Index of the Hymns and Carols of Christmas

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• Saint John, Saint John, Was Christ’s disciple

• Saint Joseph, Meek And Mild

• Saint Mary, Mother Mild

• Saint Nicholas - Patron of School Children

• Saint Of God, Elect And Precious

• Saint Stephen Was A Clerk

• Saint Stephen Was A Holy Man - Version 1 (Gilbert)

• Saint Stephen Was An Holy Man - Version 2 (Sandys)

• St. Nicholas, Good Holy Man (Dutch: Sinterklaas, Goed Heilig Man)

• Saints! The Glorious Mother Greeting

• The Salutation Carol (Alternate Title: Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell; First Line: Tidings true there be come new)

• Salvator mundi, Domine - Edith Rickert (Version 1)

• Salvator mundi, Domine - Edith Rickert (Version 2)

• Salvator mundi Domine - Thomas Wright

• Same Old Auld Lang Syne (Dan Fogelberg, copyright)

• Sans Day Carol (Alternate Title: Now The Holly Bears a Berry)

• Santa Baby (Words and Music: Joan Javits Zeeman, Phil Springer and Tony Springer, copyright 1953)

• Santa, Bring My Baby Back (To Me) (Words and Music: Claude DeMetrius and Aaron Schroeder, copyright 1957)

• Santa Claus (Humor, to the tune of Rocket Man)

• Santa Claus (It Must've Been Ol’) (Words and Music By Harry Connick, Jr., copyright 1993)

• Santa Claus Express, The

• Santa Claus Is Back In Town (Words and Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, copyright 1957)

• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Words & Music by J. Fred Coots and Henry Gillespie, 1932; Notes)

• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Christmas Time Is Coming Round – Humor)

• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Gil Amelio’s Coming To Town! – Humor)

• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Outlet Mall – Humor)

• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Sam & Roz Are Coming to Town – Humor; copyright by MAD Magazine, late 1970s)

• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Santa Claus Is Tapping Your Phone [How Santa Knows If You’ve Been Good] – Humor)

• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Santa Claus Is Watching For DUIs - Humor)

• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (The Chemistry Teacher's Coming to Town - Humor

• Santa Claus Is Watching You (Ray Stevens, copyright)

• The Santa Claus Rock (Pearlman & Thomson, copyright 2002)

• Santa Claus, Indiana, USA (Words and Music: Abe Olman and Al Jacobs, copyright 1959)

• Santa Claus, You Are Much Too Fat (Humor)

• Santa’s Beard (They Might Be Giants)

• Santa's Beard (Words and Music by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, copyright 1964)

• Savior Eternal! (Health and Life of the World)

• Savior Of The Nations, Come (Version 1; Translation of the Latin Veni, Redemptor gentium)

• Savior Of The Nations, Come (Version 2)

• Saviour Of The Nations, Come (Pre-1908 translation from the Moravian Church)

• Savior Of The Nations, Come (German, Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland translation of the Latin, Veni, Redemptor gentium)

• The Saviour Comes! Sing Praise To Him

• Saviour Of Children

• Saviour’s Day (Words and Music by Chris Eaton, Date Unknown)

• Saviour's Day - Cliff Richard, Copyright 1990.

• Saw You Never, In The Twilight?

• Say You This Pagan Mistletoe, Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) © 1980 Stainer & Bell Ltd

• The Scene Around Me Disappears

• Scrooge (Words and Music: Paul Williams, From the Muppet Christmas Carol, copyright 1992)

• Search For Lodging, The (Mexico - Pedida de la Posada)

• Seaventh chapter of Isai - Thomas Wright

• The second person in Trinitié - Thomas Wright

• Secret Birth (Lyrics by Bishop Timothy Dudley-Smith)

• Secret of Christmas (Words: Sammy Cahn, Music: Edward Chester Babcock, circa 1959)

• See Amid The Winter’s Snow (Alternate Titles: See In Yonder Manger Low and Hymn for Christmas Day)

• See The Glory, More Than Glimmer, Andrew E Pratt (born 1948) © Stainer & Bell Ltd

• See Seraphic Throngs Descending

• See, He Comes

• See, The Morning Star is Dwelling - Version 1

• See! The Morning Star Is Dwelling (Alternate Title: Morning Star, The ) - Version 2

• The Servingman and the Husbandman

• Seven Joys Of Mary, The - -Version 1 (Compare: The First Good Joy Our Mary Had)

