This is a real treasury of the most popular Christmas carols arranged for the parish choir.
There are 100 carols in total, many with descants, including the classic arrangements of Charles Wood and John Stainer plus newer settings by Malcolm Archer, Richard Lloyd, Sarah Watts and others.
Contents:
A baby is born
A child this day is born
Adam lay-y-bounden
A great and mighty wonder
All my heart this night rejoices
Angels from the realms of glory
As Joseph was a-walking
A Virgin most pure
Away in a manger (Version 1)
Away in a manger (Version 2)
Bethlehem Carol
Bethlehem silently sleeping (One little angel)
Blessed be that maid Mary
Child in the manger
Christians, awake!
Christ was born on Christmas Day (Version 1)
Christ was born on Christmas Day (Version 2)
Christmas Poor
Come to Bethlehem
Deck the hall
Ding dong, ding dong (Ragtime carol)
Ding dong! merrily on high
Dormi, Jesu
Gently, gently, softly sleeping (A Christmas lullaby)
God rest you merry, gentlemen (Version 1)
God rest you merry, gentlemen (Version 2 – Charleston carol)
Good Christians all, rejoice
Good King Wenceslas
Go, tell it on the mountain
Hark, the herald-angels sing
He is born, the holy one!
Here we come a-wassailing (The wassail song)
Hush! My dear, lie still (Version 1)
Hush! My dear, lie still (Version 2)
In dulci jubilo (Version 1)
In dulci jubilo (Version 2)
Infant holy, infant lowly
In the bleak mid-winter
I saw a fair maiden
I saw three ships (Version 1)
I saw three ships (Version 2)
It came upon the midnight clear
I wonder as I wander
Joy to the world!
King Jesus hath a garden
Little donkey
Little Jesus, sweetly sleep (The rocking carol)
Long ago in Bethlehem
Love came down at Christmas
Low, how a Rose e’er blooming
Lullay my liking
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child (Coventry Carol)
Lute Book Lullaby
Mary had a baby
My Jesus, dear heart (Balulalow)
Now the holly bears a berry
O Christmas tree
O come, all ye faithful
O come, O come, Emmanuel
Of the Father’s love begotten
O little one sweet
O little town of Bethlehem
Once in royal David’s city
On Christmas night all Christians sing (Sussex Carol)
On the first day of Christmas (The twelve
days of Christmas)
O sleep, thou heaven-born treasure (The shepherds’ cradle song)
Peace is the baby born
Rejoice and be merry
See amid the winter’s snow
See him living on a bed of straw
Silent night
Simeon’s Song
Sing lullaby
Sleep, holy babe
Sleep, holy child
Still, still, still
Sweet baby, sleep (Wither’s rocking carol)
Sweet was the song the Virgin sung
Sweet was the Virgin’s song
The angel Gabriel
The first good joy that Mary had (The seven joys of Mary)
The first Nowell
The holly and the ivy
There’s a star in the east (Rise up, shepherd, and follow)
There stood in heaven a linden tree (The linden tree carol)
The Shepherd’s farewell
The snow lay on the ground
The stable where the oxen stood (The manger bright)
The Virgin Mary had a baby boy
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Unto us a boy is born
Unto us is born a son (Version 1)
Unto us is born a son (Version 2)
We three kings of Orient are
We wish you a merry Christmas
What child is this
Whence is that goodly fragrance
When Jesus Christ was yet a child
While shepherds watched (Version 1)
While shepherds watched (Version 2)
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