- Appalachian traditional
- Also sung to a tune by Author:Carl Rutti
- "Jesu, Jesu, Baby Dear" or 'Little Jesus, sweetly sleep' ("Hajej, nynej, Ježíšku")
- Czech traditional
- "Joy to the World"
- "Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine" ("Joseph Lieber, Joseph Mein")
- "Little Donkey"
- "Little Drummer Boy"
- written by Author:Katherine Davis, Author:Henry Onorati and Author:Harry Simeone
- "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" ("Es Ist Ein' Ros'")
- "Love Came Down at Christmas"
- "Lullay, Baby Jesus"("Lulajże Jezuniu")
- Polish traditional
- "Lullay, My Liking"
- "Lullay, Thou Tiny Little Child"
- Appalachian traditional
- "March of the Kings"
- "Mary Had a Baby"
- American traditional
- "Mary's Little Boy Child"
- "Masters in This Hall"
- "My Dancing Day"
- traditional
- "A la Nanita Nana"
- Spanish traditional
- "Noel Nouvelet"
- French traditional
- "O come, O come, Emmanuel" ("Veni, Veni, Emmanuel"; actually an Advent hymn)
- "O Come, Little Children"
- "O Holy Night"
- "O Jesulein Süss, O Jesulein Mild!" ("O Little One Sweet, O Little One Mild!")
- traditional
- "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
- Words: Bishop Author:Phillips Brooks
- Music: in the USA by Author:Lewis H. Redner
- Music: in the UK a traditional tune known as "The Ploughboy's Dream"
- Music: a setting by Sir Author:Henry Walford Davies occasionally sung at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
- retitled and sung by Author:Amy Grant as "Little Town"
- "O Tannenbaum" ("O Christmas Tree")
- German traditional
- "Of the Father's Love Begotten" or ("Of the Father's Heart Begotten")
- "O Leave Your Sheep" ("Quittez, pasteurs")
- French traditional
- "Once In Royal David's City"
- "O Sanctissima or "O du fro"hliche!"
- "O Sleep, Thou Heaven-Born Treasure, Thou" ("Schlaf wohl, du Himmelsknabe du")
- "On Christmas Night all Christians Sing"
- "Out of the East"
- "Past Three O'Clock"
- traditional
- "Patapan/Pat-A-Pan!" ("Guillô, pran ton tamborin!")
- Provençal traditional
- "The Peace Carol"
- "Personent Hodie" ("On This Day Earth Shall Ring")
- "Puer Natus" ("Unto Us a Boy Is Born")
- traditional, from Piae Cantiones
- "Puer Nobis Nascitur" ("Unto Us Is Born a Son")
- traditional, alternative translation from Piae Cantiones
- "Quem Pastores" ("Shepherds Left Their Flocks A-Straying")
- "Rejoice and Be Merry"
- English traditional
- "Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow"
- American traditional
- "Rocking" ("Jesu, Jesu, Baby Dear" or 'Little Jesus, sweetly sleep')
- English translation of ("Hajej, nynej, Ježíšku")
- "The Sans Day Carol"
- English traditional
- "Saw Ye Never, in the Twilight"
- "See, Amid the Winter's Snow"
- "The Seven Joys of Mary"
- English traditional
- "Today in Betlehem" ("Dzisiaj w Betlejem")
- Polish traditional
- English traditional
- "Shepherd, Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep"
- French traditional
- "Silent Night! Holy Night!" ("Stille Nacht! heilige Nacht!")
- written by Franz Xaver Gruber and Author:Josef Mohr
- "Silver and Gold"
- "Sing Lullaby!" also known as The Infant King ("Oi Betleem!")
- Basque traditional
- "Sing We Now of Christmas"
- "Sir Christèmas"
- "The Snow Lay on the Ground"
- "The Son of the Virgin" ("El Noi da la Mare")
- Catalan traditional
- "Songs of Praise the Angels Sang"
- "Still, Still, Still"
- "The Sussex Carol" ("On Christmas Night All Christians Sing")
- English traditional
- "Sweet Little Jesus Boy"
- "There's a Song in the Air"
- "There Is No Rose of Such Virtue" ("Ther Is No Rose of Swych Vertu")
- English traditional, also heard in settings by Benjamin Britten (A Ceremony of Carols) and John Joubert
- "Three Kings from Persian Lands Afar" ("die Könige")
- "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day"
- English traditional
- "Torches"
- composed by Author:John Joubert in 1951
- "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
- English traditional
- "Tu scendi dalle stelle" ("From Starry Skies Thou Comest")
- Italian traditional
- "Unto Us a Boy is Born" - translation of "Puer nobis nascitur
- "The Wassail Song"
- "Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne"
- "The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy"
- Trinidadian traditional
- "A Virgin Unspotted" ("A Virgin Most Pure")
- English traditional
- "The Virgin's Slumber Song"
- "Wachet auf!" ("Wake, O Wake!")
- "Wassail! Wassail All Over the Town!" ("The Gloucestershire Wassail")
- English traditional
- "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
- English traditional
- "We Three Kings Of Orient Are" ("Three Kings of Orient") (actually an Epiphany carol)
- written by Reverend Author:John Henry Hopkins in 1863
- "Wexford Carol"
- "What Child Is This?"