• The Seven Joys Of Mary - Version 2

• The Seven Joys Of Mary - John Jacob Niles

• Seven Virgins, The - Version 2 (All under the leaves, the leaves of life)

• Seÿt Steuene Was A Clerk (A Carol For St. Stephen's Day; Middle English)

• Shades Of Silent Night

• Shake Me I Rattle (Words and Music: Hal Hackady and Charles Naylor, Date Unknown)

• Shall I Tell You Who Will Come

• She May Be Called A Sovereign Lady (First Line: A maid peerless hath born God's Son)

• Sheep and Shepherds (Quem pastores laudavere, Lyrics Translated by Malcolm Williamson, b.1931, copyright 1988)

• Sheep Fast Asleep

• Shepherd, Leave Thy Sheep (Link opens in a new window at Sally DeFord Music)

• The Shepherds (Words and Music: Peter Cornelius; translator unknown; Alternate Title: Shepherds Watching Their Sheep. From Hutchins)

• The Shepherds (By Henry Vaughan; Alternate Title: Silex Scintillans; From Rickert)

• Shepherds, Words and Music by Bruce Cockburn, from his CD Christmas (copyright 1993); link opens in external site

• Shepherds Amazed, The

• Shepherds Came, Their Praises Bringing (Translation of Quem Pastores Laudavere by George B. Caird, copyright 1944)

• Shepherds Had An Angel, The

• Shepherds In Judea

• The Shepherds Keep Their Flocks By Night

• The Shepherds Keep Their Flocks By Night

• Shepherds Left Their Flocks A-Straying, Imogen Holst

• Shepherds Night Watch Keeping

• The Shepherds of Bethlehem

• Shepherds Sang Their Praises O'er Him, Translation by Keyte and Parrott, The New Oxford Book of Carols, copyright 1992

• Shepherds Watching O'er The Plain

• Shepherds Watching Their Sheep (Words and Music: Peter Cornelius; translator unknown; Alternate Title: The Shepherds)

• Shepherds Went Their Hasty Way, The - Coleridge (Alternate Title: A Christmas Carol)

• Shepherds Were Watching, The

• Shepherds, Arise! Be Not Afraid

• Shepherds, In the Field Abiding

• Shepherds, Rejoice! Lift Up Your Eyes - Version 1

• Shepherds, Rejoice! Lift Up Your Eyes - Version 2

• Shepherds, Rejoice, Lift Up Your Eyes - Version 3

• Shepherds, Up!

• Shepherds, What Fragrance (Hugh Keyte and Andrew Parrott, copyright, 1992; French: Quelle est cette odeur agréable)

• Shepherds! Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep (French Lyrics: "Berger, Secoue Ton Sommeil Profond")

• The Shepherd’s Carol (Round)

• The Shepherd's Carol - Billings

• Shepherd's Cradle Song

• Shepherd's On Fair Bethlehem's Plain

• Shepherd's Song, The (First Line: Shepherds Five In A Ring)

• Shepherd's Song, The (First Line: Sweet Music, sweeter far)

• Shepherd’s Rocking Carol (Czech: Hajej, Nynej, Jezisku)

• Shepherd’s Rocking Carol (Czech: Hajej, Nynej, Jezisku), Translated by Elizabeth Poston, copyright, 1965

• Shine Calm And Bright, Ye Moonbeams Bright

• Shine On (First Line: See the brightly shining star)

• Shine On, Bethlehem's Star

• Shine On, Fair Star

• Shining Out Of Darkness

• Shining O'er Bethlehem

• Shout The Glad Tidings (Alternate Title: Shout the Glad Tidings, Exultingly Sing)

• Silent Night, Holy Night - Notes

• Silent Night, Holy Night (7 O'Clock News, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, copyright)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (English Translation by Bishop John Freeman Young, 1871)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Free Translation by Huge Keyte and Andrew Parrott, The New Oxford Book of Carols, copyright 1992)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (French, "Douce Nuit! Sainte Nuit!")

• Silent Night, Holy Night (German Original, "Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!")

• Silent Night, Holy Night (English translation of the six German verses that is being distributed by the tourist office in Oberndorf, Austria)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Holy Night, Peaceful Night, Version 1, Translation by Miss Jane Montgomery Campbell, 1863)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Holy Night, Peaceful Night, Version 2, Translation by Miss Jane Montgomery Campbell, 1863)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Holy Night! Peaceful Night! - Version 3, Translation by Miss Jane Montgomery Campbell, 1893)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Joyous Christmas! Holy Christmas!, English Translation of Glade jul, hellige jul! from Mike and Else's Norwegian Songbook (Bloomington, MN: Skandisk, 1985).

