"We Wish You a Merry Christmas"

We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
and a happy New Year.

(Chorus - repeat after every verse)
Good tidings we bring
to you and your kin
Good tidings of Christmas
and a happy New Year.

Now bring us a figgy pudding
Now bring us a figgy pudding
Now bring us a figgy pudding
and bring it right here
(chorus)

We all love a figgy pudding (3x)
so bring it right here. (Chorus)

We won't go until we get some (3x)
so bring it right here.  (Chorus)

We wish you a merry Christmas  (3x)
and a happy New Year. (Chorus)


"Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"

Hark, the herald angels sing,
Glory to the new-born King!
Peace on Earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!
Joyful all, ye nations rise!
Join the triumph of the skies
With angelic hosts proclaim,
Christ is born in Bethlehem!
Hark, the herald angels sing,
Glory to the new-born King


"Joy to the World"

Joy to the world, the Lord is come.
Let earth receive her King.
Let ev'ry heart prepare him room
and Heav'n and Nature sing!
And Heav'n and Nature sing!
And Heav'n, and Heaven and Nature sing!

Joy to the world, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ
while fields and floods,
rocks, hills and plains
repeat the sounding joy!
Repeat the sounding joy!
Repeat, Repeat the Sounding Joy!!

He rules the world with truth and grace
and makes the nations prove
the glories of his righteousness
and wonders of his love.
And wonders of his love
And wonders, wonders of his love.


"Deck the Halls"

Deck the halls with boughs of holly
fa la la la la, la la la la.
'Tis the season to be jolly
fa la la la la, la la la la.
Don we now our gay apparel
fa la la, la la la, la la la
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol
fa la la la la, la la la la.

See the blazing Yule before us
fa la la la la, la la la la
Strike the harp and join the chorus
fa la la la la, la la la la
Follow me in merry measure
fa la la, la la la, la la la
while I tell of Yuletide treasure
fa la la la la, la la la la.

Fast away the old year passes
fa la la la la, la la la la
Hail the new, ye lads and lasses
fa la la la la, la la la la
Sing we joyous all together
fa la la, la la la, la la la
Heedless of the wind and weather
fa la la la la, la la la la


"Silent Night"

Silent night, holy night.
All is calm, all is bright
'Round yon Virgin Mother and Child.
Holy Infant, so tender and mild.
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Sleep in heavenly peace.

Silent night, holy night
Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glory streams from heaven afar.
Heavenly hosts sing "Alleluia"
Christ the savior is born.
Christ the savior is born.

Silent night, holy night.
Son of God, love's pure light.
Radiant beams from thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus, Lord at thy birth
Jesus, Lord at thy birth.


"Here We Come a-Wassailing"

Here we come a-wassailing
among the leaves so green.
Here we come a-wandr'ing
so fair to be seen.

(Chorus, repeated after each verse)
Love and joy come to you.
And to you your wassail too.
And God bless you and send you
A happy New Year.
And God send you a happy New Year.

We are not daily beggars 
that beg from door to door
but we are neighbors' children
whom you have seen before (chorus)

Good master and mistress 
as you sit by the fire
pray think of us poor children
who wander in the mire (chorus)

God bless the master of this house
likewise the mistress too
and all the little children
that round the table go! (Chorus)


"Oh Come, All Ye Faithful"

Oh come, all ye faithful,
joyful and triumphant,
oh come ye, oh come ye 
to Bethlehem.
Come and behold him,
born the King of Angels.

(Chorus, repeated after each verse)
Oh come, let us adore Him.
Oh come, let us adore Him.
Oh come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.

Sing, choirs of angels,
sing in exaltation,
oh sing, all ye citizens of Heav'n above,
"Glory to God, in the Highest!" (Chorus)

Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,
born this happy morning.
Jesus, to Thee be all glory giv'n.
Word of the Father, 
now in flesh appearing (chorus)

Adeste fideles
Laete  triumphantes
venite, venite in Bethlehem.
Natum videte, regem angelorum.
Venite  adoremus, venite adoremus,
venite adoremus, Dominum.


