Index of the Hymns and Carols of Christmas

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• Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers

• Partly Work and Partly Play

• Pass It On

• Past Three A Clock (Alternate Title: Past Three O'Clock)

• Pat A Pan – Version 1

• Pat A Pan – Version 2

• Pat A Pan – Version 3 (Translation by Keyte and Parrott, editors of The New Oxford Book of Carols, copyright 1992)

• Pat A Pan - Version 4 (Willie Take Your Little Drum, From John Brush's 1988 The Children's Book of Carols)

• Pat A Pan - Version 5

• Pat A Pan – (French: Guillo Pran Ton Tamborin)

• The Peace Carol (Bob Beers, copyright 1965)

• Peace is Born on Earth (Link opens in a new window at Sally DeFord Music)

• Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy (Bing Crosby And David Bowie, Arrangement Copyright 1977); I have been advised that this arrangement was never published.

• Peace, Peace, Peace (Link opens in a new window at Sally DeFord Music)

• Peaceful Night, Hallowed Night

• Peaceful The Wondrous Night

• People That In Darkness Sat, The

• People That In Darkness Walked, The

• People, Look East (Words: Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965), 1928)

• Pine Cones And Holly Berries (Meredith Willson
  From the musical production "Here's Love"
  Copyright 1963, rev. 1991)

• Please Come Home For Christmas (Written by Charles Mose Brown and Gene C. Redd; Recorded in 1947 by Charles Brown and numerous others. Copyright)

• Pocket Chant, The - Humor

• Poor and Quiet (Link opens in a new window at Sally DeFord Music)

• Poor Little Jesus (Words and Music by Paul Campbell, copyright 1951)

• Praise (First Line: All join in praise and loudly sing)

• Praise God The Lord, Ye Sons Of Men

• Praise to God, Whose Holy Spirit  (Marnie Barrell, copyright 1995)

• Praise, Lord

• Precious Child, So Sweetly Sleeping

• Prepare Thy Way, O Zion

• Pretty Paper (Words and Music: Willie Nelson, copyright 1962)

• The Prince of Life (First Line: Come, let us lift our hearts and voice)

• Proface

• Proface, Welcom, Well Come (Middle English from Sandys)

• Profate, welcome, wellecome! - Thomas Wright

• Promised Savior, Promised King (Link opens in a new window at Sally DeFord Music)

• Psallite unigenito

• Pure Maid Of Nazareth

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• Quand Dieu naquit à Noël (French, from William Sandys, 1833)

• Queen Of Heaven, Blessed May Thou Be (Alternate Title: Virgo, Rosa Virginum, Tum Precor Filium)

• The Quest Of The Three Kings (First Line: From Silver Gates Of Ecbatoun)

• Quiet Christmas

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• Race That Long In Darkness Pined, The

• Real Meaning Of Christmas (Written by Joseph W. Pace II, copyright 1996, performed by the Colorado Mass Choir; it is found on the 1996 CD "The Real Meaning of Christmas"; link opens in a new window at Amazon.com)

• Reason For The Seasons, The

• Redeemer Of The Nations! Hear

• Redeemer Of The Nations, Come (Translation of Veni, Redemptor Gentium by Charles P. Price Is Copyright)

• Redeemer of the Nations, Come – Translator Unknown

• Redeemer of the Nations, Come - Catherine Winkworth Translation

• Rejoice And Be Glad

• Rejoice And Be Merry

• Rejoice Today

• Rejoice! The Lord Is King

• Rejoice, All Ye Believers

• Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers!