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Latin, "Silens Nox, Sacra Nox")

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Latin, "Silens Nox, Sancta Nox")

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Latin, "Tranquilla Nox! Sancta Nox!")

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Norwegian, "Glade jol," Translation by T. B. S. Ingemann (1850) and O. Bernt Støylen (1905)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Norwegian, "Glade jul, dejlige jul," Translation by T. B. S. Ingemann, 1850)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Norwegian, "Glade jul, hellige jul," said to be a translation by H. A. Brorson, but also attributed to T. B. S. Ingemann)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Norwegian, "Stille Natt - Heilage Natt!," translation by Erik Hillestad, 1991)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Norwegian, "Stille Natt! Heilage Natt!," Translator And Date Unknown)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Silent Mac, Broken Mac – Humor)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Silent Night! Hallow'd Night!; Translator and Date Unknown)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Silent Night, Holiest Night, Translation by Paul Gallico, copyright 1967)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Silent Night, Peaceful Night; Translator And Date Unknown)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Still the night, Holy the night, Translation by Rev. Stopford A. Brooks, 1881)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Translation 6; Translator And Date Unknown; "Round yon godly tender pair")

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Translation 7; Translator: W. G. Rothery; "Starry skies beaming bright")

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Translation 9; Translator And Date Unknown; "All is dark, save the light" - Version 1)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Translation 10; Translator And Date Unknown; "All is dark, save the light" - Version 2)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Translation 11; Translator And Date Unknown; "Through the darkness beams a light")

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Translation by David Willcocks, copyright circa 1970).

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Translation by Elizabeth Poston, The Penguin Book of Carols, copyright 1965)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Translation by Frank Peterson, Date Unknown; "All's asleep, one sole light")

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Translation by G. B. Timms, The New English Hymnal, copyright 1986)

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Translation 14; Translator and Date unknown; "Darkness flies, all is light")

• Silent Night, Holy Night (Translation by Nicola A. Montani, 1920, The St. Gregory Hymnal, 1940)

• Silent Night, Sacred Night (Translator Unknown; Crown Hymnal, 1912).

• Silent Stars, The (Words and Music: John Jacob Niles, copyright 1948; First Line: The same silent stars stood still in the sky")

• Silent Stars Were Watching

• Silently Falling Snow

• Silver and Gold (Words and Music by Johnny Marks, copyright 1964)

• Silver Bells (Words & Music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, copyright 1950)

• Silver Bells (Buy and Sell – Humor)

• Silver Bells (Silent Labs - Humor)

• Silver Bells (Silver Nitrate - Humor)

• Simple Birth, The

• Simple Carollers Are We

• Sing Hosanna, Hallelujah! (Words and Music: Randy Sparks and Nick Woods, Copyright 1963)

• Sing Hosanna! Blessed Be He That Cometh

• Sing Hosanna! Zion Sing!

• Sing Noel

• Sing Noel (Go Chicago, For Chicago Fans– Humor; opens in a new window at RabidFans.com, Copyright 1998 Dale & Pru Palecek)

• Sing Noel (Go Denver, For Denver Fans– Humor; opens in a new window at RabidFans.com, Copyright 1998 Dale & Pru Palecek)

• Sing Noel (Go Pittsburgh, For Pittsburgh Fans– Humor; opens in a new window at RabidFans.com, Copyright 1998 Dale & Pru Palecek)

• Sing Of Maiden Mary

• Sing of Mary, Blest Is She (Words: Vincent Uher, copyright 1996)

• Sing Out Your Gladsome Carols

• Sing Praise To God, The Greatest Good (adaptation of Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above by the Editors, Lutheran Book of Worship, copyright 1978, Hymn 542; Sei Lob und Ehr' dem höchsten Gut)

• Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (Francis Elizabeth Cox Translation of Sei Lob und Ehr' dem höchsten Gut - Version 1)

• Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (Francis Elizabeth Cox Translation of Sei Lob und Ehr' dem höchsten Gut - Version 2)

• Sing Sweet Carols

• Sing The Carol! Raise Your Voices!

