Posts Tagged ‘Carols’

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    Go Tell It On The Mountain Christmas Song
    Lyrics: Words: John W. Work, Jr., Folk Songs of the American Negro (Nashville, Tennessee: 1907). Music: AfricanAmerican spiritual Go, tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and everywhere Go, tell it on the mountain, That Jesus Christ is born. While shepherds kept their watching Over silent flocks by night Behold throughout the heavens There shone a holy light. Refrain The...
    by at November 26th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
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    When A Child Is Born Christmas Song
    Lyrics: A ray of hope flitters in the sky A shiny star lights up way up high All across the land dawns a brand new morn This comes to pass when a child is born A silent wish sails the seven seas The winds have changed whisperin the trees And the walls of doubt crumble tossed and torn This comes to pass when a child is born A rosy fume settles all around Youve got the feel...
    by at November 26th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
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    The first Noel Christmas Song
    Story Behind the Song: Words & Music: Traditional English carol, possibly dating from as early as the 13th Century. This combination of tune and lyrics first appeared in Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern, by William Sandys (London: Richard Beckley, 1833). Word From Bible: “There were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at...
    by at November 23rd, 2008 at 08:11 pm
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    Away in a Manger Christmas Song
    Story Behind the Song: Words: Verses 1 & 2, anonymous, in Little Children’s Book for Schools and Families, by J. C. File (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, 1885). Some sources show the author as Martin Luther; this attribution (probably incorrect) is based on the title “Luther’s Cradle Hymn,” given to these words by the...
    by at November 23rd, 2008 at 07:11 pm
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    Oh Little Town of Bethlehem Christmas Song
    Story Behind the Song: Words: Phillips Brooks, 1867. Music: St. Louis, Lewis H. Red­ner, 1868 . Redner was Brooks’ organist at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The tune came to him on Christmas Eve, and was first sung the next day Lyrics: O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent...
    by at November 23rd, 2008 at 07:11 pm
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    Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Song
    Story behind the Song: “Jingle Bells”, also known as “One Horse Open Sleigh”, is one of the best known and commonly sung secular Christmas songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and copyrighted under the title ‘One Horse Open Sleigh’ on September 16, 1857. The song has been translated into many languages. Lyrics: Dashing...
    by at November 23rd, 2008 at 07:11 pm
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    O Come all ye faithful Song
    Story behind the song: The text to the Carol O Come All Ye Faithful was originally written in Latin (Adeste Fideles) and was intended to be a hymn, it is attributed to John Wade, an Englishman. The music to O Come All Ye Faithful was composed by fellow Englishman John Reading in the early 1700s. The tune was first published in a collection known as “Cantus Diversi”...
    by at November 21st, 2008 at 07:11 pm
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    We three kings of Orient are Song
    Author: John H. Hopkins, Jr., 1857. Hopkins wrote this carol for a Christmas pageant at the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Lyrics: We three kings of Orient are; Bearing gifts we traverse afar, Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star. O star of wonder, star of light, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide...
    by at November 7th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
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    Silent Night Holy Night Song
    Story Behind the Song: The origin of the Christmas carol we know as Silent Night was a poem that was written in 1816 by an Austrian priest called Joseph Mohr. On Christmas Eve in 1818 in the small alpine village called Oberndorf it is reputed that the organ at St. Nicholas Church had broken. Joseph Mohr gave the poem of Silent Night (Stille Nacht) to his friend Franz Xavier...
    by at November 5th, 2008 at 09:11 pm
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    Mary did you know Song
    Story Behind the Song: Written By Mark Lowry Mark Lowry is best known as a singer and comedian who spent more than a decade as a regular fixture of Bill Gaither’s vocal band. But years from now, when all is said and done, Lowry’s most enduring legacy will probably be the beautiful little song that he wrote 18 years ago as a meditation for a Christmas program...
    by at November 5th, 2008 at 08:11 pm
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