Index of the Hymns and Carols of Christmas

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• Under A Tre, In Sportyng Me

• Under The Stars, One Holy Night

• Unto Us A Boy Is Born (Based on Puer Nobis Nascitur, Translated by Percy Dearmer, The Oxford Book of Carols, copyright 1928)

• Unto Us A Boy Is Born (Based on Puer Nobis Nascitur, Translated by Hugh Keyte and Andrew Parrott, The New Oxford Book of Carols, copyright 1992)

• Unto Us A Child Is Born (Based on Puer Nobis Nascitur, Translated by J. Fulton)

• Unto Us A Son Is Giv'n

• Unto Us Is Born A Son (Based on Puer Nobis Nascitur, Translator: G. R. Woodward, adapted by Elizabeth Poston, The Penguin Book of Christmas Carols, copyright 1965)

• Unto Us Is Born A Son  (Based on Puer Nobis Nascitur, Translated by George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1859-1934, Version 2)

• Unto Us Is Born A Son (Based on Puer Nobis Nascitur, Translated by George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1859-1934, Alt, Version 3)

• Up And Shake Thee, Peterkin

• Up Good Christen Folk and Listen

• Up In The Old Mossy Tower; Compare: Christmas Bells (First Line: Up in the old mossy tower)

• Up On The House Top

• Up On The House Top (Dreams Of Christmas – Humor)

• Up On The House Top (Fred, Our Elf Hero – Humor)

• Up! Awake! From Highest Steeple

• Up! Awake! His Summons Hurried

• Up, Up, Pierre

• Upon A Wisp of Litter

• Upon Christmas Day In The Morning

• Upon The Holy Mount They Stood

• Upon The Snow-clad Earth Without

• Upon the Twenty-fifth of December

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• Veiled In Darkness Judah Lay

• Venés Veire Din L’estable (French, from William Sandys, 1833)

• Veni Veni Emmanuel (Translation and Notes: O Come O Come Emmanuel)

• Victorious Lord! How Uncontroul'd Thy Power!

• Vines Branching Stilly

• Virgin And Child, The - Version 1, Bramley & Stainer (Alternate Title: On Yester Night I Saw A Sight)

• Virgin And The Child, The - Version 2, Hutchins (Alternate Title: On Yesternight I Saw A Sight)

• The Virgin Had A Baby Boy

• The Virgin Mary Hath Conceived

• The Virgin Unspotted

• Virgin-Born! We Bow Before Thee

• Virgin, Full Of Grace

• Virgin, Wholly Marvellous

• The Virgin's Cradle-Hymn

• Virgin's Lullabye, The (Alternate Title: Thy Dear Cheeks, My Child)

• Virgin’s Slumber Song

• The Voice Of The Christ Child (First Line: The earth has grown old with its burden of care)

• Voice Your Joy Together Now (Universi populi)

• Voices of Angels

• Vpon A Lady Fayre & Bright

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• Wait’s Song, The

• Wake All Music's Magic Powers

• Wake From Your Sleep

• Wake, Arise! The Call Obeying - Arthur T. Russell (Translation of Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme)

• Wake, Arise! The Voice Is Calling - Anonymous  (Translation of Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme)

• Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying (Catherine Winkworth Translation of Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, by Philipp Nicolai, 1599)

• Wake, My Heart, While Round Thee Swelling

• Wake, My Soul! In Careless Slumber

• Wake, Oh Wake; Around Are Flying - Arthur T. Russell (Translation of Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme)

• Wake, Oh Wake; the Day Ariseth - Arthur T. Russell

• Wake, O Wake! With Tidings Thrilling (Francis Crawford Burkitt Translation of Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, by Philipp Nicolai, 1599)

• Wake The Startling Watch-Cry Pealeth (Cox's original translation)

• Wake! The Startling Watch-Cry Pealeth (Frances Elizabeth Cox Translation of Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, by Philipp Nicolai, 1599)

• Wake! The Watchman's Voice Is Sounding - Robert C. Singleton (Translation of Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme)

• Wake! The Welcome Day Appeareth (Cox' original translation)

• Wake! The Welcome Day Appeareth (From Woodward, with music)

• Wake, Ye Holy Maidens, Fearing (Translation of Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, altered from Philip Pusey's "Wake, Ye Holy Maidens, Wake Ye.")