• Sing To The Lord A New Melodious Song

• Sing To The Lord, Ye Distant Land

• Sing We 'Ave,' Word Endearing

• Sing We Merry Christmas

• Sing We Noel

• Sing We Now Of Christmas

• Sing We Now Of Joy And Gladness

• Sing we to this merry company (O queen of heaven, thou sittest in thy see)

• Sing We, Then, Merrily

• Sing With Gladness!

• Sing With Joy, 'Tis Christmas Morn

• Sing Ye The Songs of Praise

• Sing, O Children

• Sing, O Sing, This Blessed Morn

• Sing, Sing A Song of Christmas (Words and Music by Janice Kapp Perry, from her album,  "Christmas, A Holiday of the Heart")

• Sing, Sing For Christmas

• Sinless One to Jordan Came, The (George B. Timms (1910), copyright; See #120 in The Hymnal 1982; and #58 in The New English Hymnal)

• The Sinner's Redemption

• Sir Christmas

• Sit You, Merry Gentlemen

• Six White Boomers (By Rolf Harris, Date Unknown)

• Sky Can Still Remember, The

• Sled Zeppelin (Humor from Bob Rivers, Bob Rivers’ Twisted Tunes)

• Sleep of the Child Jesus, The

• Sleep Of The Infant Jesus, The

• Sleep Well, Little Children (Words by Alan Bergman; Music by Leon Klatzkin, copyright 1956)

• Sleep, Baby Mine, In Happy Case

• Sleep, Holy Babe

• Sleep, Holy Child, on Mary's Gentle Breast (Words: © Robert J. Higginson, 2000)

• Sleep, My Infant Saviour

• Sleep, My Little Jesus (Alternate Title: Mary’s Manger Song)

• Sleep, My Saviour, Sleep

• Sleep, Sleep, O Beautiful Baby (Dormi, Dormi O Bel Bambin, Traditional Italian)

• Sleepin' Little Jesus (Alternate Titles: Polish Carol or Polish Lullaby, Lulajze Jezuniu)

• Sleepers, Wake! A Voice Astounds Us (Translation of Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme by Carl P. Daw, Jr. (1944-), copyright; See #61 and 62 in The Hymnal 1982)

• Sleepers, Wake! The Watch-Cry Pealeth (Translation of Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme by Frances E. Cox)

• Sleigh Ride (Music by Leroy Anderson, 1948, Words by Mitchell Parrish, 1950)

• Sleigh Ride (Christmas Shopping – Humor)

• Slowly Fall The Snowflakes

• Slumberers, Wake, The Bridegroom Cometh! (J. H. Hopkins Translation of Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme)Snoopy's Christmas (Performed by the Royal Guardsmen, 1960s)

• Snow (Words and Music: Irving Berlin; Featured in the 1954 film White Christmas)

• Snow Falls Over The Trees (Authorship Unknown)

• Snow Falls Soft In The Night (German: Leise rieselt der Schnee)

• The Snow In The Street

• Snow Lies Thick, The

• Snow Lay Deep Upon The Ground, The

• Snow Lay On The Ground, The

• Snow Miser’s Song, The (from the Rankin-Bass TV Production "The Year Without Santa Claus," copyright 1974)

• So Happy All The Day (Alternate Title: Bethlehem Shepherd-Boy's Tale, The)

• So Laughing In Lap Laid (“Quid petis, O Fili?”)

• So, Now Is Come Our Joyful'st Feast (Middle English)

• Soft Falls The Snow

• Soft the Evening Shadows Fall (Timothy Dudley-Smith, copyright 1986)

• Softly The Night Is Sleeping

• Sojourners And Strangers

• Some Children See Him (Alfred Burt and Wilha Huston, copyright 1954; opens in new window at the Alfred Burt Carols web site)

• Some Rightly Celebrate

• Some Say That Ever Against

• Someday At Christmas (Stevie Wonder, copyright)

• Somerset Wassail - Version 1

• Somerset Wassail - Version 2

• The Son Of Man From Jordan Rose

• Son Of God Is Born For All, The

• The Son Of God Came Down In Love

• The Son Of God Goes Forth To War

• Son of God, Eternal Savior

• The Son Of God, So High, So Great

• The Son Of The Father Of Heavenly Bliss

• Son Sleep (Figlio Dormi, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsburger, 1575 - 1661)

• Song Of Angels, The (Words and Music by Adrian Vermeulen-Miller, copyright, used with permission; for more Vermeulen-Miller carols, please visit New Hope Music)

• Song of Mary (Translation and adaptation of the Magnificat; translator unknown)

• Song of the Ship

• The Song Of The Women

• Songs Of Praise The Angels Sang

• Songs of Thankfulness and Praise

• Sons of Levi

• Sons Of Men, Behold From Far

• Soren Banjomus (Danish Original: Soren Banjomus)

• Soul Cakes

• Soul Wherein God Dwells, The

• The Splendour (First Line: Behold what splendour, hear that shout!)