- music is traditional song "Greensleeves"
- words written by Author:William Chatterton Dix
- "Whence Is That Lovely Fragrance Wafting" or Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing ("Quelle est cette odeur agréable?")
- French traditional
- "While by My Sheep I Watched at Night"
- "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks"
Non-Religious Christmas Songs
[edit]- "A Holly Jolly Christmas"
- written by Johnny Marks
- first recorded by Burl Ives in 1964
- also recorded by Alan Jackson
- "A Marshmallow World"
- words by Carl Sigman
- music by Peter De Rose
- recorded by Bing Crosby
- also recorded by Darlene Love in 1963
- "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth"
- written by Donald Yetter Gardner
- first recorded by Spike Jones in 1948
- "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
- written by Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey
- first recorded by Mariah Carey in 1994
- "Babes in Toyland"
- written by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough
- "Blue Christmas"
- written by Bill Hayes and Jay Johnson
- first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948
- also recorded by Elvis Presley, Porky Pig
- "Buon Natale"
- words and Music by Bob Saffer and Frank Linale
- recorded by Nat King Cole
- "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S"
- words by Jenny Lou Carson
- music by Eddy Arnold
- "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"
- written by Ross Bagdasarian
- first recorded by The Chipmunks in 1958
- "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
- written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
- first recorded by Darlene Love in 1963
- also recorded by many artists including Mariah Carey, U2, Rosie O'Donnell featuring Cher
- "Christmas All Over Again"
- "Christmas Day"
- music by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David
- from the Broadway musical Promises, Promises (1968)
- "Christmas for Cowboys"
- words and music by Steve Weisburg
- "Christmas in Killarney"
- words and music by John Redmond, James Cavanaugh, and Frank Weldon
- "Christmas is"
- words by Spence Maxwell
- music by Percy Faith
- "Christmas Island"
- words and music by Lyle Moraine
- "Christmas Shoes"
- written by Leonard Ahlstrom and Eddie Carswell
- first recorded by NewSong in 2000
- "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)"
- written by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells
- first recorded by The Nat King Cole Trio in 1946
- also recorded by The Carpenters, Celine Dion, Al Jarreau, Luther Vandross, Toni Braxton
- "Christmas Time: Don't Let The Bells End"
- first recorded by The Darkness
- "Christmas Time Is Here"
- written by Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson
- first recorded by Vince Guaraldi in 1965
- also recorded by Chicago, Mercy Me, Diana Krall, Toni Braxton
- "Christmas Time Is Here Again"
- written by George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr
- first recorded by The Beatles
- also recorded separately by Ringo Starr in 1999
- "Christmas Vacation"
- written by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann
- "The Christmas Waltz"
- music by Jules Styne, lyrics by Sammy Cahn, c.1954
- recorded by Frank Sinatra, Nancy Wilson, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Harry Connick Jr., The Carpenters, and many others
- "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
- written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure
- first recorded by Band Aid
- "Fairytale of New York"
- written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan
- first recorded by The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl
- "Feliz Navidad"
- written by José Feliciano
- first recorded by José Feliciano in 1970
- also recorded by Celine Dion
- "Frosty the Snowman"
- written by Steve Edward Nelson and Jack Rollins
- first recorded by Gene Autry in 1950
- also recorded by the Jackson 5, Willie Nelson
- "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"
- written by Randy Brooks
- first recorded by Elmo & Patsy in 1983
- "Hanover Winter Song"
- words and music by Richard Hovey and Frierick Field Bullard
- "Happy Birthday Jesus"
- words by Estelle Levitt
- music by Lee Pockriss
- "The Happy Elf
- written by Harry Connick, Jr.
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
- written by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
- first recorded by Judy Garland for the film "Meet Me in St. Louis" in 1944
- also recorded by Frank Sinatra, The Carpenters, James Taylor, The Pretenders, Amy Grant, Chicago, Kenny Loggins, Toni Braxton
- "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)"
- written by Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman
- first recorded by Gene Autry in 1947
- also recorded by Elvis Presley, Linda Eder, Bing Crosby with The Andrews Sisters
- "(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus"
- written by Harry Connick, Jr
- "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
- written by Thomas Connor
- first recorded by Jimmy Boyd in 1952
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
- written by Kim Gannon, Walter Kent and Buck Ram
- first recorded by Bing Crosby in 1943
- also recorded by Frank Sinatra, Amy Grant, The Carpenters
- "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
- written by Robert Meredith Willson
- first recorded by Perry Como on September 18, 1951
- also recorded by Bing Crosby, Johnny Mathis
- "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year"
- written by Edward Pola and George Wyle
- first recorded by Andy Williams in 1963
- also recorded by Amy Grant, Johnny Mathis, Toni Braxton
- "Jing-A-Ling, Jing-A-Ling"
- words by Don Ray
- music by Paul J. Smith
- In the film Beaver Valley
- "Jingle Bell Rock"
- written by Joe Beale and Jim Boothe
- first recorded by Bobby Helms in 1957
- also recorded by Hall & Oates
- "Jingle Bells"
- written by James Pierpont
- "Jolly Old St. Nicholas"
- traditional
- "Last Christmas"
- written by George Michael
- first recorded by Wham!
