Christmas Carols
Christmas Carols
This Christmas season we are getting together to sing carols at each of our three churches — about an hour of the songs everyone knows, with guitars to carry the tune, and hot cocoa and cookies the whole time.
Where & when
- Holy Mother & Child Parish — date & time TBD
- St. Joseph's Church — date & time TBD
- St. Paul's — date & time TBD
Dates and times will be posted here once the schedule is set.
The songbook
The set list on the left has all thirteen carols — click one to see its sheet music with lyrics and guitar chords. You can print any single song, or print the entire songbook and bring it with you.
Deck the Halls
Welsh traditional (Nos Galan, 16th c.)
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
African-American spiritual, arr. John W. Work Jr.
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
English traditional, 16th c.
Good King Wenceslas
Melody: Tempus Adest Floridum, 13th c. Words: John Mason Neale, 1853
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Felix Mendelssohn, 1840. Words: Charles Wesley, 1739
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Richard S. Willis, 1850. Words: Edmund H. Sears, 1849
Jingle Bells
James Lord Pierpont, 1857
2. A day or two 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 seemed his lot,
He got into a drifted bank and then we got upsot. Oh! (Chorus)
And soon Miss Fanny Bright was seated by my side;
The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his lot,
He got into a drifted bank and then we got upsot. Oh! (Chorus)
Joy to the World
George F. Handel, arr. Lowell Mason, 1839. Words: Isaac Watts, 1719
O Come, All Ye Faithful
John Francis Wade, c. 1743 (Adeste Fideles)
O Holy Night
Adolphe Adam, 1847 (Cantique de Noël). Words: John S. Dwight
2. Truly He taught us to love one another; His law is love and His gospel is peace.
Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother, and in His name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we; let all within us praise His holy name.
Christ is the Lord! O praise His name forever! His power and glory evermore proclaim!
Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother, and in His name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we; let all within us praise His holy name.
Christ is the Lord! O praise His name forever! His power and glory evermore proclaim!
Silent Night
Franz Xaver Gruber, 1818. Words: Josef Mohr, tr. John F. Young
The First Noel
English traditional, 17th c.
We Three Kings of Orient Are
John Henry Hopkins Jr., 1857