• Waken, Christians! Greet The Morn

• Waken! Christian Children

• Waking Out Of Silence

• Was Not Christ Our Saviour

• Wassail Bough

• Wassail Chorus at the Mermaid Tavern

• The Wassail Song (Here We Come A-Wassailing)

• The Wassail Song (Here We Come A-Caroling)

• The Wassail Song (Here They Come Assailing - Humor)

• The Wassail Song (Here We Come A'wassailing Through The Convention Halls - Humor)

• The Wassail Song - Baring Gould

• The Wassail Song (First Line: O mistress, at your door our wassail begins)

• Wassail! Wassail! All Over The Town  - Version 1 (Alternate Title: Gloucestershire Wassail)

• Wassail! Wassail! All Over The Town - Version 2

• Wassail! Wassail! All Over The Town - Version 3

• Wassail! Wassail! All Over The Town - Version 4

• Wassail! Wassail! All Over The Town - Version 5 (with refrain)

• Wassail and Wassail All Over The Town - Version 6

• Wassail, Wassail, All Over The Town - Version 7

• Wassail, Wassail, All Over The Town - Version 8 (Wassail Song - Sharp)

• Wassail ! Wassail ! All Over The Town - Version 9 (Sylvester)

• Wassail, Wassail, Out of the Milk Pail

• Wassail, Wassail, Wassail, Sing We

• Wassailing Song

• Wasseyl. A Carol for Bringing in the Wasseyl Bowl on New Year's Eve and Twelfth Night

• Watching In The Meadows

• Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night

• Way That Unto Jesus Leads, The

• We Are But Little Children Weak

• We Are Santa's Elves (Music and Lyrics by Johnny Marks, copyright 1964)

• We Are The Magi From Orient (Noi Siamo I Magi dell’Oriente, Traditional Istrian)

• We Christians May Rejoice Today

• We Come Uneasy, God, This Festive Season, Fred Kaan (born 1929) © 1981 Stainer & Bell Ltd

• We Come With Loud Acclaim

• We Hail Thee With Rejoicing

• We Have Heard The Solemn Story

• We Haven't Come From Far, Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) © 1979 Stainer & Bell Ltd (Christmas)

• We Haven't Come From Far, Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) © 1979 Stainer & Bell Ltd A Toy Service Carol.

• We Need A Little Christmas (Words and Music by Jerry Herman, copyright 1966)

• We saw a light shine out a-far; The Golden Carol (a.k.a., The Golden Carol Of Melchoir, Caspar and Balthazar)

• We Saw Thee Now When Thou Didst Come

• We Sing A Song Of Christmas-time

• We Sing Of David's Daughter

• We Sing Of The Holy Happiness (La Santa Allegrezza, Traditional Neapolitan)

• We Sing, Immanuel, Thy Praise (Composite Translation of Wir Singen Dir Immanuel, Paul Gerhardt, 1653)

• We Sing To Thee, Emmanuel (Translation by Frances Elizabeth Cox)

• We Sing The Praise of Him Who Died

• We Three Kings Of Orient Are

• We Three Kings Of Orient Are (Three Alternate Verses - Humor)

• We Three Kings Of Orient Are (We Three Students Of Chemistry Are - Humor)

• We Wish You A Merry Christmas

• We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Let’s All Decorate The Night Tree)

• We Wish You A Merry Christmas (We Wish You A Happy Halogen - Humor)

• We Wish You A Merry Christmas (We Wish You Weren’t Living With Us – Humor from Bob Rivers, Bob Rivers’ Twisted Tunes)

• We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Version 1 from Manx

• We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Version 2 from Manx

• We Wish You The Merriest (Words and Music by Les Brown, Date Unknown)

• We Would See Jesus

• We’ll Dress the House  (Alfred Burt and Wilha Huston, copyright 1954; opens in new window at the Alfred Burt Carols web site)

• We'll Sing, In Spite Of Scorn

• We've Been Told A Joyful Thing

• We've Decked The Church With Ivy

• The Weather Carol (First Line: Shepherd of the mountain, | Lo! The God-head true)

• Weep, Weep, For Earth's Bereaved Ones (A Carol For The Holy Innocents)

• Welcome be this blessed feste (Middle English; retyped in Old Blackletter)

• Welcome By Thys Blissed Feest (Wright, 1847)