- also recorded by Hilary Duff, Jimmy Eat World, Darren Hayes of Savage Garden, Billie Piper
- "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"
- written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
- first recorded by Vaughn Monroe on October 31, 1945
- also recorded by Andy Williams, Chicago, Gloria Estefan, Dean Martin, Johnny Mathis
- "Let There Be Peace on Earth"
- written by Jill Jackson and Seymour Miller
- "The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot"
- words and music by Tommie Connor, Jimmy Leach, and Michael Carr
- "Little Saint Nick"
- written by Brian Wilson
- first recorded by The Beach Boys in 1964
- "Mele Kalikimaka (the Hawaiian Christmas Song)"
- words and music by R. Alex Anderson
- recorded by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
- "Merry Christmas, Baby"
- "The Merry Christmas Polka"
- words by Paul Francis Webster
- music by Sonny Burke
- written by Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore
- "Merry Xmas Everybody"
- written by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea
- first recorded by Slade
- "Nuttin' for Christmas'"
- words and music by Sid Pepper and Roy C. Bennett
- first performed by Barry Gordon on The Miton Berle Show
- also recorded by Stan Freburg, Eartha Kitt, and Homer and Jethro among others
- "Please Come Home for Christmas"
- written by Charles Brown and Gene C. Redd
- first recorded by Charles Brown in 1960
- also recorded by The Eagles, Aaron Neville, Southside Johnny Lyon
- "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
- written by Johnny Marks
- first recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
- written by Johnny Marks
- first recorded by Gene Autry in 1949
- also recorded by Harry Connick, Jr., Burl Ives, Ray Conniff, Dean Martin, John Denver
- "Run Rudolph Run"
- written by Marvin Brodie and Johnny Marks
- first recorded by Chuck Berry in 1958
- "Santa Baby"
- written by Joan Javits, Philip Springer and Tony Springer
- first recorded by Eartha Kitt in 1953
- "Santa Claus Is Back in Town"
- written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
- first recorded by Elvis Presley in 1957
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
- written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
- recorded by Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, The Pointer Sisters, The Beach Boys, The Jackson Five
- "Santa Claus, Indiana, U.S.A
- words and Music by Abe Olman and Al Jacobs
- "Silver Bells"
- written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
- first recorded by Bing Crosby in 1951
- also recorded by Kate Smith, Atlantic Starr
- "Six White Boomers"
- written by Rolf Harris and John D. Brown in 1960
- recorded by Rolf Harris in 1960, Russell Coight on The Spirit of Christmas 2004
- "Sleep Well, Little Children (A Christmas Lullaby)"
- words by Alan Burgman
- Music by Leon Latzkin
- Recorded by The Carpenters
- "Sleigh Ride"
- music written by Leroy Anderson in 1948
- lyrics written by Mitchell Parish in 1950
- instrumental version first recorded by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1949
- instrumental version also recorded by The Ventures in 1965
- vocal version first recorded by Merv Griffin with Freddy Martin and his Orchestra in 1951
- also recorded by Deborah Gibson, Amy Grant, Leroy Anderson, The Carpenters, Air Supply, Johnny Mathis, TLC
- "Suzy Snowflake"
- words and music by Sid Topper and Roy C. Bennett
- "Take Me Back To Toyland"
- words by Kal Mann
- Music by Bernie Lowe
- "That's What I Want for Christmas"
- words by Irving Caesar
- music by Gerald Marks
- "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays"
- written by Robert Allen and Al Stillman
- first recorded by Perry Como on November 16, 1954
- also recorded by The Carpenters
- "Toyland"
- words by Glen MacDonough
- music by Victor Herbert
- part of the oppetetta Babes in Toyland
- "Una all cam yerri wan fine fine word"
- traditional Sierra Leone carol
- "Up on the Housetop"
- traditional
- "We Need a Little Christmas"
- written by Jerry Herman
- first recorded by The Original Broadway Cast of Mame 1966
- also recorded by Percy Faith, Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams, The New Christy Minstrels
- "When Santa Claus Gets your Letter"
- words and Music by Johnny Marks
- "White Christmas"
- written by Irving Berlin
- first recorded by Bing Crosby for the film "Holiday Inn" in 1942
- also recorded by Chicago, Darlene Love (1963), The Drifters, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Carpenters, John Denver, Bryn Terfel, Kiri Te Kanawa
- "Whispering Hope"
- written by Alice Hawthorne
- "Will Santy Come to Shanty Town?"
- words and music by Eddy Arnold, Steve Nelson, and Ed Nelson, Jr.
- "Winter"
- words by Alfred Bryan
- music by Albert Gumble
- "Winter Wonderland"
- written by Felix Bernard and Dick Smith
- first recorded by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians in 1934
- also recorded by Perry Como (1946), The Andrews Sisters (1946), Amy Grant, Eurythmics, Johnny Mathis
- "Wonderful Christmas Time"
- written by Paul McCartney
- first recorded by Paul McCartney