"The First Nowell"

The first nowell the angel did say
was to certain poor shepherds
in fields as they lay.
In fields where they 
lay keeping their sheep
on a cold winter's night
that was so deep.
Noel, noel, noel, noel.
Born is the King of Israel.

They looked up and saw a star,
shining in the East  beyond them far.
And to the earth it gave great light
and so it continued both day and night.
Noel, noel, noel, noel
Born is the King of Israel.


"Good King Wenceslas"
(This carol was written by commission of the Prince of Wales)

(all) Good King Wenceslas look'd out
on the feast of Stephen.
When the snow lay roundabout,
deep and crisp and even.
Brightly shown the moon that night
though the frost was cruel,
when a poor man came in sight
gathÕring winter fuel.

(Men) "Hither, page, and stand by me
if thou knowst it telling.
Yonder peasant, who is he?"
Where and what his dwelling?
(Women) "Sire, he lives a good league hence
underneath the mountain,
right against the forest fence,
by St. AgnesÕ fountain."

(Men) " Bring me flesh and bring me wine.
Bring me pine logs hither!
Thou and I shall see him dine
when we bear them thither!"
(All) Page and monarch forth they went,
forth they went together.
Through the wild wind's cold lament
and the wintry weather.

(Women) "Sire, the night grows darker now
and the wind grows stronger.
Fails my heart, I know not how.
I can go no longer!"
(Men) "Mark my footsteps, good my page!
Tread thou in them boldly.
Thou shalt find the winter's rage
freeze thy blood less coldly."

(All) In his master's steps he trod,
where the snow lay dinted.
Heat was in the very sod
which the saint had printed.
Therefore, Christian men be sure,
wealth or rank possessing,
you who now do bless the poor
shall yourselves find blessing!.


"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"

God rest ye merry, gentlemen,
let nothing you dismay.
Remember, Christ our savior
was born on Christmas day
to save us all from Satan's power
when we had gone astray.

(Chorus, repeat after every verse)
Oh, tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy.
Oh, tidings of comfort and joy,

In Bethlehem, in Jewry, 
this blessed Babe was born,
and laid within a manger
upon this Christmas morn,
the which his mother Mary
did nothing take in scorn (chorus)

From God, our heav'nly Father
a blessed angel came
and unto certain shepherds
brought tidings of the same
how that in Bethlehem was born
the Son of God by name. (Chorus)

Now to the Lord sing praises,
all ye within this place.
And with true love and brotherhood
each other now embrace.
This holy tide of Christmas
all others doth deface. (Chorus)

"Jingle, Bells!"
("The American Carol" A new American Christmas song which the children love so much we couldn't leave it out!)

Dashing through the snow
in a one-horse open sleigh
o'er the fields we go
laughing all the way!
Bells on Bob-Tail ring,
making spirits bright.
What fun it is to ride and sing
a sleighing song tonight!

(Chorus, repeat after each verse)
Jingle, bells!  Jingle, bells!
Jingle all the way!
Oh what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh!
Jingle, bells! Jingle, bells!
Jingle, all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh!

A day or to ago
I thought I'd take a ride
and soon Miss Fanny Bright
was seated by my side.
The horse was lean and lank
misfortune seem'd his lot
he got into a drifted bank
and we, we got upsot! (Chorus)

Now the ground is white
go it, while you're young.
Take your girls tonight
and sing this sleighing song!
Just get a bob-tailed nag.
Two:forty for his speed
and hitch him to an open sleigh
and crack! You'll take the lead! (Chorus)



"Angels We Have Heard  on High"

Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er  the plains
And the mountains in reply
echoing their  joyous strains (Chorus)

(Chorus)
Gloria  in excelsis deo
Gloriain excelsis deo

Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous songs prolong?
What the happy tidings be
Which inspire your heav'nly song (Chorus)

Come to Bethelem and see
He whose birth the angels sing
Come adore on bended knee
Christ the lord, our newborn king (Chorus)

"Christmas is Coming (Round version)

(1) Christmas is coming
The goose is getting fat
(2) Please to put a penny 
in the old man's hat
(3) Please to put a penny
in the old man's hat