• Standing At The Portal

• Star Carol, The (Alfred Burt and Wilha Huston, copyright 1954; opens in new window at the Alfred Burt Carols web site)

• Star Carol, The (Canzone d’I Zampognari) (English Lyric and Musical Adaptation by Peter Seeger, copyright 1952, renewed 1980)

• Star In The East

• Star Lullaby

• Star Of Bethlehem (First Line: Lo! the eastern sages rise)

• Star Of Bethlehem, Sweetly Shining

• The Star Of Bethlehem - Version 1

• The Star Of Bethlehem - Version 2

• The Star of Bethlehem (Link opens in a new window at Sally DeFord Music)

• Star of Glory, Brightly Streaming

• Star Of Heaven, New Glory Beaming

• Star Of The East (Translation of Stern über Bethleh'm)

• Star Of The East (Southern Harmony and Reginald Heber)

• Star Proclaims The King Is Here, The

• Stars All Bright Are Beaming

• Stars Are Brightly Shining, The

• Stars Are Shining Bright and Clear, The

• Stars Of Glory Shine More Bright

• Stars Of The Morning!

• Stars Were Gleaming (Translation of W zlobie lezy)

• Step Into Christmas (Lyrics by Bernie Taupin, Music by Elton John; Performed by Elton John and released as a UK single in November, 1973)

• Still, Still, Still – Version 1 (Original Austrian lyrics)

• Still, Still, Still – Version 2

• Still, Still, Still – Version 3

• Still, Still, Still (Hush, Hush, Hush)

• Still, Still, Still (Tom Parker and Amy Vanmeenen, Date Unknown)

• Storm And Terror, Grief And Error

• Story of the Shepherd, The

• Story of the Wise Men

• Story That Never Grows Old, The

• Such A Calm Stillness Envelops The Night, Alan Gaunt (born 1935) © Stainer & Bell Ltd

• Suddenly (Written by Fred Hammond, Kim Rutherford, and Noel Hall, copyright 1996, performed by Various Artists; it is found on the 1996 CD "The Real Meaning of Christmas"; link opens in a new window at Amazon.com)

• Summer Has Gone With Its Bloom And Its Fountains

• Sun Of Righteousness

• Susani (Alternate Title: From heaven on high, the angels sing)

• Susanni (Alternate Title: A Little Child There Is Ybore)

• Sussex Carol – Version 1 (Also Known As On Christmas Night True Christians Sing)

• Sussex Carol – Version 2 (Also Known As On Christmas Night True Christians Sing)

• Sussex Carol – Version 3  (Also Known As On Christmas Night True Christians Sing)

• Sussex Carol – Version 4  (Also Known As On Christmas Night True Christians Sing)

• Sussex Mummers' Carol, The

• Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol

• Suzy Snowflake (Words and Music by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett, copyright 1951)

• Sweet Angels, Ever Bright And Fair

• Sweet Babe, That, Wrapt In Twilight Shade

• Sweet Child Divine

• Sweet Flowerets of the Martyr Band - Version 1

• Sweet Flow'rets Of The Martyr Band - Version 2

• Sweet Jhesus Is Cum To Us

• Sweet Little Jesus Boy (Words and Music: Robert MacGimsey, 1932)

• Sweet Little Jesus Child (Written by Percy Bady, copyright 1996, performed by Kim Rutherford; it is found on the 1996 CD "The Real Meaning of Christmas"; link opens in a new window at Amazon.com)

• Sweet Mary Lulled Her Blessed Child

• Sweet Musicke, Sweeter Farre (Middle English)

• Sweet Was The Song The Virgin Sung

• Sweeter Sounds Than Music Knows

• Sweetest Music, Softly Stealing

• Sweetly Sang The Angels

• Swelling O'er The Mountains (Alternate Title: O'er The Mountains)

• Synfull man thou art vnkynde (Middle English; retyped in Old Blackletter)

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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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