• Rejoice, Rejoice, This Happy Morn

• Rejoice, Rejoice, This Happy Morn (Os Er Idag En Frelser Fodt)

• Rejoice, Rejoice, Ye Christians

• Rejoice, The Glorious Day Is Come

• Rejoice, Ye Babes Around The Coast

• Remember, Life Is Short

• Remember, O Thou Man - Version 1

• Remember, O Thou Man - Version 2

• Remember, O Thou Man - Version 3

• Remember, O Thou Man - Version 4

• Repent, The Kingdom Draweth Nigh

• Rich Gold From The Earth Is Delved

• Ring Bells, Ring, Ding, Dong, Ding (Germany - Kling Glökchen)

• Ring Merrily

• Ring On, Ye Bells

• Ring On, Ye Joyous Christmas Bells

• Ring Out The Bells For Christmas (From Chope with lyric and music attribution to William Augustine Ogden)

• Ring Out The Bells For Christmas (From Hutchins with lyrics attribution to Rev. E. A. Washburn; three musical settings)

• Ring Out, O Bells! Your Peals Today

• Ring Out, Ring Out A Joyful Peal

• Ring Out, Ring Out, O Christmas Bells

• Ring Out, Sweet Bells

• Ring Out, Wild Bells

• Ring Out, Ye Bells

• Ring Out, Ye Merry Bells

• Ring Out, Ye Throbbing Stars Of Night

• Ring Out, Ye Wild And Merry Bells

• Ring The Bells Of Bethlehem! Fred Pratt Green 1903-2000 © 1980 Stainer & Bell Ltd

• Ring The Bells, The Christmas Bells

• Ring The Joyful Christmas Bells (Alternate Title: In A Manger Lies The Child)

• Ring, Christmas Bells (Words: Minna Louise Hohman, copyright 1947; Music: "Carol of the Bells" by Peter J. Wilhousky, copyright 1936)

• Ring, Happy Bells

• Ring, Little Bells (Germany - Kling Glökchen Kling)

• Ring, Merry, Merry Bells!

• Ring, O Ye Bells, O Ring Out

• Ring, Ring The Bells

• Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow – Version 1

• Rise Up, Shepherds, And Follow – Version 2

• Rise, My Soul, Adore Thy Maker

• Rise, O Salem, Rise And Shine

• Rise, Wondering Shepherds, Rise

• River (Joni Mitchell, copyright)

• Rockabye Jesus

• Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Notes only; Words & Music by Johnny Marks, copyright 1958)

• Rocking Carol, The – Version 1 ("Jesus, Jesus, Little One," Translator Unknown)

• Rocking Carol, The – Version 2 ("Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep;" Translation by Percy Dearmer)

• Rocking Carol, The – Version 3 ("Jesus, Jesus, Baby Dear," Translation by George K. Evans, copyright 1963)

• Rocking Carol, The – (Original Czech Lyrics: Hajej, Nynej, Jezisku)

• Rod Of The Root Of Jesse

• Rorate

• Rose of Sharon

• Round Orange, Round Orange, You Serve As A Sign, Elizabeth Cosnett (born 1936)© 1992 Stainer & Bell Ltd. A Christingle carol.

• Rouse Ye, Shepherds (Walter Ehret, Copyright 1967)

• Rouse, Rouse From Your Slumbers

• Royal Day That Chasest Gloom

• Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Notes only; Words & Music by John D. Marks, copyright 1949)

• Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Belle Of The Ball – Humor)

• Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Iron The Red Atom Molecule - Humor)

• Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Rudolph … As Written By The IRS – Humor)

• Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Rudolph … Used To Have A Steady Job – Humor)

• Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Simpson's Version – Humor)

• Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Uh Oh We’re In The Red, Dear – Humor)

Note: There are a large number of parodies of Rudolph. However, many of them do not fit the criteria for inclusion on this web site.  For more information about this criteria, see the FAQ.

• Run, Rudolph, Run (Marvin Lee Brodie & John D. Marks; Alternate Title: Run Run Rudolph)

• Run, Shepherds, Run

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For more information about these two formats, see: NWC & XML.

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Table of Contents
Non-English Carols and Hymns

Acknowledgements

Bibliography
Includes links to other sites and to Amazon.com for printed collections, histories, etc.