• Welcome Be Our Heavenly King (Alternate Title: Tidings, People, Take Good Heed)

• Welcome Christmas (Theodore Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) and Albert Hague, 1966; From The Grinch Who Stole Christmas; Notes)

• Welcome God's And Mary's Son

• Welcome Here

• Welcome To Earth, Thou Noble Guest

• Welcome To Our World (Words and Music by Chris Rice, 1994; From A Christmas To Remember, Amy Grant; link open in a new window at the website of Amy Grant)

• Welcome That Star In Judah's Sky

• Welcome Yule (Version 1; Alternate Title: Welcome Be Thou, Heaven-king; Source: Charles L. Hutchins)

• Welcome Yule (Version 2 from Edith Rickert)

• Welcome, Christmas, Welcome Here

• Welcome, Merry Christmas (Alternate Title: Be Merry All, Be Merry All)

• Welcome, Son of Mary

• Welcome, Sweet Christmas

• Welcome, Welcome Happy Morn

• Welcome, Welcome, "Holy Child!"

• Welcü Yole In Good Array

• Were You There On That Christmas Night? (Words and Music by Natalie Sleeth, copyright 1976)

• West Cornwall Wassail

• Wexford Carol

• Whan that my swete sone (Middle English; retyped in Old Blackletter)

• Whan the aungell Aue began (Middle English; retyped in Old Blackletter)

• What alleluya is a lofte (Middle English; retyped in Old Blackletter)

• What Angel Can the Grace Explain

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

• What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (Words and Music by Frank Loesser, copyright 1947)

• What Beauteous Sun-Surpassing Star

• What Cannot the Almighty Do

• What Child Is Here So Fair And Blest

• What Child Is This? – Version 1 (From Bramley and Stainer, 1871)

• What Child Is This? – Version 2 (Adapted from Bramley and Stainer)

• What Child Is This (Greensleeves)

• What Christmas Means To Me (Anna Gaye, Allen Story and George Gordy, Date Unknown)

• What Do They Say, These Bells To Me?

• What Dost Thou Fear, Oh, Enemy ?

• What Ear Shall Be Clos'd

• What Good News The Angels Bring

• What Heav'nly Music's This I Hear

• What Horror Profound! The Skies Are Rended

• What I Need (Words and Music: Michael McLeann (1952-), The Forgotten Carols (Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book Co., 1991, rev. 2003). Links open at exterior sites.

• What I Love About Christmas (Words and Music by Connie Zimmerman, copyright 1988, reproduced here with the permission of the author.  Please visit her web site, Cybergumbo. Other songs by Connie.)

• What Is New Upon The Earth?

• What Is That Fragrance? (Translator and Date Unknown; French: Quelle est cette odeur agréable)

• What Is That Which Shines Afar

• What Is This Fragrance (Translator: K. W. Simpson; French: Quelle est cette odeur agréable)

• What Is This Horror? The Sky Is Rended

• What Is The Crying At Jordan? (Notes Only; Words by Carol Christopher Drake (1933-) Are Copyright)

• What Is This Perfume So Appealing (Translator George K. Evans, copyright 1963; French: Quelle est cette odeur agréable)

• What Joyful News To Us Are Told

• What Kindness E'en to Mortal Foes

• What Makes Thee, Cruel Herod, Shake

• What Means This Glorious Radiance

• What Means This Glory Round Our Feet

• What Melody Is This I Hear

• What Notes Shall Suit The Song Divine

• What Shall We Bring To Thee

• What Sound Upon the Midnight Air? (Link opens in a new window at Sally DeFord Music)

• What Shepherds Saw, By Stable Light, Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) © 1989 Stainer & Bell Ltd

• What Soul-Inspiring Music

• What Sound Doth Jordan's Streams Appal?

• What Star Is This, With Beams So Bright - Version 1

• What Star Is This, With Beams So Bright - Version 2

• What Star Is This, With Beams So Bright - Version 3

• What Star Is This, With Beams So Bright - Version 4

• What Star Is This, With Beams So Bright - Version 5

• What Strangers Are These

• What Sudden Blaze Of Song

• What Terror Every Bosom Shakes

• What Terrors Shake My Trembling Soul!

