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 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 Good Christen Folk and Listen

• 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

• Upon Christmas Day In The Morning

• Upon The Holy Mount They Stood

• Upon The Snow-clad Earth Without

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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)

• 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

• 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)

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• Wait’s Song, The

• Wake All Music's Magic Powers

• Wake From Your Sleep

• 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, 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 (Frances Elizabeth Cox Translation of Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, by Philipp Nicolai, 1599)

• Wake! The Welcome Day Appeareth

• 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, Sing We (Alternate Titles: "Wassail Carol" and "Sixteenth Century Wassail")

• Wassailing Song

• Watching In The Meadows

• Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night

• Way That Unto Jesus Leads, The

• 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 Thee Now When Thou Didst Come

• We Sing A Song Of Christmas-time

• 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 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 Three Kings (We're the Team from Green Bay, For Green Bay Fans– Humor;
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• 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 (We All Want Some Season Tickets, For Chicago Fans– Humor;
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• We Wish You A Merry Christmas (We Wish You A Denver Christmas, For Denver Fans– Humor;
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• We Wish You a Merry Christmas (We All Want Some Season Tickets, For Green Bay Fans– Humor;
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• We Wish You a Merry Christmas (We Wish You A Pittsburgh Christmas, For Pittsburgh Fans– Humor;
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• 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 Decked The Church With Ivy

• 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, Sweet Christmas

• 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 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 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 Good News The Angels Bring

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

• 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 Means This Glory Round Our Feet

• What Notes Shall Suit The Song Divine

• 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 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 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 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 Bloody Herod Reigned King

• When Blossoms Flowered 'Mid The Snows

• When Came In Flesh The Incarnate Word

• When Caesar Augustus

• When Christ In Bethlehem Was Born

• 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)

• When Cryst was born of Mary fre - Thomas Wright

• 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 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 Jesus The Lord

• When Jesus, Our Savior, In Mean Manger Laid

• 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 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, 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 Old Father Jacob Was Ready To Die

• 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 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 Sin Had Set Our World At Six and Seven

• When Sinners See Their Lost Condition

• 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

• Whenas The Word Divine Had Found

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

• 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)

• 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 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 Humble Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

• While In Peaceful Slumbers Lying

• While Shepherds In The Fields Did Dwell

• 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 Were Feeding Their Flocks In The Field

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

• While Their Flocks the Shepherds Tended

• 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 Can Forget - Never To Be Forgot

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

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

• Who Is This So Weak And Helpless

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

• 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

• Why Are Thy Tender Eyes So Bright

• Why Do Bells For Christmas Ring

• Why Doth That Impius Herod Fear

• Why Ring These Merry Bells Today?

• Why, Herod, Unrelenting Foe

• Why, Impious Herod, Shouldst Thou Fear

• Why, Impious Herod, Vainly Fear

• 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 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

• Wise May Bring Their Learning, The

• 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 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 Exulting Tribute

• With Hallowed Mirth

• With Hearts Truly Grateful

• 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 Wondering Awe

• Within A Manger

• Within The Father’s House

• Wo, Jesu, Is Me

• Wolcü zol þu Mery Mä In Worchepe of þis Holy Day (English)

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

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

• 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)

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

• The Word Made Flesh

• The Word, With God The Father One

• Word Supreme, Before Creation

• Work, For The Day Is Coming

• The World Is Old

• World Is Very Evil, The

• Worship The Lord In The Beauty Of Holiness

• 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

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• Ye Angels, Whose Harmonious Strains

• Ye Bells Of Christmas Time

• Ye Clouds, Be - Rain Our Thirsty Plain

• Ye Faithful, Approach Ye

• Ye Faithful, With Gladness

• Ye Gates, Lift Up

• Ye Heavens, Oh Haste Your Dews To Shed

• Ye Mortals All, Rejoice And Sing

• Ye Patriarchs And Ancient Sires

• Ye Servants Of The Lord

• Ye Shepherds, Arise, And Shout To The Skies

• Ye Sons Of Adam, Now Arise

• Ye Sons Of Men, In Earnest

• Ye Sons Of Men, Oh, Hearken

• Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones

• The Year Is Gone, Beyond Recall

• Yeoman's Carol

• Yesterday, With Exultation

• Yf Crystmas day on the Sonday be - Thomas Wright

• Yorkshire Wassail

• You Are My Reindeer

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

• 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

• 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)

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• Zacharias Being An Aged Man

• 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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Full Index
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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)