Sheet Music Sources

Free Christmas MP3s

Carol Services

Calendars of Carols
November, December and January

Some Feast Days During the Christmas-Tide

St. Nicholas
Feast Day: December 6
From Saint Nicholas to Santa Claus: A History

St Stephen
(December 26)

St. John The Evangelist
(December 27)

The Holy Innocents
(December 28)

Tables of Contents

Joseph Ritson, ed., Ancient Songs and Ballads From The Reign of King Henry the Second To The Revolution. 1790.
W. Carew Hazlitt, ed., Third Edition.
London: Reeves And Turner, 1877.
Repr. Detroit, MI: Singing Tree Press, 1968.
Table of Contents

Davies Gilbert, Some Ancient Christmas Carols
London: John Nichols And Son, 1822
London: John Nichols And Son, Second Edition, 1823
Preface
Table Of Contents

William Sandys, Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern
London: Richard Beckley, 1833
Introduction
Christmas Play of Saint George
Table of Contents

Thomas Wright, Specimens of Old Christmas Carols
The Percy Society,  1841
Table of Contents

Thomas Wright, Songs and Carols
The Percy Society, 1847
Table of Contents

William Sandys, Christmas-tide, Its History, Festivities and Carols, With Their Music
London: John Russell Smith, 1852
A Mock Play
Christmas Play of St. George and the Dragon
Table of Contents

Rev. J. (John) Freeman Young, ed., Carols For Christmas Tide
New York: Daniel Dana, Jr., 1859
Earth Today Rejoices
Earthly Friends Will Change And Falter
Good Christian Men Rejoice
Good King Wenceslas
Here Is Joy For Every Age
Royal Day That Chasest Gloom
Silent Night, Holy Night

Also see additional notes in
Hymns and Music For The Young - Parts One & Two - J. F. Young.

John Clark Hollister, ed., The Sunday-School Service and Tune Book
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1863, 1865.
Table of Contents

John Henry Hopkins, Jr., Carols, Hymns and Songs
New York: Church Book Depository, 1863
The Angel Chorus
Evergreen, Holly And Laurel
The Christmas Tree
The Shepherds of Bethlehem
Three Kings Of Orient

Joshua Sylvestre, A Garland of Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern
London: 1861, reprinted by A. Wessels Company, New York, 1901
Table of Contents and Introduction

Edward F. Rimbault, A Little Book Of Christmas Carols.
London: Cramer, Beale & Co., 201, Regent Street, No Date (circa 1863).
Preface
Table Of Contents

William Henry Husk, Songs of the Nativity
London: John Camden Hotten, 1868, reprinted by Norwood Editions, Norwood, PA, 1873
Introduction
Table of Contents

Henry Ramsden Bramley and John Stainer, Christmas Carols New and Old
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., ca 1871, 1878
Introduction To The First Series
Introduction To The Second Series
Introduction To A Combined Volume 1871 (First and Second Series)
Introduction To A Combined Volume
(First, Second & Third Series)
Table of Contents

A. H. Bullen, A Christmas Garland: Carols and Poems From The Fifteenth Century To The Present Time
London: John C. Nimmo, 1885
Preface
Table of Contents

J. H. Hopkins, Great Hymns of the Church Compiled By The Late Right Reverend John Freeman Young
New York: James Pott & Company, 1887
Preface
Table of Contents

J. A. Fuller Maitland, English Carols of the Fifteenth Century
London: The Leadenhall Press, E.C., ca. 1891.
Introduction
Table of Contents
Appendix

Richard R. Chope, Carols For Use In Church
London: William Clowes & Sons, The Complete Edition, 1894
Introduction
Table of Contents
Carol Services

George Ratcliffe Woodward, The Cowley Carol Book
First Series, Expanded and Enlarged, Preface To First Series
London: A. R. Mowbray & Co., Ltd., ca. 1902
Second Series, Preface To Second Series
London: A. R. Mowbray & Co., Ltd., ca. 1912
Table Of Contents

Phillips Brooks, Christmas Songs and Easter Carols
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1903
Table of Contents

George Ratcliffe Woodward, ed., Songs of Syon
London: Schott & Co., Third Edition, 1908
Table of Contents