• What The Shepherds Found

• What Time I Kept My Sheep In Fold (Alternate Title: Benedicamus Domino)

• What Tidings? (First Line: "A Babe is born of high nature")

• What Tidings Bringest Thou

• What Tidings Bringest Thou Messenger?

• What Tythyngis Bryngst Us, Messangere

• What Though The Snow Be On The Hill

• What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby?

• When A Baby In Your Arms, Brian Wren (born 1936) © 1993 Stainer & Bell Ltd

• When A Child Is Born

• When Adam First In Paradise

• When Angelick Host Entuned

• When Angels Rove The Restless Skies (Words: Colin Gibson, copyright 2001; Music: "Angelspiel" Colin Gibson, copyright 2001; link opens at an external site, The Practical Dreamers Drop-In Centre)

• When At Night I Go To Sleep (Evening or Children's Prayer From Hansel And Gretel)

• When Augustus Caesar Throughout

• When Bethlehem's Shepherds Home Returned

• When Bloody Herod Reigned King

• When Bloody Herod Reigned King-Roxburghe Ballads

• When Blossoms Flowered 'Mid The Snows

• When Came In Flesh The Incarnate Word

• When Caesar Augustus

• When Christ Enter'd The World, And It Lay Still

• When Christ In Bethlehem Was Born

• When Christ In Judah's Town Was Born

• When Christ Our Lord Drew Nigh

• When Christ Our Saviour Came On Earth

• When Christ the Lord Would Come On Earth (Advent)

• When Christ The Lord Would Come On Earth (St. John The Baptist)

• When Christ Was Born In Bethlehem (Laurence Housman, 1906)

• When Christ Was Born Of Mary Free (Similar: When Christ Was Born Of Pure Marie; Middle English: When Cryst Was Born of Mary Fre). Versions on this website include:

• Christo Paremus Cantica (Chambers and Sidgwick)

• In Excelsis Gloria - Version 1 (Source lost)

• In Excelsis Gloria - Version 2 (Bullen)

• In Excelsis Gloria - Version 3 (Pettman, 1899)

• In Excelsis Gloria - Version 4 (Sylvester and Pettman-1892)

• When Cryst Was Born of Mary Fre (Sandys, 1833)

• When Cryst was born of Mary fre - Thomas Wright (1841)

• When Christ Was Born of Mary Free (Bramley and Stainer) [this page]

• Similar: When Christ Was Born Of Pure Marie (Chope)

• When Christmas Cometh In Apace

• When Christ Was Born Of Pure Marie

• When Christ, The Son of Mary (Adaptation of Hitchcock translation of Canzone D'l Zampognari by Keyte and Parrott, copyright 1992)

• When Christ's Appearing Was Made Known (John Mason Neale Translation)

• When Christ's Appearing Was Made Known (The first verse in this version is trans. The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada, Copyright, 1971)

• When Christmas Morn Is Dawning - Version 1

• When Christmas Morn Is Dawning - Version 2 (English Translation of När Juldagsmorgon Glimmar)

• When Closing Was The Night Of Earth

• When Clouds of Darkness Veil the Sky

• When David's Daughter

• When From Our Father's House Astray

• When From The East The Wise Men Came

• When God At First Created Man - Version 1 (Davies Gilbert)

• When God At First Created Man - Version 2 (William Sandys)

• When God Was Born Of Mary Free

• When Herod In Jerusalem - Version 1 (Davies Gilbert)

• When Herod in Jerusalem - Version 2 (William Sandys)

• When Hope Was Born (Link opens in a new window at Sally DeFord Music)

• When I Say Merry Christmas (Words and Music by Janice Kapp Perry, copyright)

• When I View The Mother Holding

• When It Reach'd The Tyrant's Ear

• When Jesus Christ Incarnate Was

• When Jesus Christ Our Lord

• When Jesus The Lord

• When Jesus, Our Savior, In Mean Manger Laid

• When Jesus Our Saviour Was Born Below

• When Jesus Christ Was Twelve Years Old - Version 1

• When Jesus Christ Was Twelve Years Old - Version 2

• When Jesus Christ Was Yet A Child (Alternate Titles: Legend and The Crown Of The Roses)

• When Jesus Was A Baby (Notes only; Words: J. Steuart Wilson, 1928, Copyright)

• When Jesus Went To Jordan's Stream (Notes only; Words: Martin Luther (1483-1546); paraphrased by F. Bland Tucker (1895-1984), Copyright)

• When Joseph Was An Old Man - Version 1

• When Jordan Hushed His Waters Still - Version 1

• When Jordan Hushed His Waters Still - Version 2

• When Jordan Hushed His Waters Still - Version 3

• When Joseph Was A Young Man - Version 1

• When Joseph Was A Young Man - Version 2

• When Joseph Was An Old Man - Version 1

• When Joseph Was An Old Man - Version 2

• When Joseph Went To Bethlehem

• When Judah's Loyal Soul

• When, Marshaled On The Nightly Plain

• When Mary Sang her Lullaby (Link opens in a new window at Sally DeFord Music)

• When My Heart Finds Christmas (Words and Music by Harry Connick, Jr., copyright 1993)

• When O’er the World Augustus Reigned

• When Old Father Jacob Was Ready To Die

• When People and Priest, United in Prayer

• When Righteous Joseph Wedded Was - Version 1 (Gilbert)

• When Righteous Joseph Wedded Was - Version 2 (Sandys)

• When Righteous Joseph - Version 3 (English Carol Book)

• When righteous Joseph wedded was - The Roxburghe Ballads, Vol. VII (from the Roxburghe Collection, before 1661)

• When righteous Joseph wedded was - The Bruce Olson Collection (ca. 1658-1664)

• When Righteous Joseph wedded was - Samuel Pepys Collection, # II, 30 (date unknown)

• When righteous Joseph wedded was - Euing Collection, #126 (ca. 1658-1664)

• When Saint Stephen Was At Jerusalem

• When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter (Words and Music by John D. Marks, copyright 1950)

• When Shades Of Night Around Us Close

• When Silent Night In Darkness Rob’d

• When Sin Had Set Our World At Six and Seven

• When Sinners See Their Lost Condition

• When The Christ Was Born; Original Title: "A Christmas Carol (Two Parts) (Canon In The Second Above)"

• When The Crimson Sun Had Set

• When The Frost Turns The Berries Red, Brian Milsom (born 1926) © 1979 Stainer & Bell Ltd & The Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes. A Toy Service Carol.

• When The Harping Seraphim

• When The Mother Gave Birth To This Child (Rosa d’argento e Rosa d’amure, Traditional Neapolitan)

• When Thou, O Lord, In Flesh Wert Drest

• When To Thee Our Saviour Christ

• When Wise Men Came Seeking

• When With Powers of Heaven Attending

• Whenas the Rose of Jericho

• Whenas The Word Divine Had Found

• Whence Comes This Rush of Wings (Alternate Title: Carol of the Birds)

• Whence Is It That My Lord

• Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing (Translator A. B. Ramsay, French: Quelle est cette odeur agréable)

• Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing (Translator A. B. Ramsay and David Willcocks, copyright 1970; French: Quelle est cette odeur agréable)

• Whence Those Sounds Symphonious?

• Where Cross The Crowded Ways Of Life

• Where Have You Been Walking, Shepherdess?

• Where Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing (Translator R. Mather; French: Quelle est cette odeur agréable)

• Where Is The Holy Heaven-born Child

• Where Is the Room? (Christmas) - Shirley Erena Murray (opens in a new window at an exterior site)

• Where Is This Stupendous Stranger?

• Where Shall We Lay Him, Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) © 1977 Stainer & Bell Ltd

• Whereas Adam Caused By Sin

• While By The Sheep (Alternate Title: How Great Our Joy and The Echo Carol)

• While Certain Herdmen — Bergamasca, or Lerullelleru

• While Choirs Of Angels In The Sky

• While I My Flock Was Shepherding

• While In Peaceful Slumbers Lying

• While Nature Yielding To Despair

• While Shepherds In The Fields Did Dwell

• While Shepherds Watch'd Their Flocks By Night - Tate 1

• While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - Gilbert, 1822 (Alternate Titles: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night and The Vision of the Shepherds)

• While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - Sandys, 1833

• While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night - Chandler, 1837

• While Shepherds Watched For Flocks By Night - "The Nativity" From A Good Christmas Box, 1847

• While Humble Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - Hutchins, 1916

• While Shepherds Watched - RR Terry, 1933

• While Shepherds Were Feeding Their Flocks In The Field

• While The Shepherds Kept Their Vigil

• While The World Awaited  (Words: R. Michael Cullinan, Copyright 1996; Used With Permission)