Edith Rickert, Ancient English Christmas Carols
London: Chatto & Windus, 1910
Introduction
Table of Contents
Glossary
Illustrations

Cecil J. Sharp, English Folk-Carols
London: Novello & Co., 1911
Table of Content, Preface, and Introduction

Richard R. Terry, Twelve Christmas Carols
London: J. Curwen & Sons, Ltd., 1912
Table Of Contents

Martin Shaw and Percy Dearmer, The English Carol Book
London: Mowbray & Co., Ltd.
First Series, 1913
Second Series, 1919
Complete Edition, 1938
Carol Service, 1947

Charles L. Hutchins, Carols Old and Carols New
Boston: Parish Choir, 1916
Table of Contents

Charles Wood and George Ratcliffe Woodward, eds., An Italian Carol Book
London: The Faith Press, Ltd., 1920
Table of Contents and Preface

George Ratcliffe Woodward, The Babe Of Bethlehem
Being Some Christmas Carols
Hillsgate Village, 1923
Table Of Contents

Charles Wood and George Ratcliffe Woodward, The Cambridge Carol-Book
Being Fifty-Two Songs For Christmas, Easter, And Other Seasons
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1924
Table of Contents

W. A. Pickard-Cambridge, A Collection of Dorset Carols
London: A. W. Ridley & Co., 1926
Preface
Table of Contents
This significant collection has been overlooked;
I would recommend this volume to the serious student of carols.

Ralph Dunstan, The Cornish Song Book (Lyver Canow Kernewek)
London: Reid Bros., Ltd., 1929
Introduction To Cornish Carols
Cornish Carols

Richard R. Terry, Gilbert and Sandys' Christmas Carols
London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, Ltd., 1931
Preface
Table of Contents

Roy Ringwald, Book Of American Carols
Penn State University, 2004
Index

William Hone, The Every Day Book
2 Vols.
London: William Tegg, 1825, 1827.

Brand's Popular Antiquities Of Great Britain
Selections from Hazlitt's Edition of 1905
Coming Soon Are Excerpts From the Ellis Edition of 1888

Christmas Poetry And Prose

What Is Meter?

Hymnals And Carol Collections

Collections Being Sought

Other Christmas Literature and Reference Works

A Little Book for Christmas - Cyrus Townsend Brady (1917)

A Righte Merrie Christmasse!!! - John Ashton (1894)

Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of England - Robert Bell (1857) (Text)

Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England - Robert Bell (PDF)

Another Easy Christmas Book - Ruth Putnam Kimball (PDF, Illustrated; Source: Internet Archive)

The Children's Book of Christmas Stories - Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner

Christmas: Its Origin and Associations - William Francis Dawson (1902)

Christmas: Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse - Robert Haven Schauffler (1907; from the Our American Holidays series; PDF, Illustrated; Source: Internet Archive)

Christmas Entertainments - Alice Maude Kellogg (Text)

Christmas In Legend And Story - Elva S. Smith and Alice I. Hazeltine (1915)

Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan - Clement A. Miles (1912)

Christmas Stories And Legends - Phebe A. Curtiss (1916) (Text)

The Doré Gallery of Bible Illustrations - Gustave Doré (1891)

Folk Lore of East Yorkshire - John Nicholson (1890)

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints - Alban Butler
January-February-March (1895)

Holiday Stories for Young People - Margaret E. Sangster

The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For Children - Anonymous

Our Holidays: Their Meaning and Spirit - from St. Nicholas Magazine

Traditions, Superstitions, and Folklore - Charles Hardwick (1872)

Yule-Tide in Many Lands - Mary P. Pringle and Clara A. Urann (1916)

Latin for Beginners - Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge (1911)

New Latin Grammar - Charles E. Bennett (1895, 1908, 1918)

Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles - A First Latin Reader - John Kirtland (1903)

The Roman Pronunciation of Latin - Frances Ellen Lord

A_Latin_English_Dictionary-Thomas Hewitt Key (1888)

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