• While Their Flocks the Shepherds Tended

• While We Our Weary Eyelids Close

• While With Ceaseless Course The Sun

• Whilst Bethlehem’s Shepherds Kept Their Flocks

• Whilst The Careless World Is Sleeping

• Whispering Winds Softly Sighing

• White Christmas (Notes only; Words and Music: Irving Berlin, copyright 1940 and 1942)

• White Christmas (Dog Christmas – Humor)

• White Christmas (Fast Connection – Humor)

• White Christmas (I’m Dreaming Of A Clean System – Humor)

• White Christmas (I'm Dreaming Of A White Precipitate – Humor)

• White Christmas (Quiet Christmas – Humor)

• White World Of Winter, The (Words by Mitchell Parish, Music by Hoagy Carmichael, copyright 1965)

• Who Are These Who Ride By Starlight (Words: Marnie Barrell, copyright 1996, used with permission)

• Who Did The Rebel Angels Quell

• Who Can Forget - Never To Be Forgot

• Who comes? A Child, Brian Wren (born 1936) © 1986, 1996 Stainer & Bell Ltd.

• Who God Devoutly Dreads

• Who Herod Did Of Old Inspire

• Who Is It Whistling On The Hill, Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) © 1973 Stainer & Bell Ltd

• Who Has Known? (Words and Music by John Foley, S.J., copyright)

• Who Is He In Yonder Stall - Version 1

• Who Is He In Yonder Stall - Version 2

• Who Is Running Up The Street, Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) © 1989 Stainer & Bell Ltd

• Who Is the Child that Is to Be Born? (Advent) - Shirley Erena Murray (opens in a new window at an exterior site)

• Who Is This? (First Line: Who is this in manger low)

• Who Is This Babe So Lowly

• Who Is This So Weak And Helpless

• Who Is This That Lies All Lowly

• Who Sweep the Stable When Christmas Is Over? (Another Servant Song) (Christmas) - Shirley Erena Murray (opens in a new window at an exterior site)

• Who Then That Is Mortal Man

• Who This Babe, Oh ! Maiden Fair

• Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas (Deanie Parker, Date Unknown)

• Who Were The Shepherds, Mary?

• Who Will Lead Me To The Manger ("Christ Manifest at the Altar") - For The Epiphany

• Who'd have thought the Lord Almighty (Words: Leland Bryant ROSS, 1996; opens in a new window at his site)

• Whom of Old The Shepherds Praised

• Whom The Sire of Heavn Begot

• Whoso You Be That Christ Do Seek

• Why Are Thy Tender Eyes So Bright

• Why Do Bells For Christmas Ring

• Why Dost Thou So Lowly Lie

• Why Doth That Impius Herod Fear

• Why Ring These Merry Bells Today?

• Why Should The Cruel Herod Fear?

• Why Should We Go Grieving?

• Why Should We Not With Joy Resound And Sing

• Why, Cruel Herod, Dost Thou Fear - Husenbeth, 1840-1841

• Why Cruel Herod Dost Thou Fear - Parsons, ca. 1844

• Why, Cruel Herod, Dost Thou Fear - Potter, 1857-1858

• Why, Cruel Herod, Dost Thou Fear - Singleton, 1857

• Why, Cruel Herod, Why In Fear

• Why, Herod, Dost Thou Fear in Vain

• Why, Herod, Unrelenting Foe

• Why, Herod, Why The Godhead Fear

• Why, Impious Herod, Shouldst Thou Fear

• Why, Impious Herod, Vainly Fear

• Why, Herod, Impious Tyrant, Fear, John David Chambers

• Why, Ruthless Herod, Why Should Fear

• Why, Ruthless King, This Frantic Fear

• Why, Stern of Heart, and Dull of Ear

• Will Santy Come To Shanty Town? (Words and Music by Eddy Arnold, Steve Nelson and Ed Nelson, Jr., 1949)

• Will We Forget (Words and Music: Michael McLean (1952-), The Forgotten Carols (Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book Co., 1991, rev. 2003). Links open at exterior sites.

• Will You Come And See The Light From The Stable Door? Brian Wren (born 1936) © 1993 Stainer & Bell Ltd

• Willie, Take Your Little Drum (Janet E. Tobitt)

• Willie, Take Your Drum (from John Brush's 1988 The Children's Book of Carols, copyright)

• Winds Sigh The Leafless Trees Among

• Winds Through The Olive Trees

• Winged Herald Of The Day, The

• Winter

• The Winter Sun Was Setting (A Carol for the Holy Innocents)

• The Winter Night

• Winter Wonderland (Notes Only; Felix Bernard and Dick Smith, copyright 1934)

• Winter Wonderland (Chemistry Wonderland - Humor)

• Winter Wonderland (Computer Wonderland – Humor)

• Winter Wonderland (Consumer Wonderland - Humor)

• Winter Wonderland (E-Mail Wonderland – Humor)

• Winter Wonderland (Grepping In A Unix Wonderland – Humor)

• Winter Wonderland (Happily Addicted To The Web – Humor)

• Winter Wonderland (Walking In A Doggie Wonderland – Humor)

• Winter's Here, With Falling Snow, Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) © 1975 Stainer & Bell Ltd

• Wisdom Ascribe, and Might and Praise

• Wise May Bring Their Learning, The

• Wise Men Came Journeying (Song for Epiphany) (Epiphany) - Shirley Erena Murray (opens in a new window at an exterior site)

• Wise Men From Egypt's Ancient Land

• Wise Men Saw A Light Afar, The

• Wise Men Seeking Jesus (Notes Only; Lyrics: James Thomas East, copyright 1926)

• Wisselton Wasselton

• With Al The Reverens That We May

• With All Fellow Christians Who Gather Tonight, Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) © 1971 Stainer & Bell Ltd

• With Bells On (Words and Music by Dolly Parton)

• With Boding Fears The Tyrant Hears

• With Exulting Tribute

• With Hallowed Mirth

• With Happy Hearts United

• With Heart And Spirit Reconciled

• With Hearts Full of Joy and of Gladness

• With Hearts Truly Grateful

• With Holy Gladness Full

• With Psalms And Hymns And Holy Songs

• With Humble Justice Clad And Crowned, Brian Wren (born 1936) © 1993 Stainer & Bell Ltd.

• With Raptures Abounding And Music Resounding

• With Sanctified Festivity

• With Terror Doth The Tyrant Hear

• With Thee, O Lord, Begins The Year

• With Wondering Awe

• Within A Manger

• Within The Father’s House

• Within The Temple’s Hallowed Courts ("The Pure Offering") - For the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, February 2, & The Festivals of the Blessed Virgin Mary

• Within This Rock That Rock is Laid

• Wo, Jesu, Is Me

• Wolcü zol þu Mery Mä In Worchepe of þis Holy Day (Sandys, 1833; Middle English)

• Wolcum, Yole, Thou Mery Man (Chambers & Sidgwick)

• Wolcum be thu, hevene kyng (Thomas Wright, 1841)

• Woman Bearing Jesus, Geoffrey Ainger (born 1925) © 1992 Stainer & Bell Ltd

• The Wonder-Working Master

• Wonderful Christmastime (Words and Music by Paul McCartney, copyright 1979)

• Wonderful Is The Earth (Norwegian: "Deilig er Jorden")

• Wonderful Night!

• Wonderful World Of Christmas, The (Words by Charles Tobias, Music by Al Frisch, copyright 1968)

• The Wondering Sages Trace From Far

• Wondrous Child (Translation from Polish: Wsrod Nocnej Ciszy; another translation is In Midnight’s Silence)

• Worcestershire Christmas Carol, The (Alternate Title: How Grand and How Bright)

• Word of God, Eternal Son

• Word Is Born This Very Night, The, Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) © 1972 Stainer & Bell Ltd

• The Word Made Flesh

• Word Uncreate, Beloved One

• The Word, With God The Father One

• Word Supreme, Before Creation

• Work, For The Day Is Coming

• The Word, Who Dwelt Above The Skies

• The World Has Waited Long

• The World Is Old

• World Is Very Evil, The

• World Lay Hushed in Slumber Deep, The

• Worship The Lord In The Beauty Of Holiness

• Worshipt Be The Birth Of Thee | Ave Domina Celi Regina

• Would I Know My Savior? (Link opens in a new window at Sally DeFord Music)

• Would'st Thou Magnify The Story

• Wrapt In The Silence Of The Night

-Y-

• Ye Aged Saints Whose One Concern

• Ye Angels, Whose Harmonious Strains

• Ye Bells Of Christmas Time

• Ye Clouds, Be - Rain Our Thirsty Plain

• Ye Faithful Souls Rejoice and Sing (Rayment, 1806)

• Ye Faithful, Approach Ye (Oakeley, 1841).

• Ye Faithful, Approach Ye (translation by Frederick Oakeley and William Thomas Brooke, The Altar Hymnal, 1885)

• Ye Faithful, Approach Ye (from Caswall, 1851)

• Ye Faithful, Approach Ye  (from Thrupp, The Holy Family Hymns (1860).

• Ye Faithful, Come Rejoice And Sing

• Ye Faithful, Come, Triumphant Come (Anonymous, 1805)

• Ye Faithful, Triumphant Enter Into Bethlehem (Anonymous, 1807)

• Ye Faithful, With Gladness

• Ye Flowers of Martyrdom, All Hail

• Ye Gates, Lift Up

• Ye Heavenly Choir, Assist Me To Sing

• Ye Heavens, Oh Haste Your Dews To Shed

• Ye Legal Elements, Your Clouds of Fear Remove

• Ye Mortals All, Rejoice And Sing

• Ye Patriarchs And Ancient Sires

• Ye People, Cease From Tears

• Ye Saints, Exult With Cheerful So

• Ye Servants Of The Lord

• Ye Shepherds, Arise, And Shout To The Skies

• Ye Simple Men of Heart Sincere

• Ye Sons Of Adam, Now Arise

• Ye Sons Of Men, In Earnest

• Ye Sons Of Men, Oh, Hearken

• Ye Sons of Men with Me Rejoice

• Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones

• Ye Who Walk In Darkness

• Ye Worms of Earth, Arise

• Ye Young And Ye Gay

• The Year Is Gone, Beyond Recall

• Yeoman's Carol

• Yesterday The World, Elated

• Yesterday, With Exultation-Neale

• Yesterday, With Exultation-HAM

• Yesterday, With Exultation-Altar Hymnal

• Yf Crystmas day on the Sonday be - Thomas Wright

• Yorkshire Wassail

• You Are My Reindeer

• You Came, God's Loving Wisdom, From On High

• You Gave Us Hope (Words and Music by Ralph Merrifield, copyright 2003, used with permission; for more Merrifield carols, please visit New Hope Music)

• You Make It Feel Like Christmas (Words and Music: Neil Diamond, From "The Christmas Album," copyright 1983)

• You Mortals All Of High and Low Degree

• You That Make A Toil Of Pleasure

• You Mortals All, or Christ's Love to Penitent Sinners

• You Were A Babe Of Mine, Brian Wren (born 1936) © 1980, 1996 Stainer & Bell Ltd

• Your Garments Glisten, My Brethren, As Snow

• You’re All I Want For Christmas (Words and Music: Glen Moore and Seger Ellis, copyright 1948)

• You're My Christmas Present (Authorship and Date Unknown; Performed by Jimmy Beaumont & The Skyliners)

• Young And Old Must Raise The Lay-1855 (First Version)

• Young And Old Must Raise The Lay-1875 (Second Version)

• Young And Old Must Raise The Lay-1866 (Third and Final Version)

• Young And Old Must Raise The Lay - Hutchins, #417 (1916)

• The Young Men and Maids On New Year's Day

• Yule

• The Yule Days (Traditional Scottish; First line: The king sent his lady on the first Yule day)

• Yule Returns; Come, Christian People

• Yuletide Is Here Again (Swedish Lyrics: Nu Är Det Jul Igen)

-Z-

• Zacharias Being An Aged Man

• Zion Is Glad This Glorious Morn (Brownlie translation of Puer Natus in Bethlehem)

• Zion, The Marvellous

• Zion’s Daughter – Version 1 (Alternate Title: Zion's Daughter, O Rejoice)

• Zion’s Daughter – Version 2

• Zion's King Shall Reign Victorious - Version 1

• Zion's King Shall Reign Victorious - Version 2

• Zion's King Shall Reign Victorious - Version 3

• Zither Carol – Version 1

• Zither Carol – Version 2 (Alternate Title: All Must Draw Near)

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